Google Looking for more testers for their New Adsense Audio Beta Program

Google is currently signing up additional adsense members for their beta adsense audio program!

They just started the testing around December of 2006 & are saying that it is "going well", and they need more people to test the program If you are wanting to try it out you can sign-up here. The current testers have reportedly said that they like the user interface because of it's simplicity. It only takes about 2 days to create and launch, which is great compared that to a radio ad that usually takes weeks, but I'm not sure that is really a good comparison...? Here is what one Adwords advertiser, Richard Swezey the Executive Vice President of Cequal, creator of Bed Lounge, had to say:
"We thought a lot about how to expand the reach of our message, and radio seemed like a great opportunity – it's a 'main stream America' type of channel, but we had zero experience in it. My impression was it was something for bigger companies, or at least companies with bigger pockets and a bigger appetite for risk. Then we learned about Google Audio Ads and thought 'not only does it address our concerns but we can custom fit it to our budget and marketing goals.' So we decided to take the big plunge into radio. We've been really pleased with the experience."

It is not for everyone, but as stated before, I don't think it should be compared to traditional radio advertising, especially when deciding to use it or not. This may turn out to be one of those sleepers, where some make a ton by just utilizing it and most just don't use it. A lot like the image ads did for a while.

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March Madness Begins today!! College Basketball At Its' Best

March Madness Begins Today

Finally it is here. The most anticipated few weeks for college basketball fans from all over the US and a lot of the entire world. This year there were a record number of over 100 teams with 20+ victories on the season, which is about a 25% increase over the previous record. This one fact alone made it very difficult for the committee to put together the best possible bracket for the tournament. I believe they did a good job, which some will disagree with, but overall it is a good line-up of games and has a lot of potential for some big upsets. Of course, there were the teams on the bubble to get in that didn't, just like every year, and there are a few that had built a nice resume such as Drexel, that just barely missed out. But there are 65 spots and there will always be some team(s) that just don't make it when it comes down to the wire.

The best part of this year is the upset factor. Who will be the Gonzaga of years back, well actually Gonzaga could be it since they are coming in at a 10 seed this year, which is way down from the last few years. You never know who that cindarella team will be, but I can say who the team to beat will be in my mind: Florida! They are a powerhouse of a team & even though they had a few "bad bumps in the road" during the season, they have also shown just how good they really are & all year they have had teams gunning for them after winning it all last year.

Everyone has their team brackets filled out & put in several pools, but with the internet it has opened up tons of ways to participate in this annual event. It is great with all the offers for "free" entries into contests with huge prizes offered by some of the big names in television & sports. So, if you want to enter there are a few still taking brackets before the games get going, but hurry and get them in before it is too late...

Quick Post: 9/11 Mastermind Confesses for Planning 28 Attacks

The associated press reported that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, confessed to that attack and a chilling string of other terror plots during a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a transcript released Wednesday by the Pentagon. Check out the entire story here

SeatBelt Law vs. Motorcycle helmet law: What a Joke & Waste of Tax Money & Time

Recently I read where in Arkansas they were trying to pass a law that requires motorcycle riders to wear a helmet. What kind of law is this? Really, if they have don't want to wear a helmet who are they hurting besides possible themselves? Nobody! Oh yeah, and it failed, but they were also looking at making the "wearing your seatbelt" law a primary offense where an officer could pull you over for not wearing your seatbelt & not need any other reason. Currently it is a secondary offense, meaning that a driver must violate some moving violation to get stopped before they can ticket you for wearing your seatbelt. This law will probably pass if it didn't already, which is the stupidest law I have ever heard of. If you can ride a motorcycle, helmet or not, then why in the hell should you have to wear a seatbelt? This makes absolutely NO sense!! And actually statistics have shown that seatbelts don't actually save lives overall. Yes they have saved the lives of some that would have been killed due to an accident if they were not wearing their seatbelts, but since seatbelts were invented the increase of accidents has also increased because the overall effect is that drivers feel safer & drive more recklessly. So, basically it has increased accidents, which has also increased fatalities by having seatbelts. Also, there have been documented cases where a seatbelt caused the death of passengers in vehicles from being stuck and other reasons. Now could these families sue the government for this law? Of course not... Overall, I wear my seatbelt & my children/wife do also when we remember it & I try to all the time, but I do not believe that the government should have a law that requires that you wear it. Once again it is the passenger's or driver's decision & will only have an impact on their safety, not the safety of others- BUT if you look at it from a different view that the driver feels safer & drives recklessly then the law does impact the safety of others negatively!! Just another law that cost US money & time that could have been spent to actually protect us or improve lives by maybe focusing on violent crimes or ending the "Bush Era of Failures"...

