Archive for July, 2008
Posted in July 29th, 2008
Performancing Ads is a new advertising network from SplashPress Media. It works like a cross between an Ad server like Project Wonderful and a blog link exchange. Using a credit system and 125×125 ads, it reminded me of Entrecard, only without the social networking part. Bottom line: Both systems work very well together, as the page [...]
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Posted in July 27th, 2008
Online Shoppers love to know what’s inside those mystery boxes. My post 9 months ago on the ThingFling $2.99 mystery box was one of my most popular articles. People like to compare the content of each other’s boxes, or take a sneak peak before making a current purchase.
This time around I splurged on the $10 [...]
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Posted in July 23rd, 2008
Last night I started working on a business card for my blog. Having a business card is a requirement to attend conventions and expos. Although I’ve been to medical device conferences before, I’ve never attended a blog or internet related trade show. I think visiting one of these shows will be a great chance to network with [...]
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Posted in July 21st, 2008
The following information was all taken from the Sezwho website. It took me a few read throughs to actually understand that info, so hopefully I can simplify the instructions. The point of this guide is to turn off the default plugin settings and only include the Sezwho elements you want to appear. The benefit of doing [...]
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Posted in July 19th, 2008
Your site’s not really down. If you give it a minute it will load once it times out trying to download the Sezwho CSS file. If you check your browser status bar, it will say something like “connecting to sezwho.com”. This happened before when Sezwho was under a DDOS attack. A quick fix is to temporarily [...]
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Posted in July 18th, 2008
Before Alexa’s recent change, people complained their ranking numbers were meaningless. By counting the number of people who visited a site using the Alexa toolbar, they came up with a number. The fact that the only users who installed the toolbar tended to be webmasters was besides the point.
Now Alexa has changed their algorithm, making it [...]
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Posted in July 15th, 2008
So claims Entrecard owner Graham Langdon regarding the new partnership between Sezwho and Entrecard. Entrecard is a combination social network, blog advertising service, and traffic exchange. Sezwho is a comment and post rating system that can be easily installed by using a WordPress plugin. It also works on other blogging platforms, with new ones being added daily. [...]
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Posted in July 13th, 2008
I want to you make me an offer I can’t refuse! You tell me how many Entrecard Credits you want for signing up for any or all of the following companies as either an advertiser or publisher. Send me an email at turnip@turnipofpower.com with the subject of “Offer”. I will respond by sending you an email with a [...]
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Posted in July 11th, 2008
IFrameWidgets is a WordPress plugin that allows you to place widgets in an I-Frame, so they won’t stop the rest of the page from loading if the content loads slowly or hangs. For those of you that have an entire sidebar full of social widgets, this is the Plugin for you!
If you look at the left [...]
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Posted in July 9th, 2008
While checking out the Entrecard competition last night, I came across a very interesting article on the Atniz.com website on how to Block Ads and Earn More. The theory behind it is to not allow Google AdSense to show ads for spammy sites and sites that pay little per click. The company providing this service [...]
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