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| Biblical Studies Carnival Update and Reminder |
| Published: July 17, 2007, 9:58 am |
| Tags: Biblical Studies Carnival |
| - November 2007) Biblical Studies Carnival XXIV (James M. Darlack, Old in the New - December 2007) Biblical Studies Carnival XXV (Christian Brady, Targuman - January 2008) Biblical Studies Carnival - Best of 2007 (Tyler F. Williams, Codex: Biblical Studies Blogspot - January 2008) Biblical Studies Carnival XXVI (Kevin Edgecomb, Biblicalia |
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| Biblical Studies Carnival XIX Online at Biblische Ausbildung |
| Published: July 1, 2007, 12:57 pm |
| Tags: Biblical Studies Carnival |
| the nineteenth Biblical Studies Carnival over at his blog Biblische Ausbildung. Stephen has done a wonderful job highlighting academic biblical studies in the blogosphere for the month of June 2007. Stephen took the Carnival theme seriously and led us all on a tour of a midway that included ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, New Testament, as |
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| Gala's Lessons in Blogging |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 10:06 am |
| Tags: Case Studies |
| Yesterday I introduced you to Gala Darling and talked about her transition from having a blog with a niche topic to having a blog more with a niche demographic. Today I want to hand ProBlogger over to Gala for a post and have asked her to share a few of the lessons she’s been learning of late about blogging. I’ve also included a few |
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| Does Your Blog Focus Upon a Niche Topic or a Niche Demographic? - a Mini Case Study with Gala Darling |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 6:11 pm |
| Tags: Case Studies |
| Last week I had a coffee with Melbourne blogger Gala Darling (pictured) to talk blogging. Gala blogs at iCiNG). We had a great chat that covered a lot of topics - from how to make money from blogs, to adding features to blogs to take them to new levels, to where we should hold the next Melbourne Blogger Meetup. While we covered a lot of ground |
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| Getting your forum site to perform well with AdSense |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 1:28 pm |
| Tags: Case Studies, Optimization |
| When Amit Kumar co-founded MegaGames Forum in 1998, Google Inc. was being run from a Menlo Park garage and AdSense didn't even exist yet. Fast-forward 9 years to 2007: Amit still runs MegaGames Forum just as a hobby, but he earns enough revenue through the AdSense program to run a dedicated server and continue growing his site.Amit wasn't so |
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| Mid-day more than midway to success |
| Published: July 10, 2007, 12:13 pm |
| Tags: Case Studies, International |
| Mid-day.com is a newspaper website for readers in Mumbai, India which has been in the AdSense program since 2005. According to Gauri Daswani, who was the Mid-day.com Assistant Manager at the time, 50% of the site's revenue is generated through AdSense. "Monetization has become much easier with the AdSense model," she says. "To ensure good results |
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| A success story from India |
| Published: June 14, 2007, 2:28 pm |
| Tags: Case Studies, International |
| When the Internet first boomed in India, many people proceeded with caution -- adoption was fairly slow compared to the U.S. But a few adventurous spirits jumped right in and have stuck with it for the long haul. Among them is Babychen Mathew, who left a career in journalism to start his own website, dancewithshadows.com. This site offers readers |
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| An effective pairing of AdSense and e-commerce |
| Published: June 4, 2007, 1:11 pm |
| Tags: Case Studies |
| Imineo.com is a French video-on-demand site offering a wide variety of videos in different formats. In 2005, the site's owners decided to use Google AdWords to drive qualified traffic to their site. After setting up their first campaigns, they implemented conversion tracking to evaluate their overall return on investment. More recently, the |
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| Autism Speaks Announces Plans to Fund "Complementary and Alternative Medicine" |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 7:53 am |
| Tags: Bob Wright, Autism Speaks, The Turning Tide, Studies, Katie Wright Hildebrand |
| Earlier this month, Autism Speaks began lobbying in PA for health insurance coverage. They they opposed AB 16 in California that would have expanded the mandatory vaccine schedule in that state. Last week JB Handley (no fan of AS) personally and publicly thanked them for supporting the Mercury Free Vaccines Act of 2007.And today this:Autism |
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| Something Has Happened |
| Published: July 15, 2007, 8:28 pm |
| Tags: Easter Seals, Cedillo, Fda, Verstraeten, Autism Society Of America, The Turning Tide, Doj, Thimerosal, Johnson And Johnson, Autism Speaks, Legislation, Nih, Epa, Vsd, Cdc, Evidence Of Harm, Studies |
| of references to thimerosal studies. (I haven't had a chance to read it yet), but how long has it been there? It is not dated and David Kirby, who is a guy who keeps track of these things, didn't even know it was there until a few days ago.The run up to the Wakefield MMR Trial has reignited doubt in the vaccine in the UK and articles like |
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| Bill Welsh of Autism Treatment Trust Shames UK Epedemic Deniers |
| Published: July 11, 2007, 9:41 am |
| Tags: Autism Treatment Trust, Incidence Of Autism, Studies, Bill Welsh |
| Foreign epidemiological studies that never survive close scrutiny are paraded as proof that an estimated 100-fold increase in autism is a mirage, or that the controversial MMR vaccine cannot possibly be implicated. The Scotsman article clearly helps illustrate what is a farcical and irrational stance in the face of the latest Cambridge |
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| Urban Studies: There Is No Reason To Go Up The Empire State Building |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 1:10 pm |
| Tags: Empire State Building, Metro, Urban Studies |
| I am an American, New York-born. John Lindsay's name is on my birth certificate (although not as a claim to paternity). I've spent the majority of my life in this area. And like so many of us here in... |
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| The Walk Score |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 2:06 pm |
| Tags: Social Studies, Math, Fitness |
| This awesome little tool lets you type in an address and it gives a score for how "walkable" the neighborhood. Good for social studies, fitness or math.Click here for Walk Score(they are supported by ads. just something to keep in mind) |
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| Salaries for College Grads |
| Published: July 12, 2007, 10:48 am |
| Tags: Social Studies, Counseling |
| This lists salaries for several college degrees - mostly business/tech related but some liberal arts as well.Click Here for salary information |
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