2010年3月29日星期一

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World of WarCrafts: Travels Through Azeroth (and art contest)
March 29, 2010 at 4:00 PM

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World of WarCrafts spotlights art and creativity by WoW players, including fan art, cooking, comics, cosplay, music and fan fiction. Show us how you express yourself; contact our tips line (attention: World of WarCrafts) with your not-for-profit, WoW-inspired creations.

"This has never happened to me before. I'm a good pilot, dammit! Ugh, I know I'm going to be charged for it too. Serves me right for renting out a Cartel Zeppelin, dammit!"

It was a dark, steaming jungle night in northern Stranglethorn. The ambient noise of the forest is astonishing. An endless natural orchestra of birds, insects, and mammals play in the lush canopies and dank undergrowth. Much like the Swamp of Sorrows, rain is a daily occurrence in Stranglethorn Vale.

After Spirra crossed over the mountains it looked as if we would soon reach the goblin metropolis of Booty Bay. Then an unexpected storm blew us badly off-course. Spirra took this in stride, saying that it would just take a little longer, and that she could stop by Grom'gol if I wanted. Then, drifting low over the verdant jungle ceiling we heard a staccato of gunfire rise from the tangled landscape. Bullets shattered the propeller and pierced the balloon, and we streaked to the ground. It ended suddenly when Spirra's zeppelin impaled itself on a tree. Fortunately, neither of us was badly hurt. We climbed down the tree, carrying what supplies we could. Of our attackers we found no sign.
("Stranglethorn Vale," Travels Through Azeroth and Outland)

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to actually be in Azeroth? To travel from place to place, staying in inns or with friends and acquaintances, taking in the sights and logging it all down in your journal? Find yourself transported as you see Azeroth and Outland through the eyes of itinerant traveller Destron the mage, as documented in the fan fiction Travels Through Azeroth and Outland. This ongoing, lore-based tale is deep -- deep enough in quantity to have accumulated years' worth of entries, and deep enough in content to be recommended by TVTropes.com.

ATTENTION, ARTISTS: Submit your own illustration of Travels Through Azeroth's main character, Destron, for a chance to have your art featured here at WoW.com and on the main page of Travels Through Azeroth. Join us after the break for more details.

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2010年3月25日星期四

AdWords Welcome Pack: Choose successful keywords

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Hello,

Keywords are the search terms (words or phrases) which trigger your ad, and they are critical to the success of your AdWords advertising. This email explains how you can choose the most effective keywords, assess your keyword performance and how this affects the amount you pay.

Top tips for great keywords

A great keyword is:

  • Ideally, 2-3 words long
  • Specific (keywords that are too broad or general will not reach users as effectively as keywords that are highly targeted)
  • Directly related to the text in your ad
  • Directly related to the page your ad links to (specified by the destination URL)

What keywords should I choose?

First, look at your website content and write down every word, word combination or phrase that describes each category of your business. This is the starting point for creating your keyword lists.

Include all brand and product names as well as plurals, synonyms and alternate spellings for each word or phrase. Capitalization does not matter. Take out keywords that are very generic, irrelevant, or obscure.

Then, group your keywords into close-knit themes and create a new ad group for each theme. Put your keywords into these new ad groups. For example, if your campaign is for digital cameras, you can group together mini digital cameras in one ad group and SLR digital cameras in another.

Try using negative keywords. Negative keywords prevent your ad from showing when a word or phrase you specify is part of a search term. If you specify the negative keyword -repair, for instance, your ad won't show for search terms such as digital camera repair.

Want more keyword information and examples?

How can I tell if my keywords are working well?

Check your keyword performance regularly in the 'Keyword' tab of your account.

An 'Eligible' status means your keyword is eligible to trigger ads. Click on the icon in the status column to get more detail on your individual keyword performance.

Then, one of the most important metrics to assess is the clickthrough rate (CTR), as it shows the proportion of people who clicked on your ad after they saw it. Keywords that produce a relatively low CTR (e.g. less than 1% on the search network) can often be improved. Implementing the tips above will help improve your keyword performance. A higher CTR will help to increase your ad's position on Google.

Learn more about what keyword metrics to look out for.

How do my keywords impact how much I pay?

If your keywords are well chosen and you follow the tips above, your ads may show in a higher position or at a lower cost.

AdWords bidding works on an auction-style system, with advertisers bidding for keywords that will trigger their ads to appear. As multiple advertisers will often bid on the same keywords, Google must determine which ads will show, and in what position on the page. To do this, it looks at both CPC bids and the quality of your keywords:

  • Cost-per-click bids (Maximum CPCs) are the amount you are willing to pay when someone clicks on your ad
  • Quality score relates to how relevant your ads and keywords are to searches on Google, which is determined by a number of things, including your CTR

Find out more about how keyword bidding and quality can affect your ads.

If you'd like more information about keywords, you can find all this and more in the online AdWords Beginner's Guide.

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2010年3月23日星期二

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2010年3月21日星期日

Activating Your Google AdWords Account

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We've noticed that you haven't started running your ads on Google. You're just minutes away from advertising to potential customers interested in what you offer. You can activate your account by following these steps:

1. Sign in to your account
2. Select the "Billing" tab.
3. Click "Billing Preferences."
4. Submit your billing information.

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2010年3月19日星期五

AdWords Welcome Pack: The top 4 things you should know

Hello,

Welcome to Google AdWords! We want to wish you every success with your new online campaign and let you know there is help at hand if you need it.

To get you started we've designed a short email series, to give you a solid foundation to achieve success with your new online campaign.

