I noticed an article on a new breath analyser which can help determine if you’re burning fat. I couldn’t help feel the researchers were missing an important aspect in their testing of the device which leads to one of two conclusions. Either the device is not sensitive enough and thus not as useful as it could be, or that researchers did not test an important fourth group of test subjects.
New breath analyzer knows if you're burning fat... Read More
The groups that were tested were: no change to diet and exercise, light exercise for 30-60 minutes a day, light exercise for 30-60 minutes a day and restrict calorific intake (dieting). The missing group is those who dieted and didn’t exercise.
A while ago I worked out the maths behind weight loss and as a result lost 22kg without any additional exercise. If the breath analyser cannot pick up the burning of fat through dieting alone it would indicate it isn’t sufficiently sensitive. The fourth group should have been an obvious group to include in the test.
The good outcome however is people can see that if they do nothing then obviously they won’t lose weight. With light exercise alone they may not lose weight either. From what I’ve seen when overweight people look at joining a gym, they are usually sold on losing weight and that won’t necessarily happen.
Once you understand the maths behind weight loss it becomes clear what is needed to lose weight and where to put your efforts.
- Kelvin Eldridge
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
New breath analyzer knows if you're burning fat
Alert: Environmental corporation searching for representatives worldwide.
Over the last few weeks I've been receiving quite a few spam emails with the subject "Environmental corporation searching for representatives worldwide" or similar. When I see new scams which are a bit different I normally blog about it just in case it might help someone not get stung by the scammers. The body of the email is often similar to the following:
"Environmental enterprise searching for representation internationally
5% commission on 200K cash flow originated from promotion and sales of proprietary research articles"
It occurred to me I hadn't blogged about this group of emails and I receive three today.
I checked the past four of these emails to see where they had been sent from, using the hidden headers in the email and not the senders email address which is often faked. The countries they had been sent from were: Tehran, United States, Tanzania and Thailand. It is pretty obvious when the same email is being sent from multiple countries it is a scam of some type.
I don't know what the scammers are after. It may be your contact details or it could simply be if you get tricked into replying they then lead you on an elaborate scam and in my consulting work I've seen quite smart people who have been tricked scammers.
If you receive unsolicited emails they are spam and chances are most are from scammers. You should delete unsolicited emails. Your curiosity could cost your a lot more than you think.
Kelvin Eldridge
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"Environmental enterprise searching for representation internationally
5% commission on 200K cash flow originated from promotion and sales of proprietary research articles"
It occurred to me I hadn't blogged about this group of emails and I receive three today.
I checked the past four of these emails to see where they had been sent from, using the hidden headers in the email and not the senders email address which is often faked. The countries they had been sent from were: Tehran, United States, Tanzania and Thailand. It is pretty obvious when the same email is being sent from multiple countries it is a scam of some type.
I don't know what the scammers are after. It may be your contact details or it could simply be if you get tricked into replying they then lead you on an elaborate scam and in my consulting work I've seen quite smart people who have been tricked scammers.
If you receive unsolicited emails they are spam and chances are most are from scammers. You should delete unsolicited emails. Your curiosity could cost your a lot more than you think.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
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Friday, July 26, 2013
Alert: Australian and New Zealand - You have 1 new message. MSG ID: (8SJJA8DAHSKDA71)
I received the following message a short while ago and couldn't help feeling it was unusual and thus might trick people.
"Your online account will be limited. Please call our office
immediately at: (02) 8417 2641 to restore your access! Thank you."
Most people associate Australian and New Zealand with the ANZ bank. The unusual aspect is the NSW based telephone number. I have seen overseas businesses use Australian number so don't assume you'd be talking to someone in Australia.
The email was sent from the Netherlands in Europe and is almost certainly a scam.
You should not call the number. This is a good reminder to all of us that even if something looks like it could be an Australia number we can't assume it isn't a scam.
"Your online account will be limited. Please call our office
immediately at: (02) 8417 2641 to restore your access! Thank you."
Most people associate Australian and New Zealand with the ANZ bank. The unusual aspect is the NSW based telephone number. I have seen overseas businesses use Australian number so don't assume you'd be talking to someone in Australia.
The email was sent from the Netherlands in Europe and is almost certainly a scam.
You should not call the number. This is a good reminder to all of us that even if something looks like it could be an Australia number we can't assume it isn't a scam.
