Archive for May, 2008

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3rd party ads on adsense.

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I’ve assume this was sort of happening anyway without it be public but yesterday I and all adsense publishers got a email anoucing it!

We’ve recently enabled the Google content network to accept display ads served from qualified third-party vendors. At this time, only ads in English are eligible.

If you’re currently opted in to image ads, you’re already able to receive third-party ads. If you’ve disabled image ads, no third-party ads will be served on your site. (Learn how to enable or disable image ads at

 

https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=9741.)

I run picture/txt ads on to of a forum I run with 10k+ page views a day which has oftern had high end adverts e.g. DHL targeting the site. I’ve assumed this targeting was NOT directly applied but via some agreement / 3rd party..

I hope my $ are going to go up :)

I look forward to the results.

 

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florence nightingale’s birthday

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Today in 1920 Florence nightingale was born!

Today in 2008 google.co.uk give respest to her on the google.co.uk homepage with a new google logo link to http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=florence+nightingale%27s+birthday&hl=en

With the query “florence nightingale’s birthday”

This isn’t showing on the google.com homepage for me “yet” .. UK thing :)

Here is the logo:

florence nightingale's birthday

 

Here is a bit of info about who she was and what she did.. taken from : http://www.netwrx1.com/CherryAmes/nightingale.html

  • Florence Nightingale studied nursing in Alexandria, Egypt, and at the Institute for Protestant Deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany.
  • She became superintendent of London’s Hospital for Invalid Gentlewomen in 1850.
  • She went to Scutari with thirty-eight nurses early in the Crimean War to direct nursing operations; her efforts resulted in greatly reducing mortality rates among the sick and wounded.
  • She founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses at St. Thomas Hospital in London in 1860, marking the beginning of professional nursing education.
  • In 1907, she received the British Order of Merit; she was the first woman to be so honored.