With all the hype with last week with Google Wave, Google also introduced a new search feature that makes it easier for users to find forum posts or discussions related to what they’re searching for. This new addition to Google search results applies to sites that tend to have a large number of posts on a specific topic. When several different discussions on your site that are relevant to their query, Google indented them under the primary result and include the date of each post.

You can read more over at the Google Blog.

Even though Clickbooth is using the (sometimes hated) DirectTrack system, Clickbooth’s newest interface has to be one of the nicest ones out there.

First the new interface page design is very clean and simple. To have all your stats, including today, last month and revenue to date, are right in front of you is great if you want to take a quick glance.

On the new homepage there is also the new search function that has auto-fill drop down capabilities, along with partial searches, you can get instant results as soon as you start typing, it’s a very cool tool if you want to do a fast search to see if they have a specific or a competitive campaign for you to run.

Also one of the coolest new tools is the Niche Optimizer

Currently 10 niches to choose from, with more will be added in the future, each containing the most optimized and successful offers (based on EPC) for that niche. Then you just copy the code, paste it on your site and you are good to go!

Your ad will now continue to run the highest converting offer for that niche, and whenever there is another offer that performs better, the Niche Optimizer will automatically switch out the campaign for you!

If you visited your Clickbooth account in awhile and haven’t signed-up for Clickbooth yet you should check it out, I think you will be impressed with the new interface.

Peter Chee with thinkspace has kindly allowed us to use a meeting room at their offices in Redmond.

thinkspace provides private offices, shared coworking space, virtual offices, and meeting rooms in a Class A, LEED-CI certified green-interior building. Full service professional administrative staff, next generation VOIP unified communications (phone, fax, Internet, email, fax), hosted software, and technology support.

The meeting time will be from 1:30PM – 6:00PM, we ask that you arrive as close to the start time as possible. I will have my phone and email available if you need to gain access to the building. There is no set agenda, just general chat and discussion.

So if you’re in the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond area come and join us. It’s free and you will learn some great tips and meet with some other local affiliates, merchants, and some programmers. Even if you’re new at affiliate marketing or a season veteran, there is something for everyone. You can see all the details here and hope to see you there.

On September 14th was Affiliate Day, where we were to celebrate the power of affiliate marketing.

There were several promotions put on by some of the networks, like Market Leverage, Clickbooth, and of course Affiliate Summit, who came up with the idea..

For some you prizes you had to answer some questions about the respected network and some you just had to enter contests. For prizes that were donated by some networks, individuals, and others to Affiliate Summit, all you had to do is Tweet using a hastag and you were automatically entered to win.

So when it was all said and done, I won some pretty cool things from Buy.at, Shuga Buds – digital stereo ear phones with a storage case and studded with Swarovski crystals. Iridescent Optical Mouse – AOL branded, heart shaped optical mouse with a 1GB USB memory stick. I will also get to have lunch with Buy.at’s Sr. Account Manager Kim Salvino during Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas. I’m really looking forward to that.

So today my ear buds and mouse/USB drive arrived:

Thanks to Affiliate Summit for drawing my name and of course Buy.at for donating a prize. I also want to thank Amy Ely for contacting me right away and shipping out the prizes so fast. Kudos!

I did win another very cool prize, but just waiting for confirmation and getting all the details worked out, as my schedule may not allow me to participate. Either way I will be keeping you updated on it soon.

After having a 1 page type website for a long time, we finally built out a new site using the Affiliate Theme from Unique Blog Designs, which BTW, is one of the easiest Wordpress themes to build sites with.

After attending some recent conferences, the redesign was one of our main priorities to get done. We are trying to separate business and personal branding. This may take awhile, but we will soon get there.

Take a look and let me know what you think, JMCA Media

Next up, rewriting “About Me” on this blog, it’s just a little outdated in some areas.