Kelvin Eldridge
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
An interesting new product from Google called the Google Chromecast (not currently available in Australia)
This morning I read about a new gadget from Google called the Chromecast which I thought was interesting.
Google Chromecast makes all TVs smart... Read More
The Chromecast plugs into your TV’s HDMI port and provides streaming direct to your TV from the internet or from your Google Chrome browser on your computer. I have to say some of the information is a bit ambiguous as to how the device operates, but in time I’m sure the fact from the fiction will become clear. At $35USD it could be a good device which adds value to your TV experience. It will be very interesting to find out what it does or doesn’t do.
The Chromecast is not currently available in Australia according to the online Play Store. I suspect the easiest way to find out if it becomes available in Australia is to watch the Play Store.
- Kelvin Eldridge
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Commonwealth Banks new site confuses users accessing NetBank.
The Commonwealth Bank recently launched their new site design and one user requested assistance because they couldn't find how to get onto NetBank. Previously NetBank was easy to find and was right there on the home page at the top right. The new design looks more like an online ad for the Commonwealth Bank rather than a site to quickly access the bank's services.
To find NetBank you need to select Products in the menu and then Online Banking when the menu pops down. There is no mention of NetBank in the main menus. If you click quickly you'll go to the product page and if you look towards the bottom you'll find Online Banking. There is also a direct link to NetBank at the very bottom of the page.
I thought this was a pretty strange redesign of the Commonwealth Bank's site. Over 20% of customer reach the Commonwealth Bank as a result of searching for NetBank and based on my own use of banking sites, the main feature I'd use would be the online banking service. In fact most of the time it is the only feature I use. To not have such an important service with a link prominent on the main screen for user convenience is unusual. It almost feels like the old supermarket trick where milk is at the back of the store, and since everyone needs milk they need to go through the store and in doing so may purchase other products.
My clients now have access to Search Australia as their default search engine and some have Search Australia set as their home page. To get to NetBank all they need to do is enter netbank into Search Australia and they'll go direct to the online banking page. If your bank doesn't have direct access to their online banking page, with Search Australia you can set up your own keyword for your online banking page and go direct to the page. Select My Keywords on the Search Australia page and add your own list of favourite sites.
Kelvin Eldridge
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To find NetBank you need to select Products in the menu and then Online Banking when the menu pops down. There is no mention of NetBank in the main menus. If you click quickly you'll go to the product page and if you look towards the bottom you'll find Online Banking. There is also a direct link to NetBank at the very bottom of the page.
I thought this was a pretty strange redesign of the Commonwealth Bank's site. Over 20% of customer reach the Commonwealth Bank as a result of searching for NetBank and based on my own use of banking sites, the main feature I'd use would be the online banking service. In fact most of the time it is the only feature I use. To not have such an important service with a link prominent on the main screen for user convenience is unusual. It almost feels like the old supermarket trick where milk is at the back of the store, and since everyone needs milk they need to go through the store and in doing so may purchase other products.
My clients now have access to Search Australia as their default search engine and some have Search Australia set as their home page. To get to NetBank all they need to do is enter netbank into Search Australia and they'll go direct to the online banking page. If your bank doesn't have direct access to their online banking page, with Search Australia you can set up your own keyword for your online banking page and go direct to the page. Select My Keywords on the Search Australia page and add your own list of favourite sites.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Gmail tabs and how to turn them off
I always find it interesting how a company like Google could simply introduce a feature like tabs and simply not inform anyone there is a change coming. I suspect many people will be confused with the change.
If you don't want the tabs to appear, at the right of the tabs is a plus (+) sign. Click on the plus and you'll see the settings for the tabs. Deselect the tabs except for the Primary tab (which you can't deselect) and click Save and the tabs will be gone. You can also turn the tabs off or on in Settings via the Inbox section.
I wonder what others think of Google's new tabs?
Personally I like to have one location where I can check all the emails rather than jumping all over the place. I've noticed quite a few businesses not seeing important emails because they end up in a spam/junk folder and as a result turn the option off. I should say I don't use Gmail on a regular basis but I do see the confusion that happens with clients when unexpected changes happen.
Kelvin Eldridge
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PS. Just received the email from Google about the change.
If you don't want the tabs to appear, at the right of the tabs is a plus (+) sign. Click on the plus and you'll see the settings for the tabs. Deselect the tabs except for the Primary tab (which you can't deselect) and click Save and the tabs will be gone. You can also turn the tabs off or on in Settings via the Inbox section.
