Archive for February, 2008

AdSense Friendly Privacy Policy

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Recently there have been updates to the Google AdSense Program Policies and Terms and Conditions that require your attention if you are an AdSense publisher. There are multiple updates to read about, however for this post we will focus on the one update that the majority of publishers will probably need to implement as quickly as possible. Here is the relevant text from the updated Google AdSense TOS:

You must have and abide by an appropriate that clearly discloses that third parties may be placing and reading cookies on your users’ browser, or using web beacons to collect information, in the course of ads being served on your website. Your privacy policy should also include information about user options for cookie management.

All publishers must now have a privacy policy if that publisher is displaying . I’ve generated an updated privacy policy that anyone can copy and modify to fit their particular circumstances. Be sure to bookmark this post as I will be updating the privacy policy for this site to reflect changes as they happen.

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Yahoo! Search Marketing Eliminates Annoying Restriction

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

[tag]Yahoo! Search Marketing[/tag] has become more publisher friendly. Yahoo! Search Marketing (YSM) has recently updated its editorial policies and will now allow U.S. publishers to direct link to their advertisers. In the past, YSM’s editorial policy prevented publishers from linking directly to their advertiser partners and required that traffic be sent first to the publisher’s Web site. The new policy eliminates this restriction and opens a much broader search marketing opportunity for publishers.

So, if you’re running search marketing campaigns but have left YSM out of your marketing mix, now is a great time to expand your efforts. Arbitrage (buying low price keywords to direct users to a page with an advertiser on it that has higher payout) is back, pilgrim!

Maximize your marketing ROI with Yahoo! Sponsored Search. Open a Yahoo! Search Marketing account today and get a $25 credit!

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Disable Quicken Registration Prompt

Monday, February 11th, 2008

2008

Plan, save and control your finances with Quicken Deluxe. It’s easier than ever to manage a personal budget, pay bills on time, track your investments, maximize tax deductions – and find more ways to save.

To disable the registration prompt (nag screen) for Quicken 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004:

1. Press and hold the Ctrl + Shift keys on the left side of your keyboard while you select the Online menu and select One Step Update.

Note: Using the Ctrl+Shift keys on the right side does not disable the prompt permanently and the following message does not appear.

2. When the message “You will no longer be prompted for registration” appears, click OK.

Online features such as online banking, security quotes download and product updates will work normally if you do not register your copy of Quicken.

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No Stress Taxes

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
April 15
Taxes stacking up against you?

Financial stress is a big cause of overall stress and even health and relationship problems. is linked to health problems like depression and decreased immunity, and a leading cause of divorce! People don’t always know how to correctly do , but there are big penalties for not doing them. This makes the whole process seem scary. There’s always the threat of an audit, which is an even bigger source of stress!

Tax season doesn’t need to be stressful. Browse these solutions to find exactly what you need — quick, easy and accurate ways to finish and file your taxes without all the headaches.

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Valentine’s Day Countdown

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Flowers

Only ten more days until . Fortunately for procrastinators, the old stand-by, Valentine Flowers, are available until almost the very last minute.

Did you know?

- Among states, California was the leading producer of for 2005.
- In 2005, among all types of cut flowers, roses were third in receipts ($39 million)to lilies ($76.9 million) and tulips ($39.1 million).
- There were 21,667 florists nationwide in 2004. These businesses employed 109,915 people.

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