I have seen in several forums people were asking if it is compliant with Google Adsense TOS to deliver adsense ads using third-party ad servers, like Open Ads. While there were lots of attempts to answer the question, more publishers chose not to do it instead to avoid getting banned from the Google program.

Why ad servers seemed to be very important? Because it simplify management of ads from various advertisers. I am using an ad server (testing it) on my various sites to deliver banner and text ads from various advertisers, affiliate programs and referral products. My sidebar is even using an ad server to rotate the 125×125 banners of my blog friends (by the way, there are still available slots, so you may contact me if you are interested for a free banner exchange program).

By using an ad server, you can configure which advertiser you want to display their ads, setting price for advertising by either Cost per mille (CPM) or Cost per click (CPC). You can set how many times an ad may be displayed - in an hour, in a day or total cumulative page views, or you can limit the effective number of ad clicks before it expires. This way, you have full control of your advertising inventory and pricing, thus allowing you to maximize your profits on your websites.

Introducing the Google Ad Manager. It exactly does everything an ad server is capable of, but with more advantageous features, especially for Google Adsense Publishers. You can set to display Google Adsense ads on it, while there are no orders from Advertisers yet. Its navigation is pretty straightforward - you get the Order Tab, where you can manage your creatives (or ads) from advertisers who place an advertising slot in your ads Read the rest of this entry »

What are the things that a Blogger and a UFC Fighter have in common? Its probably determination and the will to pursue a dream - making it big someday.

As I write this post, I felt a fellow Filipino’s frustrations and loss in getting a title shot at the UFC Heavyweights Championship. The Filipino fighter, Brandon Vera (The “Truth”) lost by TKO going into 4 minutes and 40 seconds on the first round. He was fighting against Fabricio Werdum (”Vai Cavalo”) of Brazil at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 85 | Bedlam in London.

Nevertheless, making it with the UFC is already a big thing for Brandon Vera, and the whole country supports him the way we support Manny Pacquiao. We all hope he gets his dream someday. Just don’t give up, train well, and try it out again next time.

Other UFC85: Bedlam results:

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Update:

• Celtics Wins 17th NBA Championship Title in Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals in Boston.
• View the latest NBA Game Results here.
• Check out the 2008 NBA Finals results per game at the end of this post.

The L.A. Lakers went for a roadkill, but was ran over in the process. Boston Celtics’ 10-point victory margin seemed to be a message of doom for the Lakers.

Paul Pierce did a good showing, who was carried out of the court in the third quarter on a wheelchair but returned after a couple of minutes or so to the amazement of the crowd. No Jack Nicholson sightings though, but the arena in Boston were filled up with celebrities.

I could imagine the excitement and the intensity during the game. This is probably the reason why Filipinos love Basketball, and NBA in particular. You get the spectacular performances, the great hoops, the power dunks, and the commanding rebounds. It is noteworthy to know that while the rest of the SouthEast Asian countries are going crazy over football, the Filipinos are more inclined into Basketball, and yeah, Boxing like the much awaited Pacquiao vs Diaz fight (apart from “jueteng” and lotto).

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Better than make money blogs and affiliate marketing? This post is not the usual make money article, but a call to action for concerned individuals and authorities about the recent “organ trading” in the country.

There is something alarming (and sickening) news lately about certain people giving out their kidneys for a sum of USD125,000.00. What’s more sickening is that the donor himself only gets Php125,000.00 (about USD2,800.00) while the huge chunk goes to the middlemen, the surgeons and the hospitals (and probably some government officials).

More and more foreign nationals are coming to the Philippines in the hopes that they get the needed organ transplant as more and more Filipinos, mostly poor and in need of money, are lured to exchange their body organs for some cash.

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Who wants a good-looking Premium Blog Theme for free? (Ohhh, you should see me raising my hands too, LOL). I have long wanted to have a good-looking, clean and SEO friendly blog theme and this might be my chance to get one! ChiQ Montes over at WPThemeDesigner is giving away cool Premium Blog Themes to lucky bloggers (any type of blog will do sans splogs and scam sites eh).

How many Premium Themes can be won? Not 2, not a dozen, not 2 dozens - but 27 Premium Themes all in all. That’s 27 chances of winning those nice looking themes dudes. That’s if ChiQ doesn’t change her mind. She started out with 21, but her very generous sponsors allowed her to add 6 more.

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