I wonder what others think of Google's new tabs?
Personally I like to have one location where I can check all the emails rather than jumping all over the place. I've noticed quite a few businesses not seeing important emails because they end up in a spam/junk folder and as a result turn the option off. I should say I don't use Gmail on a regular basis but I do see the confusion that happens with clients when unexpected changes happen.
Kelvin Eldridge
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PS. Just received the email from Google about the change.
Coles flybuys - Is 500 BONUS POINTS worth royally celebrating? Turn it into dollars and then you'll know.
It occurred to me last night when a family member thought one of the flybuys offers was great, that most people probably don't have to a clue as to what the points are worth. It really is simple to put a figure on the value of flybuy offers.
Coles will offer a $10 credit for 2,000 points. Thus 2,000 points is worth $10 which means each point is worth half a cent.
Interestingly this reminded me of a travel technique I once used to convert the money to our currency and it works really well for flybuys. The technique is cover the last two digits (in effect divide by one hundred) and then halve the number.
Interestingly this reminded me of a travel technique I once used to convert the money to our currency and it works really well for flybuys. The technique is cover the last two digits (in effect divide by one hundred) and then halve the number.
So 500 points, cover the last two digits to give us five, and then halve the number which gives us 2.5. Thus 500 points is worth $2.50.
So next time you're at the counter and don't quite reach the $100 and throw in a couple of chocolate bars you didn't previously want just to get the points, you've probably just blown the points on the chocolate bars.
So remember. Cover the last two digits and then halve the number. That's the value of the points in dollars.
So remember. Cover the last two digits and then halve the number. That's the value of the points in dollars.
Kelvin Eldridge
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MyAnswers: Google's Blogger statistics produce huge numbers compared to other methods to collect stats. Why the difference?
The following MyAnswers solution 2369 is now available:
Google's Blogger statistics differ significantly from statistics collected from other methods by up to a factor of 20 times. Great if you want to feel good but not so great if you want meaningful statistics. I share the other techniques I use to provide more meaningful blog stats.
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Government initiative - A Plan For Australian Jobs
Perhaps the last initiative that will have Julia Gillard's name on is the government initiative "A Plan For Australian Jobs". To find out more you can search the internet and you'll see advertisements for "A Plan For Australian Jobs".
I decided to read the information which shows the plan at a glance and to me there doesn't look like a plan, simply the bundling of existing projects such as education, transport infrastructure and the NBN as summarised in the following quote from the government's website.
"That's why we are investing heavily in education and skills and in critical infrastructure like the transport system and the high speed National Broadband Network."
Unfortunately I didn't see anything which would indicate a new initiative that would make any real difference. Perhaps others will see it differently.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.JustLocal.com.au
I decided to read the information which shows the plan at a glance and to me there doesn't look like a plan, simply the bundling of existing projects such as education, transport infrastructure and the NBN as summarised in the following quote from the government's website.
"That's why we are investing heavily in education and skills and in critical infrastructure like the transport system and the high speed National Broadband Network."
Unfortunately I didn't see anything which would indicate a new initiative that would make any real difference. Perhaps others will see it differently.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.JustLocal.com.au
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Nokia Lumia 625 (with 4.7" display) now on Nokia Australia website
I noticed an overseas press release for the Nokia Lumia 625 and wondered if the device was on the Australian Nokia site and it was. That’s usually a good sign that things are moving. As with all mobile phones you should review the specifications against your individual needs.
Nokia Lumia 625... Read More
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Business Works in Camberwell using blog spamming to promote their business.
Whatever you do don't use low cost overseas organisation to blog spam to promote your business. Today I received a comment on my blog from Business Works which was obviously not written by a native English speaking person so I decided to investigate.
Business Works is located in Camberwell so whilst it is possible with our multicultural society that someone in their business is making a legitimate post on another companies blog, it isn't likely. I'm all for legitimate posts but when the sole aim is to add links back to a site to promote themselves I do not call this ethical and honourable behaviour which Business Works claim on their site is important to them.
So how can you tell if it is blog spam. The IP address for the person who wrote the post. In this case the IP address was 182.185.196.221, which is based in Pakistan. It is fairly obvious that Business Works has outsourced their blog spamming to a business located in Pakistan.
Don't make this mistake for your business. All those SEO emails you get every day are spam. If you fall into the trap of using a spammer then chances are you'll pay once for them to spam on your behalf and a second time when it damages your business reputation.
