Recently Google started serving up 1 or 2 ads instead of 4 in the 336 block - this is supposedly to increase CTR & revenue;
To increase monetization and improve the relevance of ads, we now vary the number of text ads that appear in an ad unit. When we determine that increasing the size of […]

My name is BJ, and I'm self-employed. I run my offline business out of my home in Ontario, Canada. I'm also a Web publisher, affiliate marketer and blogger.
For me, the ideal career has always been one in which I can play with different ideas. I think that's why I find my online adventures so exciting. […]

I ended this last 7 days (8 Jan -> 14 Jan) just $18.60 short of my 7 day target. Bummer! The last 2 weeks have been good though, as I've been concentrating on getting my income to come from a number of sources, in other words, not putting all of my eggs into […]

Since cutting my ties with osCommerce a few months ago I've not really looked at the osCommerce code as I've been too busy with my own projects to take on any new clients.
One of my older clients got in touch yesterday as she had a problem integrating the "Total B2B" contribution on her existing osCommerce […]

I re-installed SkyPE on my main machine, so if any of the readers of this Blog want to have a chat (caveat; I am not often available), please feel free to add me:
gary_burt
When you add me, please let me know who you are, as I won't authorize everyone - sorry!

I recently started a little competition for people to start up a website, monetize it and whoever had earned the most income in 6 weeks would receive a $100 prize from me.
There's only 20 days to go until the competition is over & I still haven't built my site yet! I'm still confident of […]

Yaro recently relaunched his Entrepreneurs Journey Forum - it's a bit quiet at the moment, but with his readership I'm sure it'll soon turn into a good resource…
Link: Entrepreneurs Journey Forum

A lot of people ask why I use Blogger rather than a self-hosted WordPress set-up. I don't know really - I guess because Blogger is so easy;
~ It does everything I need it to do.
~ I don't require ads (adsense, chitika etc) all over the place.
~ I can use my mobile phone to post […]

I've noticed a growing trend of so-called marketers using heartstring marketing - I'm not really sure what else to call it…I'm sure you've seen the sort of thing that I mean;
Please buy my XYZ product as I have 18 children to feed and nothing in the pantry…
I'm a 16 year old schoolkid, buying my ABC […]