I came across an interesting article on how to convert the AuctionAds JavaScript code to generate contextual advertisements on your blog.

The gist of it is that AuctionAds gives you permission to tweak their JavaScript code with respect to the keywords it searches for when displaying ads. This is typically a static list and is controlled by a variable in their JavaScript code as shown below:
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If you are looking are hosting private advertisements on your website and have been wondering on how to have control over those advertisements, OpenAds is the solution for you.

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WPAds is a simple Wordpress plugin that gives you control over the advertisements you host on your blog. You can specify the number of times the advertisement is to be shown. You can basically embed HTML/Javascript code for the ad service you have subscribed to, be it AdSense, Adbrite, or whatever else it might be.

All you need to do then is to simply put in a simple 1 line php code at the area where you want to show the ad.

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I’ve done some significant renovations to this site since yesterday. The activity is still not complete, but a large chunk of it has been completed.

Some changes that I’ve incorporated:

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I received an email yesterday from AuctionAds:

We’re happy to announce that the tracking issues eBay experienced have finally been fully resolved. The fixes were in place several days ago but again we didn’t want to make an announcement until we were sure everything had returned to normal. Credits will be applied to publisher’s accounts as soon as the final numbers are determined. Thanks go out to all our publishers who waited patiently through this issue. It was frustrating for everyone involved. That being said, with tracking fully restored revenues are higher than ever.

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dnScoop is an interesting tool that uses a variety of techniques to determine the value of your website.

It looks at Googe’s PageRank and the number of sites that link into it, amongst other aspects, to put a value for the site! They also have forums where you can put your website for sale! Read more

Google offers a service called Analytics for all web site owners to get statistical information on traffic entering and exiting the website. This is a very useful tool to help fine tune your website.

All you need is a Gmail account to access Analytics. Once you create your Analytics account, there is a small piece of JavaScript code that you need to embed into your site template to enable Google Analytics from tracking the traffic. Read more