Archive for April, 2008
Web Ads Targets… off Target?
NYTimes.com reports that Ad Industry is becoming sensitive to our needs. Why do I find that HIGHLY unlikely?
Ad Industry Bans Targeting People With Cancer; Ads to Widows and Orphans Allowed
If you’ve got AIDS, cancer or erectile dysfunction a group of big advertising networks are going to promise not to remember that you read sites about those topics and remind you (or others using your computer) of your condition with ads for related drugs as you surf the net.
But if you have Parkinson’s disease, congestive heart failure or warts, the ad companies have decided it may well be acceptable to keep track of your interest in medical subjects and fill your browser with ads for helpful products from pharmaceutical companies.
Advertising to people who are dead may also be acceptable, the group said.
Chapter 2
Advisor: Janet, can you write Chapter 2 of your dissertation by Tuesday?
Janet (hesitantly): Sure???!!!
Dissertation Hell
Welcome to my world. Working on a dissertation is difficult. Ideas swallow your mind to where you can’t think about nothing else but the dissertation. I am just starting and it’s already getting me down. Thank goodness I have four months off to concentrate on nothing else but the dissertation. Here’s to my deadline… October 15! Wish me luck.
Back to work!
Is blogging worth dying for?
Interesting article about Bloggers and stress in The New York Times. Some bloggers have gained 30 pounds and had heart attacks. I think I’ll stick to my day job of becoming a professor. Professional blogging may be too dangerous for me.
Bloggers at some of the bigger sites say most writers earn about $30,000 a year starting out, and some can make as much as $70,000. A tireless few bloggers reach six figures, and some entrepreneurs in the field have built mini-empires on the Web that are generating hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. Others who are trying to turn blogging into a career say they can end up with just $1,000 a month.
Speed can be of the essence. If a blogger is beaten by a millisecond, someone else’s post on the subject will bring in the audience, the links and the bigger share of the ad revenue.
“There’s no time ever — including when you’re sleeping — when you’re not worried about missing a story,” Mr. Arrington said.
