Jan
4
My neighborhood disappeared from Google Maps
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My neighborhood has disappeared from Google Maps. I’m hoping that it’s just a function of Google having many different servers that sometimes aren’t synchronized with each other.
I did notice that Mapquest was up to date with the right location.
It just shows that it is always good to check multiple sources when an address can’t be located. Just because something isn’t listed by a mapping service doesn’t necessarily mean that an address doesn’t exist.
Sep
24
Is Adsense Dead?
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Is Google Adsense dead or is it just a sign of the economic times that advertisers aren’t spending the same money they were on ad budgets? Times are tough and businesses are cutting back — just as everyone else is because of these days of tight budgets.
However, don’t assume just because business is slow today, it won’t be booming in the near future — especially once the uncertainty surrounding the election is over. Remember back to 1980, 1992 and 2000 — the same stories about boom and bust and financial hard times, then fairly quick recovery thereafter. Any time there seems to be the chance of a huge change in the American political system, there is always financial unrest.
Here’s an interesting video with some thoughts about the subject from Lisa:
Video: Is Adsense Dead?
The key thought: Continue to create quality content that is attractive to an audience so that you can build traffic during these tight times.
