Nifty Corners first edition was in itself a popular CSS & Javascript method of webdesign, which allowed the designer to create rounded corners without any images.

Now matured, Nift Corners Cube is a great tool for any CSS web design project.

One thing which I have been meaning to get setup for some time has been a geotargeting ad server, using open source software and a free GeoIP database. I've got it running now, and it's very simple to get your own one working.

What timing! Shortly after I posted my previous adCenter update, I got an automated email from MSN saying some of my keywords had been rejected.

2 days have passed since my last update, and in that time I've made some improvements, the initial results of which I hope are an indication of their success.

Time for another update of where my MSN adCenter PPC experiment is at now.

A few days ago I started my MSN adCenter PPC experiment, in which I'm testing out buying traffic to send to a CPA offer - which is also a new thing for me.

There are all sorts of different PPC keyword tools available these days. Some can be used to give you an idea of the volume of search traffic for specific keywords or phrases, others suggest similar keywords based on entered words, and there are many others such as typo generators etc.

It can be kind of tricky to keep track of them all, so I thought I'd put together a few of the standout PPC keyword tools here:

As many of you will be aware, I've been experimenting with buying PPC traffic to send to a CPA offer, and thought I better bring you up to speed with what's happened since I posted my first impressions of MSN adCenter.

[[ I've resized this Adbrite video to fit this blogs theme, but you can see the full size video here, complete with ads ]]

I saw today that Adbrite is currently Beta testing ads embedded in video, after shoemoney mentioned it on his blog.

Called Adbrite InVideo, it looks like they'll soon be making their video player available, that anyone can load their videos into, and embed on their website or blog.

Firstly to the readers, I apologize for the following rant, but this has to be said. If you are living in New Zealand, or considering staying in NZ for any length of time, stay away from Xtra Broadband. They really are the Worlds worst broadband provider.