Top Links – 2/16/2007

Darren Rowse has added another installment in his RSS readership series entitled 10 Sure-fire Ways to Get RSS Readers Visiting Your Blog. Since the actual blog (not the RSS feed) is where you’re going to have most of your monetization setup, it’s important to get your feed readers to visit it. Not only that, but you also want these guys participating and commenting as well. This post reminded me of one John did a while back called How to Get RSS Feaders to Visit Your Blog. It’s not a top 10 list, but it will do.

Google buys AdScape for $23 million which now gives them a platform for advertising in video games. They’re one step closer to advertising in your dreams.

Chris Garrett just made a new post: Are You Burning Blog Bridges? When I first read this I was a bit worried that my Top 10 Worst Internet Marketing Videos Ever may have burned some bridges (especially with Free1Up’s Response) but then I remembered that the guys in those videos just peddle get rich quick schemes and have no respect in the community anyway. Phew.

I just came across Kumiko’s Cash Quest, a new blog on making money by blogging. I’ve been seeing links to this blog popup in a few places, so I decided to check it out to find why it was gaining popularity. The design isn’t all that great, there’s some posts but not many, and there’s nothing all that groundbreakingly original. I don’t know why this is so … oh wait a minute. An attractive Asian girl is running it. Bingo.