I downloaded a piece of software that came with a little trojan. The put Yahoo as the default search engine. If they actually accepted me for YPN I would consider it but I wanted this removed. I removed the search extension but it still hijacked the location bar search. Previously it used to perform a Google “I’m Lucky” Search and take you to the first page of its search results automatically.

If you want to restore the Google “I’m Lucky” search then perform this simple steps:
1. Type about:config in Firefox location bar and press Enter
2. Type keyword in Filter textbox and you will see only the preference keyword.URL.
3. Double-click on keyword.URL and change the value to: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=

That’s all it takes to restore default keyword search functionality in Google.

Note: You can use this to change to any search engine for keyword search.

One of my sites gets a couple million page views a month, a fairly loyal usergroup with 10+ pageviews per visitor. I have had the site for a while and it is clean, without any adult material. But it is a Christian community.

I have been looking for a CPM company to fill the 728 x 90 banner at the head so I thought I would give Doubleclick a try. Here was the response I got:

Thank you for your interest in Performics. At this time we cannot approve your application. Your site may have been declined for one or more of the following reasons:

1. We were unable to access and review your site based on the URL provided.
2. Your site was under construction.
3. The information provided doesn’t match registered domain information.
4. Submitting unsolicited commercial email (Spam) or trademark infringement.
5. Contains gambling information.
6. Publishing libel or defamation.
7. Promoting illegal substances.
8. Uses violence or hate-oriented speech.
9. Has extensive religious commentary or attempts to preach or solicit members for a particular church or faith.
10. Contains adult, obscene, or offensive content.

Please feel free to contact us for additional information or after you have made the necessary adjustments to your site. We are more than happy to review again.

Sincerely,

Performics Affiliate Network…powered by ConnectCommerce
www . performics . com

Christianity is now in the same category as spam, porn, violence, and illegal substances.

Way to distinguish yourselves doubleclick.

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Now playing: Misty Edwards – My Soul Longs For You

I wrote on another post about how to put Adsense on a web page that is not quite finished yet. There are lots of uses for this. This is really useful for developers that release code and don’t want their adsense account put at risk on every site (thought they may do that to try to increase earnings but this is a really short term solution).

Anyway. I am sure you know the reasons for this. Google does not want you to put their script on a site that is not done. But you need it there to help with the layout. One solution is to use a graphic the size of the ad block. The other is to use this code. Just change the dimensions to fit your need.

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_adtest = "on";         // new line
google_ad_client = "pub-0000000000000000";
google_alternate_color = "ffffff";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = "468x60_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel = "0000000000";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

This work I am not going to work.

I am not going to:

• Build links
• Read rss feeds
• Research anything
• Tweak my ads

I am going to:

• Turn off the computer
• Spend time with my family
• Spend a significant time in my house outside of my office chair

Now go enjoy the weekend!

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Now playing: Canton Jones – The Password

You know what AuctionAds is, the Ebay feed thingy that Jeremy Shoemaker built and sold.

Well, if you have tried it you most certainly found out that it is not a very good product. While if you have a site that is based on a niche product it may be an income producer but short of that it is almost worthless.

But the one thing it had going for it was the ease of use and its founder who was constantly trumpeting its value.

Enter the MediaWhiz buyout. Since then things have gone from bad to worse for the technical side of things. Then this morning I was checking Jeremy’s blog when I realized that even he does not run AuctionAds anymore! I don’t know if the technical problems were to much for him or the awful returns but he went back to running Adsense of all things! (check out the ads google is serving. Even ads for Alden shoes are better than Auction Ads)

To all those who stuck with this product in the hopes of the “snowball effect” there it is. His bankroll snowballed on the back of your publishing.

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Now playing: Hillsong United – My Future Decided