Inline Ads Rule…

Last week, I decided to give the Adsense Experiment a push by using the very powerful Inline Ad Placement technique. Placements outside the content are usually less targeted, so the click through rate is typically quite a bit lower than placements within the content. The …

Correction: I Was (Almost) a Dot Com Mogul…

According to John’s Dot Com Mogul Criteria I was (ALMOST) a Dot Com Mogul for the month of July for the money that was made on Futurelooks and LaptopLifestyle. Dot Com Mogul Criteria States That… 1. Your income must come about as a result of …

When I Ask You To Come to a Press Thing…

You say yes of course and show up! Harold and I went down to see Microsoft during their “Gifts that Click Tour”. This tour gives Microsoft the chance to sit down one on one with local media and talk about the latest upcoming products. We …

Google Flakiness…

If you use the Google search function to power the search on your site, you may have noticed that over the last couple days, it might have been stripping all the Adsense ads out of your pages when you click on one of the results …

The NEW Futurelooks ONE Server is Installed…

Tonight, we retired the old Futurelooks ONE Server: A Dual XEON 2.8 GHz server with 2 GB of RAM and 2 SATA hard drives. This server has housed Futurelooks, Laptop Lifestyle, plus at least three other sites for the last year including blogs and the …

DUDE! We’ve got a DELL!

Well, Futurelooks’ new server has finally arrived! We are now proud owners of a shiny new Dell 1850 Dual XEON server. Above is a picture of it with the tamper proof faceplate on. It even has a lock so that someone can’t just go and …