BlogMad Surf & Blogexplosion Mishap
As some of you are aware I utilize the traffic generating site BlogMad, for some of my sites. The idea is that you surf other peoples blogs and for every site you visit, you are awarded a visitor to yours. Ultimately, the goal is for you to branch out and discover blogs that you otherwise would not have found. But, it’s not all silver lining.
Today, I was surfing through some blogs via Blogmad and happened upon a very religious blog, preaching fire and brimstone. Apparently blogs such as this is the latest craze, because about 1 in 4 on Blogmad states that I’m going to hell…for different reasons.
The unusual and funny part is that he blog in question was displaying text advertisements for BlogExplosion. The advertisement block lists a number of blogs, which exchange credits for an advertisement spot on said blog. What did I find being advertised on this entirely extreme religious fanatic blog…..
BryanBoy.com/bryanboy_le_superstar_fab/
The anchor text in the advertisement was “The Gayest Gay Ever!”. Ineteresting enough this self proclaimed ‘Third-World Faggot’ has apparently developed a following. And now, he’s coming at ya balls to the wall pretty boy faggo style on The Christian Prophecy.
TorrentFreak Added to Roll
Just happened upon a new blog tonight while doing the dead-man surf, which is the zombie like state I’m in before going to bed. The blog in question is TorrentFreak and has been added to my blogroll for my visitors to consume.
While perusing my favorite tags over at Technorati I found the article How The PirateBay Raid Changed Sweden and it caught me off guard. Mainly because the effects of p2p stretch much further than our wallets, social networking online, and our struggle with archaic(sp?) law.
Thanks for the recap TorrentFreak.
MashBoxx Samples
I was reading up on the pirate turned white hat Grokster network Smashboxx and I’m just amazed at the limits. Granted they are offering something more than what was available in the past, but it just doesn’t seem like the major labels are getting the hint. I say this, since it has yet to be determined what the price will be per track.
You bet since the major labels have their hand in this that it will be more than the typical $.99 per track as well. In the eyes of Big Money, you have to cover all your expenses and losses, to them the try before you buy is a loss. I’m anticipating tracks ranging in price from $1.50 to $2.00 when it finally launches.
I’ve signed up to be notified whent here is a beta release available. It’ll be interesting to see how extensive their supposed library is. There has been no announcement how Mashboxx will handle illegal content on their network, if it’s not owned by one of the record labels that have signed up. Does that mean they are just SOL?
Blogitive Post Decline
For those of you following my blog you know that I take part in a blogging program where advertisers pay you to write about them. The process consists of you including certain achor text with the link to their site. The rules are simple in terms of length, age of blog, and quality, but the last few I submitted kept being declined.
After a little frustration I finally contacted their support department. To my surprise I received a very fast response.
The reason my posts were not being accepted was because I had too ‘many’ links to the site in question. Not only would I link to the site in regards to their anchor text, but I would also link to their homepage, with the basic page title as the anchor text. Apparently, your post will be declined if you have more than the required links in your post.
When making a post for Blogitive, be sure to only include the minimum required amount of links, otherwise it will be declined. I’m now 2 posts accepted and have 10 more dollars in my wallet thanks to a speedy support rep.
iTunes More Popular than P2P
Pfffft, is what I say to that title. Throughout the entire p2p/legal download war we have seen analysts on both sides come up with certain numbers to benefit their agenda. So who can you believe and is there any truth to the madness?
NPD’s Music Watch Digital service has came out with a survey that announces that iTunes is larger than p2p networks. However, after closer inspection you see the actual networks they are comparing them to. iTunes is supposedly is just as popular as Limewire, but beats out iMesh and Kazaa.
These figures don’t surprise me too much, but how can you compare all p2p traffic? It’s easy to see how many users are on Kazaa or Limewire simultanteously, but torrent traffic is much harder to track. In addition, hasn’t bittorrent taken over most popular downloading networks falling just short of eDonkey and the like?
It’ll be interesting to see how the major production companies twist these figures to fit their agenda and make p2p out to be the bad guy…once again.
Alexadex Rumble
Ok, so I’ve joined into a clan in the popular online investment game Alexadex. At this point I’ve fought my way to second place in the clan and it’s a sizable jump to get to first, this is where my visitors come into play.
You can easily help me earn an additional $10,000 by simply signing up to this game. It costs nothing to play and can actually be pretty fun. Basically, using the stats from Alexa.com, you invest in certain sites. Their ‘worth’ is figured buy how heavy their traffic stats are.
What do I win if I get first, a swift kick in the ass and a job well done. 
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Email P2P Pando
Pando is the latest in large file sending email programs and it’s based off of p2p framework. Boasting enough storage and sending space to email videos, pictures, and other large attachments, it’s just a fancy bittorrent network.
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times are apparently raving about this new email application. Probably one of the greatest reasons for it’s success is the fact that it does not include spyware/adware/malware. Usually, with non-opensource applications that deal with filesharing malware is the biggest drawback to an application.
Everyone check out My Wii
Hello everyone, as in 1 or 2 people, just wanted to let you know about my new gaming blog. The blog is 100% dedicated to the upcoming next-gen console, the Nintendo Wii.
Stop by, comment, and let me know what you think.
Stream XviD/DivX with Xbox 360
So, how many of you out there love the low quality DivX/Xvid files? I know that i do, for their small download, but did you know that you can convert them to a format that is playable on your Xbox 360?
Videora allows you to easily convert files which are commonly found on p2p networks and stream them to a playable format on your Xbox 360. Check it out.
RedSwoosh P2P?
At what point does this sound like a good idea? No user interface, share files on your hard drive, only set what gets shared by linking the file to the site RedSwoosh.net. Once you link your file to the site you are essentially marked, so any competent p2p p1r8 will stay away from such nonsense.
But, is there a place for such a site and program? I guess when I finally zip all the amateur pron of me and my fiance I’ll place the file up there to share. Hmmm, my honeydo list keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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