Kelvin Eldridge
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Business Works is located in Camberwell so whilst it is possible with our multicultural society that someone in their business is making a legitimate post on another companies blog, it isn't likely. I'm all for legitimate posts but when the sole aim is to add links back to a site to promote themselves I do not call this ethical and honourable behaviour which Business Works claim on their site is important to them.
So how can you tell if it is blog spam. The IP address for the person who wrote the post. In this case the IP address was 182.185.196.221, which is based in Pakistan. It is fairly obvious that Business Works has outsourced their blog spamming to a business located in Pakistan.
Don't make this mistake for your business. All those SEO emails you get every day are spam. If you fall into the trap of using a spammer then chances are you'll pay once for them to spam on your behalf and a second time when it damages your business reputation.
Kelvin Eldridge
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Alert: Re: Attn: Domain Notification - Expiration Notice
Every now and again I receive domain notices via email where the company issuing them isn’t a company I’m dealing with and in fact, if you read the notice carefully it is even difficult to tell who the notice is from. However the notice has one intent. To scare the domain holder into thinking their domain is about to expire.
As a matter of practice I recommend to clients to forward all notices to me to review because in the past clients have been concerned. This approach stops them making the mistake I’ve seen of others. Transferring their domains to a company they’ve never dealt with who charge them extra. In effect they’ve been hoodwinked.
If you receive any domain notification don’t act on the notification. Visit the site of your domain registrar and check the details for yourself. In this case I was being advised of a domain that had just expired when in actual fact them domain isn’t up for renewal until March 2014.
It amazes me that every day we are literally being attacked via the internet and no one seems to want to do anything about it. In this case the domain registrar who hosts the domain where the link would go to is in America. This is a scam and it would take seconds for the domain registrar to block the domain to ensure people aren’t scammed. Somehow they seem to take no responsibility even though their services make these scams possible. I believe technology already exists that could assist many people avoid scams but it will only happen when the will is there.
If you receive a domain renewal notification don’t trust it. Open your browser and go to the site where you registered your domain and check the details for your domain. Then if it needs to be renewed use the site to renew the domain.
Kelvin Eldridge
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Boat people - The government ad campaign
I noticed the government has started an ad campaign along the lines of "By Boat, No Visa" to stop people smuggling. There is now doubt that most people I talk to consider people arriving by boat to be a concern and a problem, and when people think about what they'd do if they were in the same situation, they'd probably do the same. This isn't an easy problem for the government but what we should always keep in mind is these are real people and no matter how the press or government portrays them, we need to remain compassionate.
You can easily find more information about refugees arriving by boat by using Search Australia and search for "boat people" or "people arriving by boat".
Try also to keep a balanced view of the numbers. The press and government make these big issues because it suits their agenda, but the reality is around 500,000 people arrive in Australia each year and about 250,000 leave. The number arriving by boat is still a relatively small figure. You can see if you review the statistics on arrivals that government policy makes a significant impact on the numbers arriving. Let's hope our government of the day responds appropriately and compassionately.
Kelvin Eldridge
You can easily find more information about refugees arriving by boat by using Search Australia and search for "boat people" or "people arriving by boat".
Try also to keep a balanced view of the numbers. The press and government make these big issues because it suits their agenda, but the reality is around 500,000 people arrive in Australia each year and about 250,000 leave. The number arriving by boat is still a relatively small figure. You can see if you review the statistics on arrivals that government policy makes a significant impact on the numbers arriving. Let's hope our government of the day responds appropriately and compassionately.
Kelvin Eldridge
Catch-up TV added to Search Australia
As I've been assisting clients and friends with their computers I've often found they've never heard of Catch-up TV and that they can watch many recent TV programs using their computer. When there is nothing on TV we often watch an episode of something we've missed during the week. In fact we have an older notebook connected to the TV so we can watch catch-up TV on the bigger screen with better sound.
To make it easier to go directly to the catch-up TV sites for channels 7, 9, 10 and SBS, I've now added keywords for each of the channels in Search Australia. Keywords are single letters, words or phrases I've previously set up on Search Australia to take you direct to the most popular sites in Australia. Enter any of the following keywords to go direct to the channel's respective catch-up TV site.
