Five days have gone by since Yahoo posted in my publisher account that my direct deposit payment has been processed. I’ve check my bank account 10 times a day since March 24th and still have no received the deposit. My Adsense payment showed up yesterday, but where is my YPN payment.

The first thing I did was contact my bank to see if I have any unclaimed deposits floating around in space. The lady said the only way a deposit would not be made is if the routing number is wrong. So i verified my routing number with her. After this she mentioned that I was issued a new routing number, several months ago, but that my old one should still work. Of course my old routing number works because I get deposits from Google and Paypal all the time using my old routing number.

So I wrote down the new routing number she gave me and attempted to call YPN support (1-866-785-2636) but of course no one answers. It’s a voicemail asking you to leave a message and phone number and they will get back to you. I didn’t leave them a message yet because I’m at work right now and don’t want them calling me back while I’m busy. I will attempt to call them again no my lunch break. I did email though, however I don’t expect a response within 24 hours.
I hope the routing number issue is the problem. Although I’m not sure it is. I have received a YPN payment before almost 1 year ago and I didn’t change any of my info since then. I doubt they’re mailing me a check, because in the payment section on my account it says March 24th / Direct Deposit / Transaction # XXXXX.

I really want this money though! I’m getting $450 from them and need it to pay some bills.

I’ll keep you posted.

Every so often you see a thread in a webmaster forum where someone is selling .edu links. Rumors fly around saying that .edu links are worth more than a regular .com or .net link because it has more authority. Universities have thousands and thousands of inbound links. If you can get your link on a .edu page then your search engine rankings and page rank will go up. Right?

To tell you the truth, I’m not really sure. I’ve read people say it’s true, and I’ve heard people say there is no difference from a .gov, .edu, or .info. So why is it when someone is selling .edu links, there is always a ton of interest? This guy Tyler was trying to sell .edu pages. You can view his thread and 168 replies here. Another guy on Digitalpoint named Tom, recently put up a .edu link sales thread here and sparked 3 pages worth of replies.

Obviously there is a market out there for .edu links.

Lucky for me, I am an alumni to the University of Florida and still have access to my student account. I would say that 90% of universities offer their students free web space. It’s limited of course, but nonetheless you get free space. That is free space on a .edu domain. If you’re in college, check the student section on your school’s site and I bet you will find that you can build web pages too.

Last night I created the Gator General Directory. I haven’t really done much to it yet. But when I get time I plan on selling pages like Tyler (mentioned above) did. I don’t have any of the details yet such as length, number of links allowed, or price.

It will be laid out like this .edu/lithman/your-page.html

Depeding on how much interest I get from this, I might do sub folders:

.edu/lithman/sports/your-sports-page.html

This will be a purely SEO thing. I wouldn’t expect any traffic to come from these pages. I’ll keep you guys posted, once I get my page set up and start looking for buyers. If you have any tips on how I can make this project better / more profitable please comment and let me know.

You might have noticed from browsing my blog there there is a new form of advertisement. I was accepted into Kontera yesterday. I currently only have two sites accepted, so I won’t be putting Kontera on my entire network yet. I’ll slowly introduce it and see how much I earn from it.

From what I’ve heard is they don’t pay out exceptionally well, but any increase in revenue is a good one. Confused about what Kontera is? According to their website:

What is a ContentLink ?

A contextually relevant keyword that is discovered in real-time on a web page from within Kontera´s vast network of publishers, and is automatically turned into a link to the most relevant ad from among Kontera´s thousands of advertisers. With ContentLink™ publishers generate incremental revenue while advertisers reach their most targeted audience on a Cost-Per-Click basis.

When do you get paid?

We will mail you a check within 30 days after the end of each calendar month that ContentLinkâ„¢ ads are running on your site if your earned balance is US $100 or more. If your balance is less than $100, we will send you a check at the end of the first month that your balance reaches $100.

