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There are a number of link broker sites out there: the good, the bad, and the ugly. I'm not going to name the ones I don't like for a number of reasons, but I will tell you about one that I have been with for several years and that I am very happy with and that is LinkWorth.com.

There are a lot of reasons why I not only like LinkWorth, but also have been very loyal to them. When I was contacted directly by an advertiser after they canceled text ads on our sites, I was surprised that they wanted to do this to get a discount by bypassing LinkWorth. I promptly reported them to LinkWorth and told the former advertiser that I would never take their business, no matter how much they offered us.

I did this because LinkWorth provides a good service and charges about 30% for the text ad fee. This is not a small amount, but the other sites I have seen generally charge about 50%, or 30% of the "wholesale" price. I consider both of these to be excessive, although to be fair LinkWorth does take 50% of the fees when they take care of the marketing and placing of text ads. I have not tried the full service option but it may be worth it.

Once your site is set up in LinkWorth, you can add code to your site which allows the adding and removing of text ads on your site to be automated. If you've ever added and removed links as advertisers change, you know that can take some time and be a headache if you have a lot of sites.

LinkWorth also allows you to buy text ads on other sites and has different types of advertising options. And as a publisher you can also provide a number of options for advertisers.

We have been with LinkWorth for a number of years and also run Google AdSense on most of our sites. Over the past few years the income from AdSense has decreased, but the LinkWorth income has increased and we are now exceeding the most we have ever made with AdSense on a monthly basis.

If you have a web site or a blog and are not not offering text ads on your site, you are missing out on a great additional revenue stream.

[Note: This is not a paid post and it does not contain any paid text link ads. Some links may be affiliate links and can be easily circumvented if you wish. If you want to confirm that I really feel this way, please feel to comment. I really do like LinkWorth...]

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Social-Voting News Website Launches For The Domain Name Industry. 100% User-Submitted Content With Revenue-Sharing For Members.

Penang Island, Malaysia (PRWEB) June 26, 2007 -- Recently launched DNHour.com is the domain name industry's first revenue-sharing and community-driven niche website. Modeled after the popular social-content site, Digg.com, DNHour.com is designed for members to submit short reviews of the latest industry news with a link to the source. Using an algorithm to determine the popularity of the news, members can choose to help promote or demote contents submitted by fellow members through a voting process. With enough votes, popular news stories are promoted to the main page of the website, exposing it to a broader audience.

According to site founder Koay Al Vin, the portal is for domainers to consolidate all important industry news, compiled and ranked by the community in one central location. Instead of sifting through journals or domain forums, members can now sort for popular news in categories such as Recent Sales & Prices or Domains On Auction. Still in Beta mode, the site is aimed at domainers-on-the-go, where social-reporting will help alert them of any domains available at a steal or the next big domain on auction. Members can also network among peers by contacting fellow members within the community and comment on posts.

"The talk of the today is social-everything. In this generation of Web 2.0, we are talking about blogging, wikis and crowd clout where like-minded groups connect online and exert influence in an industry," says Koay. "DNHour.com is crowd clout for the domain name industry," he adds. "Now domainers are discovering that they can choose which news or services are popular and demote those that are not."

About DNHour.com

DNHour.com is founded by a Malaysian-based domainer and serial entrepreneur, Koay Al Vin. After missing out on some big domain name purchases, he decided to keep in the know by tediously scouring domain forums and listing sites for what is available. He founded DNHour.com to ease the process and today, all domainers can help each other by sharing those important news and events at DNHour.com.

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Press Contact: Koay Al Vin
Company Name:
Phone: +60124726233
Website: http://www.dnhour.com

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Kevin Ham, a Christian entrepreneur who I'd like to meet someday.
By info
A link on the web site peaked my interest, it read 'Kevin Ham: The Man Who Owns the Internet' so naturally I clicked it. I was quite impressed with Kevin Ham's story of ingenuity and bold proclamation of his faith in Jesus Christ. ...
Image Market Inc. - http://www.imagemarketinc.com/wordpress

Dot-com is king," Goldberger said. "Dot-net is worthless."
By s(s)
Another great DOMAIN SUCCESS story. Is it just me or does it seem the mainstream press is reporting this on a daily basis since the Business2.0 Kevin Ham feature?
The Frager Factor - http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com/

BP Holding Group Rebrands, Launches Media Focused Company
By Adam Strong
Bahlitzanakis and BPHG join the ranks of other domainers rebranding as developer/media companies such as Kevin Ham with Reinvent.com and Sahar Sarid with Recall Media Group. Bahlitzanakis recently teamed up with Michael Mann and ...
Domain Name News - http://domainnamenews.com

