Money-Code

Coding For Online Success

Month: November 2007

November 13, 2007
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Tracking converting keywords from your PPC campaigns

I’ve seen various questions about tracking PPC. You can do alot with Google Analytics (see goal tracking) but it’s hard to put all the pieces together to see a clear picture. I personally want to know what PPC network (YSM, MSN or AdWords) is coming to the site, but more importantly what keywords are used, and what keywords convert to sales.

I’ve been rolling out various eBay storefronts and trying new things to separate from the pack, and one of my goals was to get a keyword tracker to feed my SID value in my rover code. This could be adjusted and altered to fit your needs, and is basically just shown how to pass the keyword around in your site, and drop that value in the SID.

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November 12, 2007
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Using FFMpeg to create YouTube clone script

So this entry, I’m going to get a bit complicated. I was working on a project where administrators needed to upload Windows Media formatted videos (WMV), and wanted them converted to Flash video (FLV). This would duplicate what YouTube or GoogleVideo is currently doing. The browser would then use a Flash player to play the streamed videos. Also, I would need to capture a frame for the preview. I thought this tutorial might be a good resource for others that might be looking for this functionality for their affiliate sites, etc.

Now, I must discuss my environment a bit. This tutorial will cover Linux (specifically Gentoo Linux), using PHP and a Apache web server. Also, you will need some vital packages (ffmpeg-php, ffmpeg and flvtool2). I’m guessing that a few web hosts our there won’t have any of these packages available. This where the argument of getting a dedicated server or virtual server shines. If you had your own server you could install and configure it whatever way you want. I personally prefer dedicated servers. You can pickup dedicated hosting for approximately $100-$300/month depending on what server specifications you’re looking for. All of my servers are around the $150/month rate and work great for me.
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November 7, 2007
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Hey Hanji, why do you have a money blog…

I was asked this a few weeks ago, and can understand and relate to the question. Especially, when Shoemoney discussed it a few times in the past, and so does Darren at ProBlogger. Money blogs are one of the most saturated blog niches out there. Especially since you’re catering to people that won’t click on affiliate links, etc and are generally somewhat knowledgeable about the area of Internet marketing.

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November 5, 2007
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Shoemoney’s Google Adsense Check

Over at Shoemoney.com, Jeremy takes some time to answer some common questions regarding his $132,994.97 AdSense check. He also provided CTR report (authorized by Google) so you can really see what kind of action he got to get that check. How would you like 4000+ clicks a day.. damn.

One question he didn’t answer and I wish was commonly asked, does he still bring in those numbers with AdSense? I see he’s still using AdSense at NextPimp.com, but obviously his ringtone offers have to exceed that by much much more.

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November 2, 2007
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Google Adsense – How to randomize theme

A few conversations about changing and ad placement to help prevent banner blindness has led to me to create this simple script to automatically randomize a Google AdSense block. This is a extremely easy script that uses a array of values, randomizes the index and puts the values into the AdSense block. This could be modified to include random ad formats as well as optionally including Video units, etc.

I’ve rolled this out on one of my sites to see what ad format color scheme might be the best. I’m tracking results by providing a channel to see what gets good clicks and what themes do not.
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