A Bad Word ?

In a forum today, I was involved in a heated debate because I said a bad word.
I had no idea it was bad.
I did not even know it was offensive.
I said the " click " word
The discussion started over the cost of ads, and placement. One commenter was complaining about in-text ads, and another was complaining over the poor results from the ads he had on his site from Project Wonderful.
The in-text poster asked me while I was reading blogs, what type of ad appealed to me, and what, if anything would make me visit a sponsor ?
I explained to him that if I was at a food site and saw something for recipe's, or coupons, I was clicking the ad.
If I was at a travel site and saw information on hotels, or coupons or even free guides I would click the ads.
Whatever site I was at, food, travel, politics, that is what I was interested at the time, and if I could get something free, or even a coupon, I would click the ad.
That is when I was hit with the names, and called thief, and click bandit, and people typing in all caps telling me that ads cost money, and I am doing nothing but wasting their hard earned advertising dollars.
I do not click ads to waste any ones money, and I do not try to commit any kind of fraud by clicking them. To me, the ads are like the coupons that come in a Sunday morning paper, and I like to check them out.
So I am just gonna keep clicking, I hope you folks don't mind

Free Chicken

Free chicken on Monday !

Stop in to KFC on Monday and get a free piece of grilled chicken.

Let's hope it does not turn out like the Oprah riot like last time.

Go get you some early before they run out !

I Tried, I Liked !

You Gotta Try This !



CLICK UP THERE !!!
I signed on to Adgitize a few days ago and my traffic has jumped !
It's free, it's easy, and it only takes a few minutes to complete.
Here is the best part, you can make a little cash !
No, you won't get rich, but you may make enough to grab a feast at MickyD's or something.
What do you want ? It's money for something you allready do.
And check this out, if you have not dumped your Entrecard yet, while your clicking on the Adgitize boxes, you can get your drops in too !
Have you got an Entrecard ?
No ? Well then, Just click mine and get one
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Dropping Like.............................

Because of the recent changes Entrecard has made, I have seen many of my friends remove the widget from their site.
I joined Ecard about a year ago, and it opened the door to many blogs I would never have found.
I still think Ecard is a valuable tool for most bloggers, and will continue to be a part of the group, but I am not at all happy about being forced to allow ads on my site that I do not approve of, and ads that I will not profit from.
I can only hope that somewhere, someone is working to provide another service to help bloggers connect

What's E-card Up To Now ?

First I read that there are no more paid ads, but then I find more paid ads waiting for my approval.
When I remove them from my site, I find my ranking drops.
Today, I get this Email

Hi everyone,
We hope that you have been pleased with Entrecard’s progress. The management team has been working hard to improve Entrecard and we thank you for your patience.

We have noticed that the total number of Entrecard credits in the system has grown rapidly. This has been due to the fact that more credits are being created than credits are leaving the system. If this inflation continues, Entrecard credits will be worth less and less.

To ensure a stable credit economy and reduce the outstanding credits, Entrecard will no longer give Entrecard credits to the person receiving a drop. In other words, instead of awarding 2 credits for each drop (one to the dropper and one to the blog site owner), only 1 credit will be given to the dropper. This change will be effective September 1, 2009 and will last until further notice.

We have explored many other options to deflate the credit economy and we have found this route to be the easiest and fairest way to resolve the problem for the time being. While this may seem like a set back, it has its advantages. In the long run, the prices to advertise on blogs will decline making advertising more affordable.

While we recognize your concerns, please understand that it is one of our goals to have a healthy Entrecard credit economy. This is a huge change we're making and we will continue to monitor the credit economy.
We will continue to make changes as necessary to accommodate a healthy Entrecard economy. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Cindy Ung
Director of Business Development


I hope they know what they are doing : (

Samples

Came across this site for free samples.

Free to sign up, and they send offers to you in a newsletter form

http://realfreesamples.net/?id=2744&clickid=bdfc63e90c657e065f0f57204a6d04da.2744.1239.&ver=1

Free is good : )

Bill Collectors

These economic times have squeezed us all.

Is there anything you can do when the bill collectors call ?

Well, not much, but did you know that improper actions by collection agencies can mean that they have to pay you?

Yes, you might get enough money to pay your debt and have some left over!

Check this out

http://collectionagencyhallofshame.blogspot.com/

Some of the worst (GC Services, Mann Bracken, Diversified Collection Services, Law Offices of John P. Frye, Law Offices of Frederick J. Hanna):

Find out more here

http://gcserviceswatch.blogspot.com/

http://mannbrackenwatch.blogspot.com/

http://diversifiedcollectionserviceswatch.blogspot.com/

http://johnpfryewatch.blogspot.com/

http://frederickjhannawatch.blogspot.com/

Don't be harassed

Know your rights and fight back