Friday Archive Dive: Advertising Networks

Today's Archive Dive is from April 23, 2012, when I compiled some information on ad networks.

Many of you are already familiar with Project Wonderful, but it isn’t the only way to get paid for ads running on your site. There are a number of companies that serve ads to participating Web sites. These companies generally pay on a CPM or CPC basis – meaning you get paid on a per-impression or per-click basis (respectively). Here’s a quick overview of some (and by no means all) of your options.

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Accept No Imitations: IndieGoGo clones of Kickstarter projects

If you're running a Kickstarter campaign, beware of clones...

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Character Design Hot Seat: Decrypting Rita and Lizardmin

This is the third of a series of discussions of character design. Rules are the same as all Hot Seat discussions. I'll open up with a few remarks, and then the members at large can take the discussion further. Up first, a character from Decrypting Rita and then Lair of the Lizardmin.

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Google Analytics introduces Universal Analytics

In an effort to better gather information from a wider scope of Web users, Google Analytics is introducing Universal Analytics. Here's a quick guide to getting started.

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Character Design Hot Seat: Pomophobia

This is the second of a series of discussions of character design. Rules are the same as all Hot Seat discussions. I'll open up with a few remarks, and then the members at large can take the discussion further. So let's talk about a character named Ivan from Pomophobia.

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