After counting the days till your AdSense check arrives in the mail, you might plan to sprint straight to the bank. But before you try to achieve a land speed record getting to your local financial institution, here are a few things to keep in mind.
Bank on it?
Because bank policies vary throughout the world, we can't say whether a specific bank will be able to accept your AdSense checks. Since all AdSense checks are issued by Citibank, a correspondent relationship between your bank and Citibank is required to process our US Dollar checks. We recommend that you check with your bank to find out if this relationship exists.
Patience is a virtue.
Banks take varying amounts of time to clear checks. The exact length of time before funds will be available to you is a question best answered by your bank.
A penny saved...
Checks from AdSense are for deposit only; they are not able to be cashed.
Now that you have all the information, we wish you happy spending (or saving) your revenue!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Spirit Airlines CEO crowned technology and customer service superstar
The CEO of Spirit Airlines - Ben Baldanza - is the lead candidate for our tech loser of the year award. If the Consumerist and other blogs are right Mr Baldanza pressed reply all to a email instead of regular reply. The person on the other end of the email who was not supposed to receive the reply was a customer with a complaint. Mr Baldanza's reply to the customer service agent who was supposed to receive the email was
Full text of email is here
Please respond, Pasquale, but we owe him nothing as far as I'm concerned. Let him tell the world how bad we are. He's never flown us before anyway and will be back when we save him a pennyNot sure what displays more genius - bashing the wrong key on outlook or being so dismissive of annoyed customers.
Full text of email is here
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
baby alisha invented a new make up!
my baby, Alisha, turned 10 months on the 18Th.. shes begun to throw tantrums like anything.i snatch away something shes not supposed to have.. my cutie throws herself back flat on the mattress and lies waiting for us to take her up!
shes still crawling ans sitting for the whole of this month and getting too inquisitive about everything around.wants to know whats cooking and what we eat,for eg.. pulls at the vessels and the food stuffs.
her sleep timing are opposite to mine..she sleeps, i work! i sleep.. she works on bullying her elder brother and digging and poking her little finger into our eyes!
her diet is the same as last month but added some veggies like carrots etc and she loves to eat her food which is made of dal,rice,potatoes and carrots all boiled and pureed for her to be able to swallow.indroducing egg yolk soon..
i was applying lipstick and i didn't realize my sweetie was applying eye liner on her lips too!! i screamed my lungs out and cleaned her up.shes invented a new make up.. eye liner for lips! hehehe...
come back for more updates of alisha.. shes gods blessing to me and am proud and happy to share her growth and innoncent doings with my readers..
love is patient!
Love is patient with a life
That brings its share of pain.
We know sometime there is an end
To the most stubborn rain.
We know the sun comes out again
On a world that's fresh and new,
And all the gifts we freely give
Somewhere, sometime accrue.
We know sometimes we have to wait
For life to come around,
And sometimes that it won't, but still
There's some good to be found.
And even when things happen that
Your soul can hardly bear,
Know that I'll be next to you;
My love is always there.
That brings its share of pain.
We know sometime there is an end
To the most stubborn rain.
We know the sun comes out again
On a world that's fresh and new,
And all the gifts we freely give
Somewhere, sometime accrue.
We know sometimes we have to wait
For life to come around,
And sometimes that it won't, but still
There's some good to be found.
And even when things happen that
Your soul can hardly bear,
Know that I'll be next to you;
My love is always there.
Improved top ad placement formula now in effect
Two weeks ago, we posted about an upcoming improvement to the formula used to determine which ads are placed in the top spots above Google search results. The change offers advertisers more control over when their ads achieve top placement, while also increasing the quality of our ad results for users. Today, we wanted to let you know that the improved formula is now in effect.
To recap, the key change to the formula is how we consider price. Like the formula used for ranking ads alongside Google search results, the top ad placement formula now considers an ad's maximum CPC. Previously, the formula for top placement considered an ad's actual CPC. Since actual CPC is determined, in part, by the bidding behavior of the advertisers below you, your ad’s chance of being promoted to a top spot could have been constrained by a factor you couldn't influence.
As always, the top ad placement formula will weight Quality Score much more heavily in comparison to maximum CPC, which means that the quality of an ad remains the greatest factor in determining an ad's eligibility for top placement. In other words, an ad with a low quality score but high maximum CPC still cannot achieve top placement.
Beginning today, the actual CPC you pay for an ad in a top spot will continue to be determined by the auction, but subject to a minimum price. The minimum price is based on the quality of your ad and is the minimum amount required for your ad to achieve top placement above Google search results. As always, your actual CPC will be discounted and the higher your ad’s quality, the less you will pay.
Since announcing this improvement to the top ad placement formula, we've received lots of questions from advertisers who are curious about how their accounts may be affected. Advertisers with ads in or near a top spot may begin to see a change in the average number of clicks these ads receive, and also in their CPCs. The degree to which your clicks and CPCs may be impacted will depend on a number of factors, so it's difficult to say today how much of a difference you can expect to see. Therefore, rather than making adjustments now based on assumptions, you may want to monitor your account as-is for the next few days or weeks to see how much of a true impact the improved formula will have.
If, on the other hand, you are thinking about making adjustments now, keep the following in mind:
To recap, the key change to the formula is how we consider price. Like the formula used for ranking ads alongside Google search results, the top ad placement formula now considers an ad's maximum CPC. Previously, the formula for top placement considered an ad's actual CPC. Since actual CPC is determined, in part, by the bidding behavior of the advertisers below you, your ad’s chance of being promoted to a top spot could have been constrained by a factor you couldn't influence.
As always, the top ad placement formula will weight Quality Score much more heavily in comparison to maximum CPC, which means that the quality of an ad remains the greatest factor in determining an ad's eligibility for top placement. In other words, an ad with a low quality score but high maximum CPC still cannot achieve top placement.
Beginning today, the actual CPC you pay for an ad in a top spot will continue to be determined by the auction, but subject to a minimum price. The minimum price is based on the quality of your ad and is the minimum amount required for your ad to achieve top placement above Google search results. As always, your actual CPC will be discounted and the higher your ad’s quality, the less you will pay.
Since announcing this improvement to the top ad placement formula, we've received lots of questions from advertisers who are curious about how their accounts may be affected. Advertisers with ads in or near a top spot may begin to see a change in the average number of clicks these ads receive, and also in their CPCs. The degree to which your clicks and CPCs may be impacted will depend on a number of factors, so it's difficult to say today how much of a difference you can expect to see. Therefore, rather than making adjustments now based on assumptions, you may want to monitor your account as-is for the next few days or weeks to see how much of a true impact the improved formula will have.
If, on the other hand, you are thinking about making adjustments now, keep the following in mind:
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