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Blogger Play

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I saw the announcement about the launch of Blogger Play on my Blogger blog upon signing in about a week ago. Yes, I know I am slacking here :-)

I thought to myself, who the hell has the time to waste to stare at the screen at all those images that Blogger bloggers upload? Can you imagine how pathetic it is to sit at the computer watching the world virtually go by?

Anyway, I decided to check it out to see what the fuss is all about. I must admit, despite thinking that I will never have the time to sit around watching the screen and reading which blogger is from where, I think I watched more than a hundred images before I snapped myself out of it. Boy, it sure is addictive.

I think that if someone spends the whole day watching Blogger Play, there must be something wrong with that person. In a way, watching the images go by, I feel like a voyeur. And it’s making me think three times each time I upload any image on my Blogger blogs now.

However, Blogger Play is great if you run out of topics to blog about.

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Like This Also Can???

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Just a minute ago, I received a comment on my blog post right after I published it. I think that fella is using a programme script or something to leave comments because it is highly impossible that he can leave a comment as soon as I hit publish. I even thought that the comment was from my friend when I saw the email notice coming in from this fella who shares the same name as a friend of mine. Anyway, there is no possible way that he knows that I have a new post unless he was looking at my blog right at that minute or he is using a programming script or something.

Anyway, you know what? In the so-called “comment”, he asked “me” (actually not only me but every blogger whom he has left a comment for, since this is a mass comment and not personalized) to visit his site (OK, fine) and ……. tada! CLICK ON HIS GOOGLE ADSENSE!

Is that is violation of Google Adsense ToS or what???

I would have copied his comment over here just to share it with you but it is so damn long I think it’s just a real waste of my blog real estate!

It really is unbelievable the things that people do!

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Contextual vs. Content Link

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A couple of days ago, I was blog hopping when someone left a comment on a blog that says that she leaves a blog that is heavily monetized with contextual links. Now, that got me thinking. While I know that once a blog is monetized, many readers will leave because they simply do not like the fact that we are being paid to blog. Maybe they are unable to do it themselves? But I digress…

The thing is, I have no problems reading post after post of sponsored posts that have contextual links cleverly inserted into a regular paragraph, even if they come one after another consecutively.

However, I find that it is more irritating and off putting to have Content Links with those small bubble ads popping up every chance they have, in post and in comments.

Tell me, what is worse to you?

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Freeform Rules

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As a blog for pay blogger with I-don’t-know how many posts in my name, I find that the best way for a blogger to write is freeform posts. It is so easy to just throw links into a post without having to explain the product or hard sell it based on advertiser’s requirements.

Freeform posts are just posts that we normally would write, or keywords that we could easily fit into our posts and they are easy to complete and saves time. At least we do not have to spend time at the website of the advertiser trying to understand the product or service.

To me, if given a choice, I would pick freeform posts to write over others even if the payout may be lower. However, freeform posts are not necessarily what some advertisers would want. These are only suitable for people looking for links back to their site.

If I were an advertiser, I too would be opting for short freeform posts. I wouldn’t want people to help me “sell” something that they have never used before, you know? It is unfair to the blogger and it is unfair to the reader too. Don’t you think so?

Blogging, Computing & Internet

Buy Links Or Not?

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The other day, I wondered if I should run contest to build back links and provide some fun in the blogosphere. Now, some people who just jump in and say, “What the heck, let’s play!” while I will always weigh the pros and cons before doing anything so I am still stuck at the “Should I?” stage.

And then I thought that it would be so pathetic if I do not get a response. Do you think that I should just close my eyes and buy in post text links instead?

I did consult my friend who runs a PR5 website and a PR5 blog hosted by himself. Out of pocket cost to me would be slightly more than a thousand Ringgit. However, my friend said that it is not necessary since there is no guarantee that it will bring me the desired results; increased back links and ultimately, improved Google Page Rank.

HHmmm now I am of two three minds. Should I listen to his advice? I know that the longer our site is online, the higher the chance of it getting to a PR5. Am I just being impatient?

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Draft Still Can Read?

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The other day, an advertiser played punk and refused to pay for my work done. All thirteen of them! I was told to take them down and keep them in my draft folder so I did. Unfortunately, that was already ten days the posts have been live and Google has already spidered and indexed my posts.

So I was very unhappy and told my friend that it is very unfair for the advertiser to just ask us to remove them all when he already has received link juice from our blogs. My friend said that it is possible to remove the post from Google’s index. I don’t know how and I am afraid that I would remove my whole blog from it. DIE! 😀

Anyway, sometime later, I saw that somebody went to Google Search to look for that particular keywords of the advertiser and guess what? No prizes here.

Well, that person managed to find my post and he could read the FULL text of my post including the image! Darn it! I know because I also clicked on the link just to see if it would return an error.

See, bloggers are actually the losers when advertisers decide to play punk! GGGrrrr

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Dot EDU

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There’s this advertiser on one of the marketplaces seeking blogs with DOT EDU to write a review of their product. The offer has been sitting there for ages and no one is able to accept it. The pay rate is darn attractive, though, at $33.50. I wonder if there is any blogger who has already submitted a review without reading the description thoroughly.

I remember a long time ago, a jewellery advertiser was so mad that people kept submitting reviews for his website even though he only wanted jewellery blogs. I don’t remember how much he offered anymore. I think it was $100 or something close to that. I don’t know if the advertiser returned after that bad episode. I think not.

Right now, I think bloggers are more mature. At least they learn to let go even if they did reserve the offer without reading first. The speed that these people are reserving offers is just plain scary. They don’t even give the description a quick glance before hitting reserve!