We are releasing the new free theme for Wordpress blogs that display ads . The style is simple with 3 column layout & a color combination for a professional looking blog.
The new Free Theme, named AdLine Theme for Wordpress , is partial widgetized. The right free column that can be customized to a different width to suit any professional need.
This free wordpress theme is especially suitable for blogs with a good mixture of images & text or just plain  text. The wide layout of the AdLine Theme for Wordpress …

As part of the Essential Wordpress Series we would provide Free Wordpress Themes to all bloggers who wish to make money by displaying ads on blogs.
We will release a new free theme, AdVault Theme, suitable for blogs that want to display a good combination of CPC, CPA & CPM ads.
The AdVault Theme is developed from the basic concepts of the popular Pro Ad Theme with many additional features.

We are releasing the new AdGrace Theme - our third free Wordpress Theme that is very suitable for sites & blogs that display ads .
The approach is simplistic with focus on uncluttered content & design. The color scheme is chosen to be a combination of green & mild blue to sooth the eyes.
The AdGrace Theme is completely widgetized with 2 right aligned widgets.

Google’s Referral Program has a new interface. After announcing that Google will stop all referral ads from Adsense, Google has incorporated DoubleClick to provide the entire affiliate network management & advertisements.
The current affiliate ad program under Google Adsense will be discontinued from September 2008 & Google has asked all the publishers to remove the affiliate ads.
The new referral ad program from Google is under the name of Connect Commerce.

Here is the second Free Wordpress Theme - Blog Ads Theme suitable for websites & blogs with advertising. Advertising could be an excellent way to support your home business & small business.
The free Blog Ads Theme is optimized for showing ads on your sites or blogs. The main feature of the Free Blog Ads
This is the second free Wordpress theme after the popular Pro Ad Theme . In the Blog Ads Theme the layout & structure are optimized to display CPM ads as well as CPC & CPA ads …

There would be impending changes to Google’s Advertising Programs. The change is to happen in last week of August 2008 & beginning late August 2008 all Referral Advertising programs would be discontinued completely .
Publishers will no longer be required to promote Google Products or any of the Referral Ad programs. AdSense referrals feature will be retired for AdWords advertiser products as well.
Google would serve Adsense for content & DoubleClick Performics Affiliate.

While writing the Wordpress Lifeline Series to help new bloggers with a step by step how to guide to start blogging & then make money from it, I realized that there were not many good free Wordpress Themes that were created & optimized for advertisements.
So I created the Free Wordpress Pro Ad Theme. I am still working on the cosmetic part of the theme & I shall be able to roll it out by Aug 2008.
The main feature of the Free Pro Ad Theme is that the layout & structure …

I read an excellent article by Lisa Johnson of Minnesota Council on Foundations on an initiative to allow people browsing the Internet & using search engines, to donate to their charity.
When you use GoodSearch to look up information on the Internet, you could help donate 50% of the advertising money raised by search engines, to a charity of your choice. You do not need to sign up or spend a cent. 
GoodSearch is powered by Yahoo! and the technology allows the searches to track and direct these search-generated proceeds to charities.

So now you have a website or a blog. You have spotted a niche area. Even if you have not, you have identified enough good content to publish. And you have a strategy to engage with the audience.
And now you need sponsors & advertisers to help you sustain & grow your enterprise. So how do you go about looking for advertisers and sponsors? And when you do, how do you fix the revenue ?

So you know what CPM stands for: the cost per thousand ad impressions. But the question is, how is it used?
CPM is typically used throughout the advertising industry as a measurement of how much your inventory, that is your internet space available for advertising, is worth at a given time. CPMs can fluctuate based on supply & demand, time of year, sales cycles, traffic and other internal & external factors.
So, how do you know if your CPM is right? Well, that takes time to determine, and over time you …