Posts made in February, 2008

Why Sell Ad Space to Other Website?

Posted on Feb 23, 2008

Selling ad space to other related websites can really be a win win for both parties. Personally, I sell banner ad space on my other websites for a set period of time. This means that the advertiser will pay X dollar per 1, 3, 6, etc. months. By selling this ad space, a webmaster guarantees that their website will generate a minimum amount of revenue. CPM, CPC, or CPA ads can be unreliable in generating money because trends change with regards to the amount of visitors, click through rate, and the amount that you make per impression, click, or action. Additionally, banner ads are generally relevant to your website or you can choose to only accept relevant ads, so that the ads truly blend into your web site’s theme. If that is true, then the advertiser can also expect positive results because now they don’t need to worry about if their ad is being properly shown to targeted visitors through some 3rd party advertiser.  Overall selling ad space directly to advertisers can be a beneficial relationship for both parties involved.

Find Available 3 Character Domain Names

Posted on Feb 22, 2008

Here is nice php script I found that will search for available 3 character domain names with your desired extension:

<?php
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Jim's 3-Character Domain Scanner Script
// bellys|@|gmail|.|com - http://www.j-fx.ws
//
// Scans for .COM, NET, ORG, INFO, BIZ, US domains
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// This is the number of domains the script will stop at.
$i = 100;function checkdomain($xserver, $xdomain) {
$sock = fsockopen($xserver,43) or die(“Error Connecting To Whois Server”);
fputs($sock,”$xdomain\r\n”);
while(!feof($sock))
$result .= fgets($sock,128);
fclose($sock);
if(eregi(“No match”,$result)||eregi(“NOT FOUND”,$result))
return true;
else
return false;
}

$chars = array(“a”,”b”,”c”,”d”,”e”,”f”,”g”,”h”,”i”,”j”,”k”,”l”,”m”,”n”,”o”,”p”,
“q”,”r”,”s”,”t”,”u”,”v”,”w”,”x”,”y”,”z”,”0″,”1″,”2″,”3″,”4″,”5″,”6″,”7″,”8″,”9″);

echo “<style>.domains {font-size: 10px;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold;}</style>
<div class=\”domains\”><u>Scanned and found</u> “.$i.” <u>domains</u>:<br />\n”;

while($i > 0){

$current = $chars[rand(0,35)].$chars[rand(0,35)].$chars[rand(0,35)];

if(checkdomain(“whois.nsiregistry.net”,$current.”.com”)) {
echo $current.”.COM\n<br />”; $i–; }

if(checkdomain(“whois.nsiregistry.net”,$current.”.net”)) {
echo $current.”.NET\n<br />”; $i–; }

if(checkdomain(“whois.pir.org”,$current.”.org”)) {
echo $current.”.ORG\n<br />”; $i–; }

if(checkdomain(“whois.afilias.net”,$current.”.info”)) {
echo $current.”.INFO\n<br />”; $i–; }

if(checkdomain(“whois.biz”,$current.”.biz”)) {
echo $current.”.BIZ\n<br />”; $i–; }

if(checkdomain(“whois.nic.us”,$current.”.us”)) {
echo $current.”.US\n<br />”; $i–; }
ob_flush();
flush();
}

echo “</div>”;
?>

Yahoo Rejects Microsoft’s Offer

Posted on Feb 10, 2008

Yahoo Inc. is set to reject Microsoft’s $44.6 billion dollar offer ($31 per share) because they believe that this bid was an under value of the companies true net worth. Yahoo thinks that Microsoft is trying to take advantage of them, while they are weak, and steal the company for a low price. It is still possible for Microsoft to obtain Yahoo through other means. Microsoft can always return to Yahoo with another bid for the company; analysts have estimated that Microsoft may pay as much as $35 per share. However, sources say that Yahoo is unlikely to accept any offers under $40 per share. Additionally, Microsoft could take this deal straight to the stockholders. Things are sure to change in the upcoming days, but the question we are all wondering about is: what will Microsoft’s response be to Yahoo’s decline?

StumbleUpon: What is it?

Posted on Feb 7, 2008

StumbleUpon is a website that connects users to websites that they have selected in their interests.  Websites are ranked by allowing users to give a thumbs up or a thumbs down rating; reviews and tags can also be added to a website’s profile is the user desires.  StumbleUpon basically links users to content that should interest them by evaluating these ratings and distributing hits with respect to how a website was ranked by StumbleUpon’s user base.  Whenever a user clicks on the “Stumble!” button within the tool bar, a website relating to their interests is loaded.  StumbleUpon promotes itself as a website that links users to topics that are listed within their interests and preferences, instead of as a search engine which may require a visitor to be required to search through pages prior to finding a useful result.  Basically StumbleUpon is a database of websites, rankings, and people that connects all of them in a unique way, so that the new searching can instead be stumbling.

Yahoo + MSN (Microsoft) vs. Google?

Posted on Feb 2, 2008

If Microsoft’s purchase of Yahoo does go through, which seems to be a likely possibility at the time being, how will the search engine industry change?  I believe that the MSN  and Yahoo’s combination will have a greater chance to steal market share from Google.  A sharing of technology after the potential merger could mean better algorithms, which would result in overall better results to compete with Google.  However, at the heart of this issue lies Google’s strong hold on the search engine market.  Google’s name is known everywhere and their reputation is well respected.  I feel that Google’s search engine simply produces better results in the majority of situation due to better algorithms, which simply out power their competition: Yahoo, MSN, etc.  If the Microsoft’s merger with Yahoo does happen, will these two David’s be able to encroach further into the search engine industry that Goliath Google has under control?  The merger opens the possibility for growth, but in the end I think that Google will still dominate the search engine industry unless they really drop the ball many, many times.