This email covers the top 4 things you should know once your ads are set up and activated: how you can see your ad, pay for your AdWords advertising, control your costs and organize your account.

You'll receive your next 5 emails on a weekly basis, so keep an eye out for them!

1. Where is my ad?

Check if your ad is up and running using the . Type a keyword from your account into the Ad Preview tool, and it will show you exactly which ads are appearing for your keywords in any given location, including your own ad.

We suggest you view your ad with the Ad Preview tool instead of searching on Google. When you search for your ad multiple times on Google, it can affect your ad performance by showing your ad too many times without being clicked on.

If you can't see your ad, use the Diagnostic to help identify the reason it's not showing. Remedying the problem can be simple. Bear in mind that your ad will only show once you have entered your billing details. If you haven't done this yet, log in to your account now to select one of the payment methods below and activate your account.

2. How can I pay for my AdWords advertising?

Available payment options depend on the country of your billing address and the currency with which you make payments. You'll see the options available to you on our Payment Options

To enter your billing information, select the Billing tab in your account and click the Billing Preferences link. Once you've chosen a billing method, learn more about your in our online AdWords Beginner's Guide.

3. What will my AdWords advertising cost?

With AdWords, you are in control! You control the amount you pay with your daily budget and maximum cost-per-click bids (Max CPC).

Your daily budget is the maximum you're willing to spend per day. This amount is entirely up to you and you can adjust it at any time. You are also in charge of the max CPC for each keyword within your campaign. This is the amount you're willing to pay each time someone clicks on your ad. The actual cost of each click can be lower than your max CPC bid.

4. How should I organize my account?

With AdWords, the organization and structure of your account is important. It can have a huge effect on the performance of your campaigns. We recommend you structure your account in a similar way to your website. So, if you offer multiple products or services, you should create a new campaign for each product/service.

Each campaign will contain ad groups that should be based on different themes.

Within each ad group are your ads and keywords. Your ads are what your customers will use to decide whether or not they will visit your website, and your keywords are the words your potential customer will use when searching for your ad.

Take a look at an example to see how you might structure your own account!

If you would like more information about these topics, please visit our online .

We hope you found this first email in the AdWords Welcome Pack useful! We welcome any feedback you may have regarding this email, so please

Thanks and happy reading,

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2010年3月18日星期四

Getting Started with Google AdWords

Congratulations, you've successfully activated your AdWords account. You
can now reach your customers with targeted, relevant advertising.

For help with your new account, visit our Getting Started Guide
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- How AdWords works

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- How to write compelling ads and choose effective keywords

- How to find answers to your questions and discover other helpful resources

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2010年3月12日星期五

3/13 N4G.com : News Feed


Medal Of Honor Graphics Is Comparable To Killzone 2 Oh My God
March 13, 2010 at 12:49 AM

EA has easily reclaimed the number one spot over Activision showing this level of game quality.

First Bad Company 2 now Medal Of Honor, this game is going to make jaws drop and necks break when you see the trailer of the next gen Medal Of Honor.

Get ready for a multi-player beta coming soon

IGN: Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Review
March 12, 2010 at 11:00 PM

Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver feels like a gap filler to make the wait for a new Pokemon game just a little more bearable. Gold and Silver are considered by many to be the best of the Pokemon RPG best, and it's easy to see why after playing this remake: it's still an addictive and fun adventure, fully compatible with all the versions of Pokemon made for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance.

But, yes, it's a remake. Just like FireRed and LeafGreen on GBA, HeartGold and SoulSilver existed already in the Pokemon canon, and obviously the design team didn't work as hard to recreate an existing game as it would have an original experience.

Wii sales decline 'runs deeper' than supply constraints, says Pachter
March 12, 2010 at 11:00 PM

Following the disappointing February sales data, a number of analysts weighed in on the results. While sales were expected to be down, it seems the final tally was a bit lower than expected. Part of it has to do with continued declines in the music games genre, and another major contributor is the drop-off in Wii sales.

Should Microsoft & Sony Be Embarrassed?
March 12, 2010 at 10:56 PM

" I think we would have been embarrassed to do what our competitors are currently doing." Reggie Fils-Aime was quoted when asked about what he thought of the new motion controlled offerings coming later this year from Sony and Microsoft. But should Microsoft and Sony be embarrassed by their upcoming products?

Why 3D Dot Game Heroes Isn't Coming On Xbox 360
March 12, 2010 at 10:41 PM

3D Dot Game Heroes is only a PlayStation 3 game. OK, why? I brought the question to Takehiko Terada, President and CEO of Silicon Studios, the developer of 3D Dot Game Heroes.

3/13 N4G.com : News Feed : xbox360


Medal Of Honor Graphics Is Comparable To Killzone 2 Oh My God
March 13, 2010 at 12:49 AM

EA has easily reclaimed the number one spot over Activision showing this level of game quality.

First Bad Company 2 now Medal Of Honor, this game is going to make jaws drop and necks break when you see the trailer of the next gen Medal Of Honor.

Get ready for a multi-player beta coming soon

Should Microsoft & Sony Be Embarrassed?
March 12, 2010 at 10:56 PM

" I think we would have been embarrassed to do what our competitors are currently doing." Reggie Fils-Aime was quoted when asked about what he thought of the new motion controlled offerings coming later this year from Sony and Microsoft. But should Microsoft and Sony be embarrassed by their upcoming products?

Why 3D Dot Game Heroes Isn't Coming On Xbox 360
March 12, 2010 at 10:41 PM