For the last week or so, I have been putting a lot of thought into Adsense - tracking my own results, reviewing various examples on other sites and listening in on discussions on some of the more popular discussion forums. I've come to some interesting conclusions and found some really cool tips & twists... and so this week's issue is dedica

(or why 2,739 is my favorite number)
If back in September when we started playing with Google Adsense someone told me it would turn into a $1M a year business I would have laughed. A million bucks without a sales person? Give me a break!
However, yesterday we broke our $2,100 record with a $2,335 day. That’s an impressive number

China's steel industry, the largest in the world, will benefit from a stronger renminbi, according to industry officials and analysts. However, the industry is now bidding farewell to its low-cost era.
The renminbi's recent 2 per cent appreciation will cut the costs of imported materials by 3 billion yuan (US$369.9 million) this year, in pa

No new cases of the streptococcus suis infection were identified in Sichuan Province between noon Sunday and noon yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.
Health workers identified 17 previously undiagnosed cases, but all these were in people who had already carried the infection for several days.
In another development, scienti

China urged the country's investors Friday to buy into domestic airlines and airports, trying to boost inflows of much-needed capital as its fragmented aviation sector consolidates.
The Chinese government would keep its stakes in its three largest carriers, but private investors would be encouraged to buy into smaller airlines or the co

According to the latest survey report released by the Ministry of Commerce, in the second half of this year, among 600 categories of major consumer goods in China, 172 categories will be basically in balance, accounting for 28.7 percent, while 428 categories will be in excess supply, making up 71.3 percent, and no product will be short of supply

The Chinese team of Zhu Yingwen, Pang Jiaying, Zhou Yafei and Yang Yu were third in 7:57.29 at the world championships on Thursday.
China lags behind the US, Australia and the UK to rank the fourth after the first two relays.
Zhou Yafei, China's third relay, shortens the distance from the UK, the third place. Yang Yu, a 200-meter-frees

Fans of Steven Chow, the famous Hong Kong movie star, can now buy his "voice" on the Internet, said Shanghai Daily.
The catch is that the voice is not actually Chow's but that of his Mandarin dubbing artist.

Forget expensive presents or costly jewelry. Wining and dining is the best way for men to woo women, British scientists said Tuesday.
Researchers at Imperial College London developed a mathematical formula and modeled courtship as a sequentia

Chinese airlines breathed a collective sigh of relief after China allowed its currency to appreciate by 2 per cent last week.
But whether they can return their businesses to the black by the year's end still depends on other factors, especially jet fuel prices, airlines and analysts said.
"The yuan appreciation is definitely good news

GUANGZHOU: More than 13,000 pairs of fake Nike sports shoes with a street value of 5.5 million yuan (US$679,000) have been seized from a warehouse in Baiyun District.
Two months' work by the economic investigation team of the Guangdong Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce led to the discovery of the shoes' hide-out in a resid

World healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson has become the ninth official partner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
The world's most comprehensive, broad-based health care company Johnson & Johnson will join the Games with the category covering consumer and personal care products, medical and diagnostic products and non-prescription m

Noblelift Equipment Joint Stock Co Ltd got the market economy treatment in an anti-dumping charge from the European Union, which indicates that Chinese firms can help themselves if they follow all the rules as well as working hard, experts said.
In its final rulings for the dumping case, the EU charged the hand pallet truck maker in East Ch

One of China's most well-known bloggers hopes to ride the current boom in personal online journals and transform his blog site into a U.S.-listed Internet giant.
"We are building a blog-based portal and we will be the first blogger ever to list on the NASDAQ," Bokee.com chairman and chief executive officer Fang Xingdong said.

Soaring summer temperatures and the red hot atmosphere of the Six-Party Talks mean diplomats and the more than 500 journalists gathered in Beijing are eager to find ways to keep cool.
Chinese green bean soup has quickly become a favourite of delegates trying to beat the heat at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where the talks are being held,