Michael Bahlitzanakis launches media company
By Dominik
BPHD Media is just one of the several media companies which are currently built around quality domain portfolios. Other companies which are busy developing generic domains are Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology and Sahar Sarid's Recall ...
HighEndWebNames.com Blog - http://www.highendwebnames.com/blog

Now that's using your noggin
Foreign Policy (subscription) - USA
But Kovatch is just a rank amateur compared to Kevin Ham. Ham, a retired Canadian doctor and the owner of both God.com and Satan.com, rakes in an estimated ...

Millionaire Domainers
By Jay Westerdal
So that is why we need your help to help us make the list. Please submit names of fellow domainers that have made it big in the comments below. Yun Ye (UltSearch) Frank Schilling (Name Administration) Kevin Ham (Reinvent) ...
DomainTools Blog - http://blog.domaintools.com

iPhone.com sold to Apple for a seven figures
By wayan(wayan)
Otherwise, major league domainer like Kevin Ham will cause them to spent more money for buying domain names. I just wonder if Cisco was also approaching Michael prior the Apple. ? source Engadgetmobile.
A great way to muse - http://onedira.blogspot.com/

links for 2007-07-04
By linkposter
Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains - June 1, 2007. The man who owns the Internet. (tags: business20 webcli)
Speaker City - http://www.brandonwhichard.com

Kevin Ham - The man that makes more money with domain parking
... money can be made with domain parking, so I thought it would be a good a idea to mention a CNNMoney.com article a came across a few weeks ago. Basically the article talks about Kevin Ham, the "owner" of the internet. Kevin Ham [...]
Make money from home opportunity - http://from-home-make-money-opportunity.com

(Top 100) People who made $1Million selling domains
By admin
Kevin Ham (Reinvent) Kevin Medina (RegisterFly.com) Lawrence Ng (Oversee) Marc Ostrofsky (Business.com) Markus Schnermann (Keyword Domains) Matt Bentley (Sedo) Michael Arrington (Pool.com) Michael Collins (Afternic) ...
Hourlylaff - http://www.hourlylaff.com

*[Note; This Blog post's title and some hyperlinks above may be satire and not be part of the original posts quoted here.]

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Free Ebay Auction Ads Script Download Offered

The first search engine site that we know of to use the power of the AuctionAds system has just released a free version of their search page for web site and blog owners to use on their own site. The single page script uses PHP and need no programming skill or additional software to be used.

Site owners can give their visitors the option of using the script to search ebay ads for what they want, if they are looking for something that the site owner and not used in the keyword targeting. Sometimes you are at a web site on a specific topic and you see something that makes you thing of something else that is unrelated to what the site offers. Rather than have the site visitors leave your site, they can do a search right away while they are still thinking about it.

The script is offered as is with no warranties of any kind, but considerate, respectful questions will be answered as much as possible.

Ebay Auction Ads Search Engine

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A group of premium Canadian domain names has recently been put on sale, including a rare 3-letter word domain. This is the first time that such exclusive health-related domain names have become available.

Toronto, ON (PRWEB) July 2, 2007 -- A group of premium Canadian domain names has recently been put on sale. They are: Hospital.ca, Hopital.ca (French translation of "hospital"), Telemedicine.ca, and Eye.ca. This is the first time that such exclusive health-related domain names have become available.

Health care has repeatedly ranked as the top priority for Canadians and excellence in medicine is one of the hallmarks of the Canadian identity. It is therefore no surprise that these health-focused domain name listings have generated a great deal of excitement in Canada.

Like good locations in real estate, single-word domain names are a scarce and desirable commodity. All the words in the dictionary have long been registered and it's very rare to see any single-word domain name with broad commercial appeal become available. Some .CA domain names representing smaller niche markets (e.g., cruise trips, or computer parts) have recently sold in the $20,000 - $40,000 ($CDN) range. It is anticipated that these premium health domains will be bid up even higher.

Hospital.ca, Hopital.ca, Telemedicine.ca and Eye.ca are currently available for sale by their respective owners on our domain name exchange and escrow platform. Interested parties are directed to visit the bidding pages for each of the domains, for example: http://www.sedo.com/search/details.php4?domain=telemedicine.ca.

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Press Contact: Maria Berdugo
Company Name: Sedo.com, LLC
Phone: +49 (221) 340 30 235
Website: http://www.sedo.com

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