Sarp Erdag’s Blog

Just realized that I have not been blogging for a long time, so here is a quick news entry… As a hardcore online advertising enthusiast, below I present you the latest news about Adwords being announced for the iPhone and Google’s G1.
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-adwords-options-for-iphone-and-g1.html

In honor of their 10th birthday, Google has brought back its oldest available index. Take a look back at Google Search in January 2001. Very nostalgic.
Try searches like “facebook” or “youtube” for example

Each day we are getting more aware of the slow death of hardcore PC gaming. Fully polished, graphically appealing and action packed games are always going out first for the consoles. It is much more cheaper and easier for gaming addicts to just buy an XBOX 360, connect it to any kind of monitor and [...]

It is time for doing the thesis and most of the computer engineering department here at Polimi is focused on Semantic Web applications. To better decide which area I am going to choose to do my thesis, I have been reading tutorials about this new extension of the Web for about a week.
What is the [...]

Here is a nice article at Publishing 2.0 tells about the mis-predictions about Facebook’s revenues. Comparing Facebook Ads with Google Adwords/Adsense model, the article reminds us again why we need to create value for both the publishers and the advertisers in online advertising.
With 100 MILLION users, Facebook’s 2008 revenue was only projected to be $300 [...]

I have been following the guys at Carsonified for some time and here is their latest attraction.
They are giving a free ticket to ALL Carsonified 2009 events that include Future of Web Design, Future of Web Apps, Future of Mobile, Fuel and all Carson Workshops. They are also covering the hotel expenses, giving a backstage [...]

About 2 weeks ago, we have moved Kuizz.com from its hosting provider (Webhost4life) in the US to Natro Hosting in Turkey. The migration created lots of benefits in terms of performance and management. However, I sensed a 50% decrease in average max PPC of the ads shown on the site. Although Kuizz.com has been continuing [...]

Played a bit with Google Chrome

Plusses
+ Much shorter first launch loading time when compared to Firefox.
+ Nice, tabs on top of address bar thing and create new tab button.
+ Another nice, most visited websites shortcuts grid when a new tab is opened.
+ More and more nice little features like the glowing of textboxes when they [...]

I have been following 2Spaghi.it for about 5 months now and I have just discovered the Turkish version of the service: Dobisko.com. The word “dobisko” is a slang word which means “a cute, obese person” in Turkish. Dobisko.com, as can be understood from its name, is a website about restaurants and their fans sharing experiences. [...]

I have spent the last week working on Kuizz.com, fixing bugs, adding some new functionalities and widgets.
For those who are not Turkish or do not know about Kuizz.com, it is a social networking website that enables members to create fun quizzes, surveys, post favorite links and comment on the site content. The site has got [...]