Great POST a/b Man fighting 4 custody & innocent man accused of RAPE: Thank God it's FRIDAY and other small victories

I normally do not link to "personal" type of blogs, b/c to me they are usually really boring. However, this is one of the best blogs that i have seen in awhile & this post relates to a lot of things in the world of "the law" that can really make you think. I mean for one, when you read it one guy & his lawyer are having to "fight their asses off" to win custody in a divorce case where he did not even want the divorce. He just wanted his wife to get help b/c she was "hearing voices" & had demonic cleansing done on their house & well. What the hell is that!! I guarantee if some guy was hearing voices etc.. and the wife filed for custody there wouldn't have been much of a fight & the wife would have had full custody before you could turn around! Then another case where a guy is accused of rape & is found Innocent. Now do NOT get me wrong- I believe that if someone physically rapes someone they should either go to jail the rest of their life or be shot! But on the other hand, when someone is accused of rape & is Innocent then he (and i would put he or she here, but we all know that prosecuting a woman for rape very seldom happens) will spend the rest of his life with that "cloud" over him & basically his life is ruined. I don't know if in this specific case the defendant claimed "he did it" or if it was the police & prosecutor that decided it was him, but either way his life is still probably almost ruined. This is where it gets sticky because those attention seeking women that "claim rape" when all that happened is they either regret having sex with someone or they just are looking for attention from everyone & say someone raped them, but they have made it hard for women that are actually violated in this unimaginable way to go to the authorities. And on top of that is that when 2 people decide to get really drunk or take X or whatever drug it may be & end up having sex then there IS NO RAPE. But as a man, I have been in situations that someone was so messed up that anyone could have done anything to her b/c she was basically passed out, AND that is not right at all either, which is where it gets complicated b/c how do you determine, as an outsider looking in, if they were both messed up to a point or if it was someone taking advantage of the other? This is where those idiotic women that falsely claim rape have made the system unable to determine if a rape really occurred many times & either let someone go free that is guilty or ruin a life b/c someone decided to party & get drunk with a woman! There is one blog out there from a guy in the Army Reserves of I believe Arkansas that makes it sound like he believes it is okay for a guy to allow a girl to get really drunk then take advantage of her, and while this may not be rape depending on the circumstances, it does show the integrity and lack of any compassion for anyone of this guy, AND also reflects on the type of people we are depending on in our armed forces. Now i am not talking about all members of the armed forces, but it does show that we, as Americans, have decided to allow anyone into our armed forces AND promote them- I believe he is an E-5 or 6 Sargent rank!! And i think he works in the "legal" department of the Army reserves throughout the week @ camp robinson in Little Rock, AR. It's the same person I wrote about in an earlier post just before this one if you want to read it!! People like this are the reason that one day we will be having a draft again, because it has got to the point where we have to allow WAY below average people into the armed forces, and not just as followers but we are promoting them into leadership positions! If you watched Andy Rooney on 60 minutes last night then you heard him say the same thing, that he never thought he would say it, but the next time we go to war we (America) need to have a draft because of all the below average people we have allowed in the armed forces and with the draft we would atleast have average Americans that could complete a mission. It really makes you wonder about the current war in Iraq, and I know that there are some GREAT people over there risking their lives and even the below average people may be very nice individuals, but that is not what we need fighting a war b/c it costs lives of not only themselves many times BUT others very often!! WOW- this got way off topic at the end, but really check out this blog and i appreciate the emails of those from some of our other blogs that have came here to read!!! And keep 'em coming or leave a comment!! Here is the link to that great post & blog i was talking about:
Speaking of Hookers...: Thank God it's FRIDAY and other small victories