TV 7
TV 9
TV 10
TV SBS
You can find Search Australia on any JustLocal page (www.JustLocal.com.au) or go direct to the Search Australia page at http://www.justlocal.com.au/search/australia/. You can even add Search Australia as your preferred search engine to Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Firefox and then simply enter the keyword in the search field in your browser. Couldn't be more convenient.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
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To make it easier to go directly to the catch-up TV sites for channels 7, 9, 10 and SBS, I've now added keywords for each of the channels in Search Australia. Keywords are single letters, words or phrases I've previously set up on Search Australia to take you direct to the most popular sites in Australia. Enter any of the following keywords to go direct to the channel's respective catch-up TV site.
TV 7
TV 9
TV 10
TV SBS
You can find Search Australia on any JustLocal page (www.JustLocal.com.au) or go direct to the Search Australia page at http://www.justlocal.com.au/search/australia/. You can even add Search Australia as your preferred search engine to Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Firefox and then simply enter the keyword in the search field in your browser. Couldn't be more convenient.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
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Should parents who let their children rack up charges on the Apple store be responsible?
There is no doubt that many people are racking up avoidable amounts on their mobile phones and Apple’s app store. Some of this is due to the way the systems work and lack of knowledge, but often taking simple precautions can completely remove the chance of such an incident happening.
Apple refunds dad $6,000 iPad bill racked up by 8-year-old... Read More
There is a very simple answer to stop inadvertent charging on Apple’s app store. Remove your credit card details. Then even if a child uses a parent’s iPhone or iPad there can’t be any charges if credit card details aren’t stored with the account.
The owners of app stores want you to have your credit card details registered to make impulse buying easy and make money. Remove your credit card details and only enter the details when you want to purchase something and the problem is solved.
In MyAnswers solution 2287 I share how I removed my credit card details off the Apple app store.
- Kelvin Eldridge
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Alert: Oprah Health Newsletter - How to Lose Weight Fast
Recently there’s been an ongoing email spam/scam using the good name of Dr Oz with green coffee beans. These emails have had links back .pl (Polish) domains which indicates they are malicious. Today a similar technique in an email using Oprah’s name was received. The emails generally link to fake sites which combine information to look like legitimate sites.
If you receive any of these or similar unsolicited weight loss emails you should delete them and not click on any links in the emails.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
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Can you make money using Google Adsense by adding Google ads to your site?
On Google Blogger today I noticed a post from Google titled "Celebrating 10 years of shared success". In essence each year two million publishers (businesses which display Google advertising on their site) earn a staggering seven billion dollars. Or put another way, these publishers help Google earn three to seven billion dollars a year as Google receives 30-50% of the advertising revenue. But let's not worry about what Google gets because the question really is, if you add Google ads to your site using Adsense can you make money.
Unfortunately due to Google's non-disclosure clauses in their agreement it is hard to get real figures from real people. Also even if you did get figures people have a tendency to exaggerate as they don't really want others to know what they are earning.
So how can you make an informed decision.
First you need traffic, lots of traffic to make good revenue. So if your site gets a few hundred visitors a month forget it. You need to be in the thousands to get a dribble and to replace your income you'd probably need to be in the million visitors a month range. If you just want to generate additional income or top up your income and have the traffic, then Google advertising may be worth considering If you read information on the internet and read between the lines you can ascertain this type of information.
However Google's celebrating 10 years of success article gives us some really useful information. That is, $7 billion dollars earned by 2 million publishers. We can look at this four ways which are: an even split, using the 80/20 rule, using the 95/5 rule and the 99/1 rule.
The even splits is where everyone has the same amount of traffic and that would mean everyone earns on average $3,500. Yes not much really is it. But the reality is chances are your site isn't a major daily newspaper site so some sites do generate a lot of traffic and most generate a little.
The second is using that age old 80/20 rule where 80% of the business is generated by 20% of the customers. In in other words 20% of the publishers would get 80% of the revenue and 80% of the publishers get to split the remaining 20% revenue. This works out for the top 20% of publishers as $14,000 a year and for the remaining 80% of publishers $875 a year. The old 80/20 rule seemed to be a good guide for standard business models of past but the internet tends to concentrate far more people into far fewer sites as evidenced by sites like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
The third approach uses the 95/5 split. What I've found recently on the internet is the old 80/20 rule no longer applies and a smaller group now earns most of the money. For example recently I read that top 20 apps earn 50% of the money and the top 250 apps earn 80% of the money. When you're looking at app stores having 100,000 to 1,000,000 apps and only 250 of those apps make most of the money, that doesn't leave much for everyone else. Thus the 95/5 split is where 5% of the publishers make 95% of the money and 95% of the publishers share just 5% of the money. This works put that 5% of the publishers make $66,500 and 95% make $184.21.
