Rich Dog Millionaire™ » Adsense http://www.richdogmillionaire.com Your guide to making money on the internet – the good, the bad, and the ugly Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 New FTC Guidelines for Bloggers, Others http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/new-ftc-guidelines-for-bloggers-others/ http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/new-ftc-guidelines-for-bloggers-others/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:49:52 +0000 admin http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/?p=1903
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    ]]>     http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/new-ftc-guidelines-for-bloggers-others/feed/ 0     Josh, Scott, or Kevin (Now David) “Make Bank, Green, Dough” — An Investigative Update http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/josh-scott-or-kevin-make-bank-green-dough-an-investigative-update/ http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/josh-scott-or-kevin-make-bank-green-dough-an-investigative-update/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:47:28 +0000 admin http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/?p=1238
  • Josh AKA Scott, Kevin, David, and Others — Investigation Summary Since we first reported on “Josh” aka Scott, David, Kevin… ...
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    UPDATE: And NOW a new guy, “David.” By coincidence, a friend of ours saw an ad placed in the toolbar of his Yahoo mail account. It was a text ad that said, “I Got Fired, Now I’m Rich.” Out of curiousity, he clicked on it and was sent to David’s Quick Cash. Same story, same $5,000 check dated on October 25; he even has the same black Range Rover as “Scott” does.

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    ]]>     http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/josh-scott-or-kevin-make-bank-green-dough-an-investigative-update/feed/ 2     Is it Still April Fool’s Day? This Guy’s URL is Ranked #8 on Alexa (Update #2) http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/is-it-still-april-fools-day-this-guys-url-is-ranked-8-on-alexa/ http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/is-it-still-april-fools-day-this-guys-url-is-ranked-8-on-alexa/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:27:04 +0000 admin http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/?p=1163
  • Josh, Scott, or Kevin (Now David) “Make Bank, Green, Dough” — An Investigative Update We’ve been reporting about this site — or rotation of sites...
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    UPDATE: A guy named Kevin has gotten into the game. Josh, Scott, and Kevin each have very similar stories, they each tell you about their girlfriend/wife, and they each have a picture on their respective site, showing you a check each one got for exactly $5000, all dated on October 25, 2008 — what a hell of a day that must have been! Gosh guys (or guy), we all believe you so much lol. Someone seems to be alternating URLs… BTW, “Kevin” lives in San Jose, CA and charges a straight-up $1.00 for shipping. “They” have dropped to #9… NEW UPDATE TIMED AT 11:41 PST… down to #15… I’m melting… I’m melting..

    We did an Alexa comparison analysis on the three sites. It looks like “Scott” started first, around mid-March. “Kevin” was next, around Mar 25th, and now “Josh”, who started around Mar 30/April 1st — which kinda fits the title of this story. … Another “Kevin” site was apparently added to the rotation on Saturday (Apr 4), Kevin Makes Dough (although the title says Kevin Makes Green). On this version, they try some audio.

    BTW, this is a good time to mention our recent post, about “How people are making money by telling people how to make money” —  Naked Elephant in the Room.

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    ]]>     http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/is-it-still-april-fools-day-this-guys-url-is-ranked-8-on-alexa/feed/ 1     “Google Says Goodbye to Adsense Video Units” http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/google-says-goodbye-to-adsense-video-units/ http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/google-says-goodbye-to-adsense-video-units/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:26:58 +0000 admin http://www.richdogmillionaire.com/?p=975
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    “The demise of AdSense video units does not impact the availability of other video-related ads options, stressed Google. It noted that video ads may appear in AdSense for content ad units for users who have “opted into” image ads. Also, AdSense for video is ’still accepting applications from eligible publishers who produce video content,’ said the Google announcement.”

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