I imagine it will take me a couple of months to accumulate $100 in Kontera, but it will be worth it in the long run if any of my sites take off.

Did anyone watch Planet Earth last night on Discovery? I saw a preview for the series at the movie theater like a month ago and circled yesterday’s date on my calendar. I’m not a hippy or anything, but nature shows and Shark Week always interest me.

Last night they showed three episodes, each one hour long.

1. From Pole to Pole - The first episode illustrates a ‘journey’ around the globe and reveals the effect of gradual climatic change and seasonal transitions en route. Highlights were a great white shark leaping out of the water and snagged a seal in it’s jaws, and a wild pack of dogs hunting impalas in Africa.

2. Mountains - This episode was my favorite. They show Ethiopia’s Erta Ale, the longest continually erupting volcano — for over 100 years and then move to glaciers in the Himalayas. The best part of this episode was the first ever video capture of the rare snow leopard. They actually filmed it racing down a steep mountain after a ram or goat-like animal. I was completely floored when I saw how fast the snow leopard could fly down the mountain without losing a step.

3. Ocean Deep - This episode started out filming the great whale shark - the largest fish in the world. There was amazing footage of the ocean surface all the way to the ocean floor miles below. There are some weird sea creatures in the abyss. Animals we’ve never seen before. One in particular was the vampire squid. It has bioluminescent eyes that glow like a vampire.

I’m not sure if they are going to be showing 3 episodes every Sunday night, or if last night was just special because it was the premier. I don’t care if you hate nature, you have to watch this show. They have been filming it for over 5 years. That’s a long time to film a TV series! You get to see views of Earth that you never knew existed. You get to see animals and how they act in the wild.

It really opens your eyes to what we have here on Earth and why we need to save our planet.

For more information on the show, you can visit their official page at Planet-Earth.com or the Planet Earth Wiki page.

One does not have to be a hotshot in stock brokerage to know about investment. People in online trading know quite a lot about it. They know the difference between a real emergency, and that exactly when is their mastercard supposed to come out. This is the reason why they are never caught in refinance mortgage deals or seen taking out a payday loan.

Azoogle is one of the leading Cost Per Action (CPA) advetising companies on the web. A lot of publishers use CPA companies to compliment contextual ads. You make recognize CPA ads as those True.com ones or the punch the monkey ads or the ones that say you get 10 free ringtones. The publisher is not paid for how many impressions the ad is shown or how many times someone clicks on the ad, they are paid if the user takes action. Action can vary for different offers. For some all you have to do is fill out a zip code, others you have to give a name and email.

I recently put a few Azoogle offers throught some of my websites. It’s been about 2 weeks since I first put them up. I’ve had a total of 76 clicks and only 2 leads for a grand total of $15.45. You can see the detailsin the picture below.

As you can see, the leads per click I am getting is very low… around 2-3%. If you want to make a lot of money from CPA offers, you need to have a much higher leads per clicks ratio.

People use CPA offers because they pay out a lot more than normal Google or YPN ads. The Dada Mobile offer I am running pays out $14+ per lead. If you can land 10 leads a day you’re making full-time income. That’s very hard to do though by just slapping a text link on your site.

If you want to make a lot of money from CPA offers, you need to sell the offer. You need to give a write up or make the offer visually appealing. Give your visitors a reason to submit to the offer. For example, create a hot deals or free stuff section so your visitors think theyre getting something new and at a good deal.

Another way people make money from CPA offers is by creating a webpage like lithman.net/ringtones, then you put the ringtone cpa offer on that page. Sign up for Google Adwords and start a campaign sending traffic to your ringtone offer page. Just make sure you spend less than your offer pays out.

I’m just now experimenting with this, so I will keep everyone updated on the tweaks I make and how much money I’m making from this.

I’m not on Facebook, but I bet a lot of you in college are. This video was created to the tune of Enrique Iglesias’s  ‘Hero’. Those of you with accounts know how true this video is to the Facebook life.