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what’s double click ( DFP) for publishers !

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Just today i received  a invitation from Google AdSense  for DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Small Business.

This is what Google adsense  told me “DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP)” “Small Business, Google’s free ad serving solution, provides a complete toolkit to help you to streamline your ad operations and maximise revenue across all of your pages”

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case study of a successful DFP publisher

What does Google Double click  do?

They say, DFP Small Business offers real-time competition between Google AdSense, third-party ad networks and other non guaranteed advertisers

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Apparently , DFP Small  Business includes a wide variety of tools that can simplify, ad trafficking, delivery ,forecasting,reporting. Here is a a success story from Paperblog.fr who have used this.

Help resources for DFP  are available here .Explore the help resources to get help now.

Reserve bank of India going tough on PayPal users

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With a growing number of people earning  massive incomes In INDIA  from  work generated from the internet and online  relating from  website design  to coding  and programing work  , the reserve bank of india  is cracking down on income  received via PayPal  so that it remains more accountable.  With income tax evasion considered to be a widespread issue in India Smile with tongue out, it  would not be long before  this sector would  possibly go through some drastic changes.

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Here are some changes  from a a FA Q

Q: Why will PayPal not allow me to receive more than US$500?
Starting 1 March, 2011, PayPal customers in India will not be allowed to receive payments for any export-related goods or services for an amount exceeding US$500 per transaction. This change is to ensure that we continue to comply with the RBI Guidelines.
Q: Why will PayPal not allow me to keep money in my PayPal balance?
Starting 1 March, 2011, PayPal customers in India will not be able to keep money in their PayPal account balance. Instead, all money received into a PayPal account must be transferred to a customer’s India bank account within 7 days from the receipt of confirmation from the buyer in respect of the good or services. This change is to ensure that we continue to comply with the RBI Guidelines.

Q: The customers on my website are not able to complete purchase or pay via PayPal. Why?
Starting 1 March, 2011, PayPal customers in India will not be allowed to receive payments for any export-related goods or services for an amount exceeding US$500 per transaction. If you are listing products greater than US$500 per transaction then you may need to seek alternative methods of payment. This change is to ensure that we continue to comply with the RBI Guidelines.

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Aussie Expired Domain sale Sets record $125,000 sale price

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Updated on  03/12/2015. An expired Australian domain( investmentproperty.com.au ) that went on to the auction market at netfleet.com.au  went on to reach a record breaking price  at$125,000. Normal  Australian domain prices range anywhere from $12 AUD to $20 AUD from a domain seller.

Amazingly, this domain was allowed to expire by the previous registrar and so the new buyer snapped up this bargain. in 2013 Only , the domain names – sydney.com.au, melbourne.com.au, brisbane.com.au, adelaide.com.au and auction.com.au – were touted for sale with a projected retail price somewhere in the order of $1 million as a total package.

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The previous high earner for this company was the sale of Electricity.com.au for 30K

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Net fleet still has some domain bargains available that are surprisingly low priced like megabyte.com.au for $50, futurestrading.com.au for just $940 , securityalert.com.au for $10.

What is .au?

.au represents the Top Level Domain for Australia and is the preferred Domain Name for all Australians.  Japan (.jp) and Germany (.de) are other examples of Top Level Domains.

com.au For commercial purposes. Includes commercial entities, currently registered and trading in Australia, as well as commercial products and services.

Five Best Australian Domain Name Registrars

( in no random order)

  1. https://au.godaddy.com/
  2. https://www.cheaperdomains.com.au/
  3. http://www.smartyhost.com.au/
  4. https://www.melbourneit.com.au/
  5. https://www.rebel.com

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The demise of the affiliate marketer

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Affiliate marketing has just been demoted so to speak or has got the wrong end of the regulators stick. New laws and regulations ( or comply with FTC guidelines) have just been put into place to make it more difficult for less honest affiliate marketers to “make money” by false claims and videos.

Affiliate marketers to be hit hard with new Affiliate Marketing Regulation & Policy

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Many affiliate marketers who have flourished  and earned $$$$$$ making videos with dodgy claims  will be no more be able to do this. As with every unfortunate new regulation many honest affiliate marketers will also get hurt  and earnings affected 

A few things that are not Allowed with Some Online affilaite marketing agencies :

Vendors must submit a script prior to shooting the video. Videos will not be accepted without a script pre-review.

  • Videos that portray or reference a fictionalized individual or life story, where a vendor makes false claims as part of the product pitch.
  • Videos that portray or reference the vendor him or herself, where the vendor makes false claims about his earnings and experience as part of the product pitch.
  • Videos which will not allow you to exit or pause. Expert endorsements without substantiation (for example, an endorsement from a doctor must have proof that the doctor has performed tests or evaluations performed by an actual doctor that has mastered the subject matter being described in the pitch).

Click bank being on of the popular place for many affiliate marketers has also recently updated their regulations  –> www.clickbank.com-promotional-guidelines

Amazon Dodgy link plugin “Amazon affilaite Link localiser”

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Recently i  installed this link , that says it will  localize your Amazon links   so that the it updates any amazon links  on your website /blog with your amazon id  for that country so that you don’t miss out on  commissions.

 

 

DODGY/ fraud plugins for wordpress

I installed this  plugin and though i would do a check  to see how things are going . to my horor i found that  the  amazon link are pointing to someone else amazon id , which would obiviously be the plugin maker. So i was ytricked into handing over all my commisiions to the  this guy . DO NOT USE THIS PLUGIN  it is  a scam. IT will replace all you   amazon links with this id link “http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=petewill-20” .

[ Author of this plugin has sent me a clarification message , which i have posted at bottom of post ]

check out the pic below

fraud amazon local links plugin

I clicked one of the about links http://petewilliams.info/ and also the id  link that covered mylinks with his links  was “http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=petewill-20”

The plugin ” Amazon Affiliate Link Localizer”

This is totally sneaky and wrong, please do not download this plugin.

  Clarification sent from Plugin author: Pete williams

Hi,

My name’s Pete and I wrote this plugin. It looks like there’s been a bit of a mixup here so I thought I’d try and clear it up for you.

Just to explain, the script does use my affilliate IDs, but *only* where you don’t provide your own. It will never overwrite your IDs, and so will never deprive you of any commission. This is explained on the page on my site for this script, on it’s page in the WordPress Plugin directory and again in the plugin’s readme.txt – so obviously I am not trying to scam anyone:

“DISCLOSURE
If you do not insert your own affiliate IDs the script will use mine. Hopefully this will help fund my book addiction!”

With this in mind, I’d appreciate it if you could update your post to correct the information.

Thanks

Pete

 

My response: I certainly had put my id in  and this was still happening when i had used this plugin , this might have been fixed since then . so you can most certainly  have a look for yourself if you interested in this plugin  and check it outfor yourself if you like.

 

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Lamborghini finally launched the Aventador LP700-4 supercar

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Lamborghini finally launched the Aventador LP700-4 – the supercar to replace the Murcielago – at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. And what a really super car it is.

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The Aventador’s high-tech carbon fibre monocoque chassis is hidden under a design that shares the silhouette with the Murcielago, along with some design elements from the Gallardo and also design edges of the Reventon. But even with all the shared design language, overall the car manages to look quite fresh and is very much what a new Lamborghini from the year 2011 should be like.

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The cutting edge chassis, which with its carbon fibre monocoque and aluminium front and rear sub frames provides excellent torsional rigidity and weighs in at just 229kg, allowing for some serious weight saving overall.

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The Aventador weighs just 1575kg – a full 90kg less than the Murcielago LP640-4.