It’s now offical - Google has integrated Adsense into Analytics. They are rolling this out to publishers now.

And now, we wait…

Karteset 2.1.1 was just released - a minor bug fix where certain cards caused the program to crash.

AdSense alternatives
Most publishers find that AdSense is the easiest and best way to monetize their site. However there are some alternatives today, that are well worth checking out. Two easy to use ones are Chitika, and WidgetBucks. Affiliate networks usually require more ‘work’ - you have to manually choose products, but if you find the right ones for your audience, it might be great. CJ is probably the best known network, and we recommend that you also try PepperJam network which is getting some traction. Finally you might want to check our RevResponse - which is rather unique. These guys offer a choice of online magazines for your readers, within a nice-looking and easy to use banner.

Getting ready for the recession… get cheaper hosting
Most people agree that soon we’ll have some hard times ahead of us. Now is a great time to get ready, and lower your operation costs. One of those is hosting. You might find that switching web hosts might be a good idea (or perhaps talking to your existing one and lowering your cost). We currently use HostGator, which offer cheap hosting, have great support, and they are even ‘green’ which is always a plus.

The new version (5.2.0) adds a new type of emails - HTML mails that include more statistics and even some trend graphs - better than the simple text ones we had so far (don’t worry - you can still get the old mails, or even both).

We have also added small banner ads to the ‘free’ and unregistered version…

Get the new version here

Google’s official AdSense blog (Inside AdSense) posted about the delays in AdSense stats, and GASS.

GASS stands for “Google AdSense Stats Syndrome” - which means that you just have to check your AdSense stats, all the time… Refreshing again and again to see if you earned some more money since the last check.

The first reason to make AdSenseLog was to make these checks easier, and have some software to do it automatically. Since then we added many more tracking and analyzing tools - although one of the major reasons to use the software is to easily stay updated and monitor your account all the time.