Comments on: A New Type of Blog Advertisement

By: nate

nate — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:47:59 +0000

Ryan,

The problem is that I really don’t want to be an advertisement whore. I mean really? 4000 clicks for $1 (for UCash.in) or 9999 clicks for $1 (for Usercash). Either way that’s the crappiest payment for a click I’ve ever seen. Plus, add in all the other ugliness. I just can’t pimp out my visitors/readers that much.

Jeff,
Great article. Thanks man.

By: Jeff_

Jeff_ — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:44:43 +0000

Here is an article that may shed some light on the utterly pathetic nature of SleazyCash (for those of us who still don’t “get it”)..

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:59:37 +0000

Nate,

I was going to recommend Ucash.in as a Usercash alternative, but I guess you made up your mind already =P

Btw, not sure why its sleazy — its just a way to monetize outgoing links. Similar to Adbrite Interstitial pages.

Anyway take it easy man,

Ryan

By: nate

nate — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:55:42 +0000

FYI, I’ve updated this post and also removed the program. It makes barely any money for the publisher, is definitely sleazy, and I actually heard voices from people who care about what I write.

Thanks to everyone who chimed in. See, I do listen, and I do want to hear you.

Cheers!

By: nate

nate — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:46:10 +0000

Thanks for your understanding Jeff. And thanks for the kudos. They are appreciated more than you know. I love it when people actually participate and verbalize stuff on my site. It’s an interaction that I long for and I try to find ways to include folks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

Anyway, thanks for commenting and for your opinions. I appreciate the conversation.

By: Jeff_

Jeff_ — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:03:27 +0000

I totally understand where you are coming from. Thank you for considering your readers when it comes to such important decisions. Your openness and sincerety are appreciated :)

Keep up the great work!

By: nate

nate — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:59:33 +0000

Ontario, I fully agree. I think that might have been either Om or Guy Kawasaki who said that. I remember seeing that quote too.

Jeff, I hear ya. I would love to have the privilege of providing ad-free content at my site. But, I have goals that I am trying to reach. If I find a way to reach those goals which doesn’t necessitate advertising I’d be more than happy to remove them all from my site completely.

I fully hear you, and as I mentioned, I’m going to try this out for a few days to see how it works out, just like I tried the Pay Per Post stuff out for a few days. PPP probably made me more money than this will, but the sleaziness factor is pretty high on both, so I have a very good feeling I won’t be using it for long. Don’t fear. As a side note, if I had a place to test these things out which wasn’t this blog (but still received some kind of traffic), then I’d be happy to do them there. My apologies. This is my only testing ground right now. Bear with me for a few more days.

Thanks folks. You are confirming my own thoughts about the service.

Cheers.

By: Jeff_

Jeff_ — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:33:47 +0000

Nate,

Don’t give in to the dark side!

Calling UserCash “sleazy” is a gross understatement.

I take great pleasure in providing ad-free content at my site. I pay for everything out of my own pocket. In my opinion, people who resort to tactics such as UserCash are stealing from others and are no different than spammers, scrappers, scrapers, and other worthless scumbags.

I will definitely be implementing countermeasures to prevent such lunacy from affecting my site.

If you insist on advertising, fine. Just keep it at your own site.

Yeeeesh.

By: Ontario Emperor

Ontario Emperor — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:47:27 +0000

Someone, I forget who, said that when advertising is perfectly synchronized to our desires, it won’t be advertising any more – it will just be information.

By: nate

nate — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:13:36 +0000

Well said, and I can’t say I disagree with any of your points. I’m still going to test this out for a while, just for fun. But I’ll most likely take it down in a little while.

I would really love it if advertising in the traditional sense went away altogether, honestly. I’ve mentioned that in prior blog posts before.