Keyword advertising service, FindWhat.com has released its financial information for the 1st quarter of 2004, which ended on March 31st. The company had a 56% increase from last year’s earning and is currently $2.7 million dollars ahead of its projected 1st quarter earnings.

Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released the Final Full-Year 2003 Internet Ad Revenue Figures, and the report has revealed that ad sales across the Internet has risen 21% from the previous year. The biggest jump, however, was in keyword sales.

Asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma has become one of the hottest words in search engine keyword advertising, costing as much as $90 dollars per click in some cases. Considering that most search engine ad words cost around $1 a click, mesothelioma is clearly the industry leader in price per click.

I’ve been working with Google’s Adsense program for a while now. If you’re not already in the program, why not take a look at it now at https://www.google.com/adsense. I really like Adsense. It makes me money and it’s easy to work with. Just some simple copy & paste into your webpage and you’re done. Right?

Diversify – to make diverse, give variety, to balance, to divide securities in different industries, to produce variety, to engage in varied operations.

Since the birth and popularity increase of the Internet, advertising has become a booming industry. Throughout the past few years, more and more types of advertisements have begun in an attempt to make online advertising more effective: cost effective for advertisers and sufficient revenue sources for publishers. Banner ads, newsletter ads, pop-ups, pop-unders, and many other forms of advertising have been tried. Making Flash banners hasn’t improved the click through percentages either. What is going to be more effective? Featured Links are going to become the new frontrunner in the online advertising industry.

To buy or not to buy? That is the question when it comes to paid search advertising.

If you’ve been looking for an easy way to increase your website’s revenue, Google AdSense may be your answer.

NEW YORK AOL Time Warner on Wednesday reported that revenue for its American Online Internet unit totaled $2.2 billion for the first quarter, down 4 percent from the year-ago quarter.

Meanwhile, ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) for the Dulles, Va.-based online division climbed 18 percent to $404 million and operating income grew 11 percent to $194 million in the quarter.

NEW YORK Yahoo recorded a 38 percent year-over-year rise in first-quarter advertising revenue, thanks in part to an increase in sponsored-search services.

The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Web portal said Wednesday that Q1 revenue from marketing services totaled $190 million, up from about $138 million in the
same period a year ago. The boost resulted from a combination of a strong increase in revenue from its sponsored search services, as well as growth in the balance of its global marketing services revenue. In fourth-quarter 2002, Yahoo’s ad revenue reached $177.5 million.

THAT UPSTART LITTLE LINUX company that’s forever tweaking the Vole’s nose is back again. Lindows.com seems to be forever willing to put itself right in Microsoft’s path and risk being run down. Its latest scheme is one that is sure to make systems builders give Lindows.com some very careful thought.

When business owners develop revenue sidelines, they are creating revenue safety nets. Though they may not know it, they are also creating an inexpensive means of expanding their businesses. Having alternate revenue streams can also produce unexpected sales treats, like icing on a revenue cake. In fact, occasionally the sidelines become mainlines!

“Okay,” you say, “In theory this makes sense. But how do I create sidelines?” Here’s how.

* Find new uses for your existing products. Take the case of.

The biggest mistake that people who run an online business make is to rely on only one product or service as their sole source of income.

During the last twenty-four months, business-to-business technology players have miss-positioned their corporate business development by disproportionately spending their firm’s funding resources on brand awareness instead of revenue generation.

Bringing in a little extra cash through affiliate programs can be simple. These are a few quick tips to earning by choosing what you advertise, so it won’t cover things like ad networks or ad space you’ve sold on your site.