If you wanted to go with the 99/1 split which could very well apply in the internet world, you'd end up with around 20,000 publishers making $364,500 a year and 1.98 million publishers making around $35.35 a year.
Based on this information I would suspect that most people will be making something in the range of $35 to $184 a year. Whilst that doesn't sound like much keep in mind a parcel of 600 Telstra shares, which you have to have bought with hard earned money only returns around $360 a year. If you collected aluminium cans with a recycle value of about 1.25 cents a can, you'd have to collect nearly 3,000 cans to make $35.
If you're running a site where you share information and get a reasonable amount of traffic but not generating income, then adding Google advertising to your site may be worthwhile. Be careful though, if you can't do it yourself paying someone else to add and maintain the advertising for you could easily cost far more than you earn.
Clients are welcome to contact me to discuss if adding Google advertising to their sites may be worthwhile or not for them.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
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Unfortunately due to Google's non-disclosure clauses in their agreement it is hard to get real figures from real people. Also even if you did get figures people have a tendency to exaggerate as they don't really want others to know what they are earning.
So how can you make an informed decision.
First you need traffic, lots of traffic to make good revenue. So if your site gets a few hundred visitors a month forget it. You need to be in the thousands to get a dribble and to replace your income you'd probably need to be in the million visitors a month range. If you just want to generate additional income or top up your income and have the traffic, then Google advertising may be worth considering If you read information on the internet and read between the lines you can ascertain this type of information.
However Google's celebrating 10 years of success article gives us some really useful information. That is, $7 billion dollars earned by 2 million publishers. We can look at this four ways which are: an even split, using the 80/20 rule, using the 95/5 rule and the 99/1 rule.
The even splits is where everyone has the same amount of traffic and that would mean everyone earns on average $3,500. Yes not much really is it. But the reality is chances are your site isn't a major daily newspaper site so some sites do generate a lot of traffic and most generate a little.
The second is using that age old 80/20 rule where 80% of the business is generated by 20% of the customers. In in other words 20% of the publishers would get 80% of the revenue and 80% of the publishers get to split the remaining 20% revenue. This works out for the top 20% of publishers as $14,000 a year and for the remaining 80% of publishers $875 a year. The old 80/20 rule seemed to be a good guide for standard business models of past but the internet tends to concentrate far more people into far fewer sites as evidenced by sites like Google, Facebook and Twitter.
The third approach uses the 95/5 split. What I've found recently on the internet is the old 80/20 rule no longer applies and a smaller group now earns most of the money. For example recently I read that top 20 apps earn 50% of the money and the top 250 apps earn 80% of the money. When you're looking at app stores having 100,000 to 1,000,000 apps and only 250 of those apps make most of the money, that doesn't leave much for everyone else. Thus the 95/5 split is where 5% of the publishers make 95% of the money and 95% of the publishers share just 5% of the money. This works put that 5% of the publishers make $66,500 and 95% make $184.21.
If you wanted to go with the 99/1 split which could very well apply in the internet world, you'd end up with around 20,000 publishers making $364,500 a year and 1.98 million publishers making around $35.35 a year.
Based on this information I would suspect that most people will be making something in the range of $35 to $184 a year. Whilst that doesn't sound like much keep in mind a parcel of 600 Telstra shares, which you have to have bought with hard earned money only returns around $360 a year. If you collected aluminium cans with a recycle value of about 1.25 cents a can, you'd have to collect nearly 3,000 cans to make $35.
If you're running a site where you share information and get a reasonable amount of traffic but not generating income, then adding Google advertising to your site may be worthwhile. Be careful though, if you can't do it yourself paying someone else to add and maintain the advertising for you could easily cost far more than you earn.
Clients are welcome to contact me to discuss if adding Google advertising to their sites may be worthwhile or not for them.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Templestowe, Doncaster, Eltham and the surrounding area.
TV Guide Melbourne, TV Guide Sydney, TV Guide Brisbane plus others added to Search Australia
As a result of feedback from working with a client I've added the following keywords to Search Australia. In the past you could enter TV or TV Guide and the Freeview guide would display. This update enables each capital city TV guide to quickly display.
