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Monthly Archives: April 2009

OpenX – hosted adserver and ad exchange

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

I used to use a tool called OpenAds, which was an open source ad server. Very impressive in itself, but the latest version, now called OpenX, looks even better. I’ve set it up on my blog as a test, and signed up for it to serve the ads on my site that I always had [...]

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Niche website of the day

Monday, April 20, 2009

http://refreshyourcache.com/en/home/ is dedicated to telling people how to clear their browser caches. And that’s all it does.

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Software is fallible… just ask Amazon

Monday, April 13, 2009

I bought a Tony Parsons book from Amazon a few years ago. That’s why they just emailed me to recommend a new one that’s come out. Only one problem: this one is in Braille. Thankfully, that’s not something I need at present.
Recommendations need to take into account a lot more data about the product and [...]

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Google signs deal with Twitter… still no money for Twitter

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

According to this article at Adage, marketers can now create ad units for Google Adsense that syndicate their last 5 tweats, with the call to action to follow them on Twitter, rather than to visit their website.  The commitment for a consumer in following someone extra on Twitter is quite low, so this might lead [...]

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Oh no, I broke it!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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