I am feeling in a pretty generous mood at the moment (just had a look at GO Blog’s stats and have been nicely surprised), so I thought what better way of giving back to our readers than to offer a free 125×125 advertising spot.

So what do you need to do to get in on the promotion? Do you have to:
a) write a blog post?
b) subscribe to the RSS?
or c) none of the above?

Well c) is effectively correct. Just let us know that you’re interested by posting a comment on this post with your blog’s/site’s URL and you’ll be considered. Of course all other bribes are welcome ;-).

I’m not sure how long we’ll keep the competition open, so try and get in quick. I think a week or two is a good window here. Once it closes we may be offering ad slots for a fee or may run our own network advertising instead.

ShoeMoney did a video post about monetizing blogs. He’s rather critical of AdSense (has a fair few points too) but he did offer one piece of advice which I had been meaning to put in place for a while, and that is to use a redirection script to send people off to affiliate links as opposed to direct-linking them. So I went away and built a custom one for GO Blog.com.au, and thought I would share the code with everyone.

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The second part of our recent featured designs is on WapDesign.com.au . In keeping with our theme of clean crisp designs with a simple but a sophisticated layout WapDesign.com.au is also integrated with a Drupal CMS to allow for ease of editing and updating.

WapDesign is another branch of Glass Obelisk’s web development services dedicated to the development of WAPsites. WapDesign provides businesses with the ability to capitalise on the furthering innovation in the areas of mobile technology and putting their clients a step a head of the competition. A WAPsite is the perfect tool to complement a business’s existing website and extend their reach beyond the realms of mainstream advertising.  

Keeping with our theme of web design showcases, we have also decided to share two of our more recent designs and projects www.brisbanesms.com.au and www.wapdesign.com.au. Both projects were completed with the same theme and objective in mind: to produce visually stimulating sites whilst maintaining the sophistication and simplicity of a corporate/ business design. As with many of our other projects, the sites run off Drupal which makes updating, editing and managing the sites a breeze.

BrisbaneSMS has been put together as a branch of the Glass Obelisk group dedicated to specialising in business SMS solutions. BrisbaneSMS  provides  services such as managed SMS advertising & marketing campaigns ,SMS competitions and custom built SMS systems. Their bulk SMS prices are arguably some the cheapest in Australia with SMS costs as low as 6 cents each.

When we look at all the glitz and glamour present in today’s websites with the amazing flare and flashiness of the newest and most innovative designs, we sometimes neglect (or choose to forget) to look back on those designs which laid the foundations for what we see today.

Like clothing, like architecture and like fish, websites go out of fashion.  MSU’s Internet 96′ provides us with the opportunity to delve into the past and explore our web design ancestory and gives us the chance to see (and perhaps cringe at) the designs of yester year. The great difference between web design and fashion? In web design, there’s no going back. At least let’s hope so.