Make more money with Kontera Hybrid Ads

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Stimulus Payment Schedule for Tax Returns

Surely by now everyone has heard of the economic stimulus tax rebate. Below are the schedules for economic stimulus payments related to tax returns processed by April 15, 2008. To get it, though, you have to file a return.

If the last two digits of your Social Security number are:
Your economic stimulus payment deposit should be sent to your bank account by:

00 – 20: May 2

21 – 75: May 9

76 – 99: May 16

Paper Check

If the last two digits of your Social Security number are:
Your check should be in the mail by:

00 – 09: May 16

10 – 18: May 23

19 – 25: May 30

26 – 38: June 6

39 – 51: June 13

52 – 63: June 20

64 – 75: June 27

76 – 87: July 4

88 – 99: July 11

A small percentage of tax returns will require additional time to process and to compute a stimulus payment amount. For these returns, stimulus payments may not be issued in accordance with the schedule above, even if the tax return was processed by April 15.

John Chow on Breakfast Television

John Chow on Breakfast Television - First blogger interview on live television

First Pulitzer Center Awards to Helium writers

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has announced the 13 winners of its first-ever essay contest on Helium!

The winners hail from all around the globe, including a Canadian mother of two, who talks about child labor in Congo; a California writer, remembering her Vietnam veteran brother who died from the effects of Agent Orange; and a counselor and adjunct professor from Colorado, who wrote on Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Read all the winning essays on the Pulitzer Contest Overview page .

And read Pulitzer Center's article about all the winners; see what inspired them and what they learned while writing.

But don't be left out – The Global Issues/Citizen Voices Essay Contest No. 2 has just launched. Your deadline is April 22!

More Citizen Journalism Awards at Helium
The time has come to rethink what it means to be a journalist. If you have what it takes to research topics and issues, contribute an objective voice and write compelling articles, then you are a citizen journalist. Helium is bringing together the worlds of traditional news reporting and community-based journalism to create a site that citizen journalists call home.

As a citizen journalist writing at Helium, you'll get recognized by publishers, news outlets, journalism institutions and peers. Here's where to build a diverse portfolio of top-quality articles to help jump-start your career.

See all available
Citizen Journalism Awards now.

Chill Out with the Rubicon Project at ad:tech SF

The Rubicon Project crew is hitting the road in a couple of weeks, heading north to San Francisco for ad:tech on April 15th and 16th.

Are you planning to attend the big show? If so, we'd love to see you there. They've designed the ultimate lounge for you to kick back, sip an espresso or enjoy a beer, and chill out while learning about all the new stuff we've got up our Rubicon Project sleeves. For more scoop on what's happening at Mad Cash Lounge, check out: https://rubiconproject.com/events

We hope you'll visit fan-tabulous lounge (well, ad:tech calls it a booth - booth #6166, to be exact). We'd love to hear from you before the show so we can expect you like proper hosts. Shoot them an email at: adtechsf@rubiconproject.com if you plan on attending. Be sure to include your mobile number in your message - we like to plan (and invite our friends along) for impromptu fun at these events!

If you've been thinking of attending ad:tech but haven't decided yet, we have two good pieces of news. First, as long as you register before April 14th, getting into the official exhibit hall is totally FREE. And if you've considered attending the full conference with its various panels, seminars, etc., we offer a 20% discount to the full show - just enter the promotional code SFEM20 when you purchase your pass. Here's the registration link: https://ad-tech.com/sf/adtech_san_francisco_register.aspx

How to remove malware infected AdSense Ads

Advertisements placed by Google in Web pages are being hijacked by so-called trojan software that replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider.

The trojan redirects queries meant to be sent to Google servers to a rogue server, which displays ads from a third party instead of ads from Google.

The trojan, named after the mythic Trojan Horse because of its ability to enter computer systems undetected, attacks Google's AdSense service, which targets advertisements to match Web page content.

The malware removal process is pretty simple as mentioned below

Simply remove the entries in your hosts file that start contain pagead2 .googlesyndication.com

Just keep the entry for 127.0.0.1 localhost in your hosts file and then you have successfully removed the malware affected AdSense Ads.

Technique to maximize AdSense Revenue with Doclix

You may have noticed Doclix recently stopped displaying AdSense ads inside the ContextGain panel. The reason for this is that we are concerned that Google may view the ContextGain panel as a pop-up, even though it doesn’t fall under the normal definition of a pop-up. Under the AdSense Program Policies, Google does not allow ads to be placed on pop-ups or pop-unders. We therefore decided to err on the side of caution and remove the ads from the floating panel.

In order to allow you to benefit from our service while still displaying your AdSense ads and increasing your ad revenue, we have developed a new implementation that opens up the panel as a sidebar rather than a floating panel.

You can view an example here: http://www.doclix.com/demo/demo_sidebar.html

To switch to the sidebar implementation and have your ads shown, simply add the following line of JavaScript code to the Doclix code immediately after the line that starts with “doclix_pid=”:

doclix_show_sidebar = true;

You may continue using the floating panel implementation, but keep in mind that AdSense ads will not be shown.

Reimburse up to $100 in IRS late filing fees

Here's some good news if you missed the tax deadline: Since you’re currently registered for TaxCut Online Premium + State + E-file, H&R Block will reimburse you for up to $100 in IRS late filing fees.

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You can’t go wrong with Premium + State + E-file.

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