Source: webworkshop.net

You can use this page to calculate what your page rank should be in advance. Its a bit complicated to use and takes a while to figure out.

Try this tool here…

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Source: quickonlinetips.com

DigitPoint’s Google AdSense Sandbox Tool is a wonderful tool to see what ads will possibly appear on your webpage or for particular keywords.

Simply enter the URL or keywords and you will see up to 20 sample AdSense ads for the URL or keywords. So why is this useful.

This allows a quick preview of possible ads for your keywords. So you can check the various combination of keywords and see what kind of ads will appear. And all this is before you create a page with content for it.

This is different from the Google Adsense Preview tool, (Internet explorer only sigh!) which will have to work on already uploaded and hosted webpages and the ads will only show if the page is already indexed by googlebot. But a benefit is it allows you to view ads by regions like USA, India etc., and that is how it works on the web too so it is more accurate. If you see 10 ads on Adsense sandbox, Google preview for India for same url might show 1 ad only.

Another advantage is to find stop words - those keywords which are sensitive in nature and adsense blocks ads on such pages to reveal public service ads. So if for a keyword, sandbox shows no ads, maybe it is a stopword for google and you should avoid it in your page content.

Combine these sandbox ads with the Overture Bid tool and you have a winning combination of high paying keyword ads (or I might tell you later how). Make more money!

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By: Brian Morrissey | Source: adweek.com

ESPN.com said it is ending its deal with Yahoo to show text ads on its Web pages, choosing instead to sell the placements itself.

ESPN plans to roll out its own Google-like auction system for placing text-link ads on its site, letting advertisers target placements based on keyword or section. The ad system, which uses New York firm Quigo’s AdSonar platform, will be up and running this fall, the company said.

The Disney Internet property is one of a handful of high-traffic sites to defect from the large ad networks run by Google and Yahoo in favor of operating their own programs. Sites like The Motley Fool and BusinessWeek sell their own text-link ads, using a technology platform provided by Marchex’s IndustryBrains unit. Quigo provides similar white-labeled ad platforms to Cox Newspapers and McClatchy.

By selling their own text ads, sites are able to keep all of the revenue and maintain relationships with advertisers. Typically, Google and Yahoo give publishers about 80 percent of revenue generated from clicks on the ads on their sites.

For now, Yahoo will remain the provider of search results, both advertising and editorial, on ESPN.com. Overture Services, the search ad provider Yahoo bought in July 2003, and ESPN.com began working together in 2003. The next year it added contextual advertising to the agreement.

Yahoo still shows contextual ad links on hundreds of sites, including CNN.com, iVillage and several Viacom Web properties.

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