I haven’t kept up with the blogs and forums too much this week, but a few things did catch my eye:

WebmasterWorld New Orleans 2005 Quick Recap

Jupiter: Wealthy, Web-Experienced Users Delete Cookies Mos

AdWare & Shopping Comparison: Advertisers Get Double-Teamed

Quick SEO tips and info from the conference

If you have affiliate links that allow you to append your own tracking ids to the url, this would be a good place to use a keyword. For instance, your affiliate link would look something like www.affsite. com?affid=12345&trackid=keyword

No Search Is an Island

Online searches don’t take place in a vacuum. They are triggered by offline events, and they lead to other offline events, preferably to someone paying money to your company. Here’s how you can help that to happen.

Google Plans Payment Service To Rival PayPal

Key Trend: Web Ad Networks Buying The Store

Matt Cutts announces new AdSense spam report feature

Google’s Unknown Spam Recognition Guide
*You should read this - Google’s guideline to spotting affiliate sites and hand plucking them from results.

VBW Targeted! - Banned from Ad Sense

I hope you enjoy your weekend and that it’s nice, hot and sunny where you are. It’s summer - let’s enjoy this while we can.