My 9′o clock post-a-fail hour could not be resisted after I came across this amusing and rather ridiculous hub.
(Warning: By navigating to the link provided above you agree that I am not responsible for any damages the hub author inflicts including, without limitations: excruciating bullsh*t, fail comparison skills, and others.)
Now that you have your gas mask, armor suit, and protective shield on, navigate to the hub link and read up on all the horrible cons of Kontera.
As you get to the pros section, you get quite confused. It seems like the author ran out of space to write. Or maybe the author has pros-phobia. Or maybe he accidentally hit the publish button and is not ingenious enough to add more information. (He later revealed that after 2 weeks of persistent training finally learned how to add more information. Thank you for the addition.)
Since our good friend was incapable of adding a few decent PROS for the Kontera program, perhaps I’m going to share some of my knowledge. I personally don’t think monkeys should be allowed to write hubs. Apparently it’s not against their TOS.
Kontera Pros – Nick Aviles Approved!
Pro #1: Unlike the AdSense program, Kontera in-text ads is not affected by the tons and tons of AdSense and other advertisement blockers such as the Mozilla firefox Adblock Plus. (Make sure to active while browsing darkside’s hubs)
Pro #2: Kontera ads do not take up ANY SPACE on your website at all, whereas AdSense and other types take up a big chunk of your page.
Pro #3: Kontera approves publishers manually whereas AdWords accepts anyone into the program as long as they pay.
Pro #4: Many huge companies are partnered with Kontera including Ford, Microsoft, Bank of America, Sun, Best Buy, Nintendo, and many others.
Pro #5: Kontera ads do not appear somewhere on the side as a banner or a block that visitors learned to ignore. Kontera appears inside the text content that visitors came for in the first place, which will ultimately increase conversion rate.
Pro #6: Kontera offers advanced targeting capabilities and optimization tools that will increase your ads performance and increase conversions. AdSense doesn’t offer anything like that.
Pro #7: Kontera offers brand protection that monitors and ensures that your ad is placed on pages of suitable content only.
Pro #8: Kontera Network reaches 100 Million Monthly Uniques. Almost as much as your Kontera hater hub.
144 AdSense Cons
[Edited by Nick Aviles on September 11, 2001 11:23AM]
I apologize for the delay, had to finish a side job in New York city. Unfortunately, my list of 144 AdSense Cons list burned to ashes in a fire. However, one page did survive, and I scanned it and uploaded below:
Recently, I changed the theme colors from bluish to reddish, and will continue to change it every now and then. Of course, part of staying unique is avoiding being like someone else. My website colors used to look relatively similar to John Chow’s website. This is what led me to redesign my logo and theme colors.
Of course, I don’t see a problem with getting ideas from other websites. Staying unique is the key.
What do you guys think of the colors and the theme itself? Any suggestions for improvements? Feel free to leave a comment below and tell me what you think.
What is RSS Feed?
RSS, an abbreviation for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, is a format supported by most browsers that deliver fresh and changing content to you without you actually visiting the site. The content you can provide can range from simple documents, blogs, videos, or any other types of media.
How Do I Subscribe?
Normally, you will see an RSS icon that you can click on and subscribe to the feed. If you were to subscribe to Nick Avile’s RSS Feed, you would visit http://www.nickaviles.com/feed, or if you wanted to subscribe using FeedBurner, you would visit http://feeds.feedburner.com/nickaviles. You can then view the content using reading software such as Google Reader.
What’s the Catch?
What? Catch? There is no catch!.. Maybe just a small one. If you’re very active on reading someone’s RSS Feed it would probably be better for you to visit the website instead since the feed take up to 10 hours to actually update. But that’s probably the main downside to it. If you catch up on the Feed every few days, this is really nothing to worry about.
It’s been exactly 8 years ago that the World Trade Centers in Manhattan New York have been destroyed. I have some 9 11 quotes that I want to share.
Quote #1
“Our enemies have made the mistake that America’s enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat.”
- George W. Bush, President of the United States
Quote #2
“Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It’s a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It’s also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend–even a friend whose name it never knew. “
- President George W. Bush, December 11, 2001
Quote #3
“Today, we gather to be reassured that God hears the lamenting and bitter weeping of Mother America because so many of her children are no more. Let us now seek that assurance in prayer for the healing of our grief stricken hearts, for the souls and sacred memory of those who have been lost. Let us also pray for divine wisdom as our leaders consider the necessary actions for national security, wisdom of the grace of God that as we act, we not become the evil we deplore.”
- Rev. Nathan Baxter, Dean of Washington National Cathedral
Tell me what you think about these quotes, and whether they inspire you in some way.
Google has recently updated their website fonts, making the search bar font relatively larger than usual. The intent of this change was to provide the handicapped easier navigation.
The change is for a good cause, however, it’s slightlCategoriesy larger than everyone is used to. It’s only a matter of time when everybody will be used to the new Google fonts. Changes come, and we need to adapt to them.