TV Melbourne
TV Sydney
TV Perth
TV Adelaide
TV Canberra
TV Hobart
TV Darwin
For those who haven't used Search Australia, Search Australia provides a search engine which only displays results for .au domains to make it easier for Australians to find Australian businesses and sites. Search Australia provides keyword access direct to the top sites searched for by Australians, so instead of being presented with a page of Google search results, the searcher is taken direct to the site, potentially saving time for hundreds of millions of searches as year. Search Australia provides single letter access to Google, Yahoo and Bing simply by entering the first letter, a space and then the phrase you're searching for.
Search Australia can easily be added to Internet Explorer by clicking on the link Add to Internet Explorer on the Search Australia page http://www.justlocal.com.au/search/australia/. You can find Search Australia in the menus on JustLocal (www.JustLocal.com.au).
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Templestowe, Doncaster, Eltham and the surrounding area.
TV Melbourne
TV Sydney
TV Perth
TV Adelaide
TV Canberra
TV Hobart
TV Darwin
For those who haven't used Search Australia, Search Australia provides a search engine which only displays results for .au domains to make it easier for Australians to find Australian businesses and sites. Search Australia provides keyword access direct to the top sites searched for by Australians, so instead of being presented with a page of Google search results, the searcher is taken direct to the site, potentially saving time for hundreds of millions of searches as year. Search Australia provides single letter access to Google, Yahoo and Bing simply by entering the first letter, a space and then the phrase you're searching for.
Search Australia can easily be added to Internet Explorer by clicking on the link Add to Internet Explorer on the Search Australia page http://www.justlocal.com.au/search/australia/. You can find Search Australia in the menus on JustLocal (www.JustLocal.com.au).
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Templestowe, Doncaster, Eltham and the surrounding area.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Coles flybuys - Save 40c per litre on fuel - Coles
Every time I receive a Coles flybuys activation offer I shudder.
The problem is it is only a matter of time until a scammer duplicates the Woolworths Everyday Rewards and Coles flybuys offers in a scam email. Because all you need to do is single click to activate the offer, all a scammer needs to do is to craft a flybuys offer with a click which goes to an malicious site and the computer could get infected.
Last week I repaired an infected computer where the business went to a fellow Australian recruitment site which was infected. The computer had remain infected for around a week so anyone visiting may have had their computer infected. Millions of sites right now are infected and used by scammers to infect people's computers. All that is required is that you visit the site. In this case the client went to the site after searching for the business using Google.
If like hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) of Australians you receive activation offers pause for a moment. Check the link you are about to click on (most browsers can display the actual site address of the link – don't trust what you read on the screen as it can be faked) and make sure the link will take you to the site you expect to go.
To me it is only a matter of time until we have a massive malware outbreak because Coles and Woolworths are regularly sending out offers where people don't need to read much and only need a single click.
Make sure you check the link before clicking.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Templestowe, Doncaster, Eltham and the surrounding area.
The problem is it is only a matter of time until a scammer duplicates the Woolworths Everyday Rewards and Coles flybuys offers in a scam email. Because all you need to do is single click to activate the offer, all a scammer needs to do is to craft a flybuys offer with a click which goes to an malicious site and the computer could get infected.
Last week I repaired an infected computer where the business went to a fellow Australian recruitment site which was infected. The computer had remain infected for around a week so anyone visiting may have had their computer infected. Millions of sites right now are infected and used by scammers to infect people's computers. All that is required is that you visit the site. In this case the client went to the site after searching for the business using Google.
If like hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) of Australians you receive activation offers pause for a moment. Check the link you are about to click on (most browsers can display the actual site address of the link – don't trust what you read on the screen as it can be faked) and make sure the link will take you to the site you expect to go.
To me it is only a matter of time until we have a massive malware outbreak because Coles and Woolworths are regularly sending out offers where people don't need to read much and only need a single click.
Make sure you check the link before clicking.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Templestowe, Doncaster, Eltham and the surrounding area.
The Block 142 Park Street South Melbourne auction date
I drove past The Block at 142 Park Street South Melbourne the other night and noticed the auction date which I thought some people may be interested in. The auction date is Saturday the 27th of July 2013.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Templestowe, Doncaster, Eltham and the surrounding area.
Kelvin Eldridge
Online Connections
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for computer support.
Servicing Templestowe, Doncaster, Eltham and the surrounding area.
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