Tag: MONETIZE

Right on cue, Google has launched in-app payment support for Android applications. Developer testing began last week, and now many popular apps -- like the ones pictured above -- can begin charging users for add-on functionality, content, or whatever the heck else they feel is worthy of additional bits of your pocket change. If you were wondering, Google will take the same 30% cut that Apple ...

Skype has announced a new change to its desktop app, but this particular feature addition isn't about functionality, it's about monetization. Yes, advertisements are coming to Skype. On the upside, they'll only appear on the Skype Home tab -- so they won't get in the way of your actual chat sessions. The blog post also states that only the U.S., U.K., and Germany will be seeing ads ...

Hey, want to hear some big news? Well, don't expect to find it in this article from The Telegraph about how Facebook plans to finally monetize their service. Now, despite what articles like Nick O'Neill's on AllFacebook say about "official word" poo-pooing the Telegraph article as being totally off-base, it certainly seems plausible enough. It's not as though Facebook is a home for orphans or an ...

RSS feed publisher FeedBurner has rolled out a new option for monetizing your website. You can use FeedBurner to add Google AdSense in between posts on any blog or website. What you can't do is the place Google AdSense advertisements in your site's feed. It's a bit puzzling that the Google-owned RSS publishing company is launching a service that has nothing to do with RSS feeds. There are ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Six_ways_Twitter_can_make_money'; A web 2.0-sized boatload of buzz has surrounded Twitter, the addictive service that allows its users to answer one simple question: what are you doing? The service has made appearances in everything from your friend's blog to the New York Times, and everyone seems jazzed about how fun tweeting is. While we're all having a ...

Auction Ads is a new service that lets bloggers generate revenue. Like Google Adsense and similar services, Auction Ads gives you a line of code to embed in your blog. The result is a column or row of ads for eBay auctions on your web page. Unlike Google Adsense, Auction Ads isn't context based. In other words, while Adsense scans the page to find appropriate text-based ads, you enter a list of ...