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Hosted OpenX: Set up an ad server without installing a thing
The down side? Up until recently you could only use OpenX by setting it up on your web host. In other words, even if you have a web site hosted on a free service like Google's Bloggger, you still need to sign up for a web hosting account, which usually costs money, to use OpenX.
Earlier this year OpenX announced it would launch hosted version of its ad server. The service is still in private beta, but I got a chance to check it out over the weekend, and it's pretty slick. The hosted version of OpenX provides all the same features you'd get from the self-hosted version. But there's no setup required. You just request an invitation and wait (im)patiently for one to arrive in your inbox. Once you're in, you can start creating campaigns in a matter of seconds.
OpenX also recently launched the OpenX Market Alpha, which allows publishers to sell their ad space directly to advertisers. The Market is still pretty new, so there aren't a lot of advertisers just yet. You probably won't get rich by signing up during the Alpha. But it probably won't hurt either. Publishers can set a minimum rate so that your default ads, say Google AdSense, or Amazon Affiliate units will show up unless an advertiser meets that price. But if a member of the OpenX Market has a higher bid than your minimum, their ad will be shown instead.
Google recently rolled out its own hosted ad management service. But while Google Ad Manager is certainly much simpler to use, it doesn't offer nearly as many customization options as OpenX.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Jash Sayani said 9:41AM on 10-14-2008
Wow! Nice... I'll host it on my server....
Just setup MySQL for collabtive...
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Fecund Stench said 7:40PM on 10-14-2008
I've been playing with it for a couple of years. Someday, everybody will have one.
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