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The Google AdSense Game - Viewed 2,308 times

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0 Comments Print This Post/Page From John P, 1 year, 9 months ago, in Educational, Strategy

The Google AdSense Game, created by Joel Comm as an advertisement for his Google AdSense advertising book, is actually pretty educational and fun.
The goal is to create a virtual Web site and lay out your advertising in such a way as to maximize the revenue potential from Google ads.

Mars Sucks - Viewed 2,835 times

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Mars Sucks is a Google Earth based game. If you do not yet have Google Earth installed you can get it by installing the Google Pack from the link on the right.
Once you’ve got Google Earth installed, follow this link to open a dynamic KML file from DestinSharks.com
To Play the Game:
1. Read […]

Google Image Labeler - Viewed 2,473 times

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0 Comments Print This Post/Page From John P, 1 year, 10 months ago, in Educational, Puzzles / Words

Today’s entry comes in the form of a service which Google has turned into a game of sorts. This one comes complete with scoring and public recognition of your contribution to the service.
Google Image Labeler is a word association game in which you, and some unknown, random partner are paired up and shown identical […]

Road Sign Math - Viewed 696 times

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0 Comments Print This Post/Page From John P, 1 year, 10 months ago, in Educational

Road Sign Math is a site which offers a slightly “brainier” alternative to the classic Slug Bug driving game. The game has a comprehensive list of rules, but the basic premise is: people take photos of roadsigns that contain numbers which, when solved, will formulate an equation.
An example follows:

9+6=15
So next time you’re going on […]