A friend of mine (from the SF Bay Area, no less) sent me an email, and asked me to check out the “Get Directions” tab on Google Maps maps.google.com. For the origination point, I was supposed to type in New York, and my destination would be London. Now press the “Get Directions” button. Pay particular attention to the left side of your computer screen, and scroll down to step #23.
Being a Realtor, I love maps. And I particularly love Google. But some programmer over at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway must have really had a cynical day when he/she coded step 23.
April 13, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Hi there!
I like your blog! I found your blog through a random search. Those Google guys think they are really clever, huh?!
Check mine out too if you can @ http://reynlee.blogspot.com/
As a side note, I notice that you don’t have Google ads on your blog. You should sign up and generate a little extra cash!
It’s really simply to sign up:
1: Go to http://reynlee.blogspot.com/
2. There is one bright blue button at the top right of the page that says “Generate revenue from your site with Google AdSense”. Click it!
3. This will take you directly to Google’s AdSense page. Click on “Click Here To Apply” on the center of the page.
4. Fill out the information as requested
5. Google will review your information and send you a confirmation within 1-2 days.
6. When Google approves your site, log in to Google AdSense with original user name and password.
7. When you log in, click on “AdSense Setup”.
8. Select “AdSense Ads”, i.e. Contents Ads, Image Ads or Search.
9. Continue through and it will provide you with the HTML code that you need to paste into a new HTML/Java script on your blog as an HTML Page Element.
10. Ads by Google will now appear on your site11. When somebody clicks on any ad or searches through Google from your site, you get paid! Easy money!
Remember! Don’t click on your own ad! Google knows your IP address and they will terminate your account!
If you have any questions or need further help you can e-mail me @ rich_90740@yahoo.com
Bye!
~Reyn Lee
http://reynlee.blogspot.com/
April 13, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, Google ads… good idea, I’ll consider it.