The Q-Ads Tool is the most exciting thing to come out of Qumana, well since Qumana.  So much to tell, in fact, that I thought only a podcast would do it justice.

For this podcast I'm using the new podcasting service PodcastSpot from Mack and Dickson of Paramagnus.  PodcastSpot has just launched as well and looks very cool.  So without further ado ...

My Q-Ads Tool podcast.

Show notes:

Intro music by Sarah Harmer and outro by Derek  K. Miller.

To get the Q-Ads Tool (which is an IE plugin or Firefox extension ... works with many blogging platforms including MySpace) ... visit the Qumana homepage

Tags: Qumana, Q-Ads Tool, podcasting, PodcastSpot, MySpace, online advertising

Here and I thought was sooo cool.  I got the Qumana newsletter out to all the previous registered users of Qumana yesterday (like almost 10,000).  Yeah, well, I kinda blew it.  Okay first there are the typos.  I swear I fixed them and saved the newsletter.  Guess not.  Arrggh #1.  Then Fred tells me today that when he downloaded the "latest" version it didn't have the Insert HTML button in the right place.  Uh oh.  Yeah, I linked to the wrong file.  Arrggh #2.

I guess we're all human.  That or I need to drink more coffee (or less).  Regardless, if you got the newsletter, go ahead and have a laugh at my expense.  Done?  Okay good.  Now to get the latest version (Regular, French, Spanish, Dutch, or Lycos version in Mac or Windows) just head on over to our yon download directory and get the version you want.  I've also fixed the website so it points to the right files too.

Jeez you'd think I walked under a ladder, had a black cat cross my path, and spilled salt yesterday.  Sigh.

Tags: Qumana, mea culpa, whoops

Many of you have e-mailed in and have been wondering why one day you woke up and all your Q-Ads (aka Adgenta) ads were gone from your Wordpress.com blogs.  The simple answer is that the folks at Wordpress.com removed them.  The reason why is also simple, when you start a WP.com blog you agree in the terms of service (TOS) that your blog is to be ad free.  Q-Ads (and other services) are advertising services, therefore go against the TOS.  We had a long grace period (a year, actually) with them, and I thank Matt and Toni for this, but the problem became one of some people abusing the blind eye they were turning and they were fielding a lot of support inquiries about it.

The folks at WP.com didn't really have a choice.  The ads (and Q-Ads aren't not the only ones affected) were going against why they started WP.com and causing them headaches for them.  I contacted Matt and Toni personally about this and they got right back to me and explained their decision and reasoning.  Is the door completely closed?  No.  Here at Qumana we like WP a lot and use it for several other blogs.  We have an open channel and discussion with them about ads on WP.com blogs.

If you have any more questions feel free to contact us.

Tags: Q-Ads, Wordpress.com