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InfoLinks Review

Friday, April 24th, 2009

So, InfoLinks has been pestering me for a review. Not really, it’s just some contest for a Wii. I don’t want a Wii. I’ll give them one anyway, though I’m not entering this in their contest. In short: If you don’t have a boatload of traffic, don’t bother with them. They have a minimum payout of $100. I guess that isn’t too bad. However, most of the clicks I get are $.01 clicks. Great. I guess I could write articles specifically for InfoLinks, trying to target higher value keywords but really I’m not going to.

I have gotten about 60 clicks, totaling $2.26 or so. Yea, I’m so close to the $100 they want, I can just feel the money  pouring in. Not really complaining, but I think that Adsense or similar would bring in a lot more. (I don’t have Adsense up because I think Entrecard violates their ToS)

I’m still going to keep InfoLinks up, just to see if I ever hit that $100 mark some day.

Anyway, if you can tell I’m not all that impressed with InfoLinks, and if I was rating it out of 10 I would give it about a 6/10.

Questions they wanted me to answer..

  1. When did you join Infolinks?

    2. March 20th.

  2. How did you hear about Infolinks?

    3. A blog.

  3. How did you integrate Infolinks? Was it easy or difficult?

    4. Took about 5 seconds editing the header.php.

  4. Did you have to change your website to use Infolinks?

    5. No.

  5. Are you happy with Infolinks earnings?

    6. Not really.

  6. If you worked with in-text before, how would you compare Infolinks and your previous provider?

    7. Haven’t had in text advertising before. I’m sure Kontera or similar would pay the same low amount.

  7. Did you get payments on time?

    8. I have not hit $100 :)

  8. Is the Infolinks support responsive?

    9. Never contacted them, didn’t need to.

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AMD Pushing out the 6 Core “Istanbul” In June

Friday, April 24th, 2009

amdThis is very interesting, do note that the Opteron family of processors are built for servers and not so much desktops. (That still doesn’t stop people from using them on desktops, I used an Opteron on my desktop for quite some time :) ) This processor, however will most likely only be really usable in the server environment or distributed computing projects to be honest. I have a Q6600 in my desktop computer, and I rarely see it go above 25% utilization. (1 core)

This processor could be very useful for virtualized servers, like what I use on this website. We’re of course speaking of VPS technology. Everyone knows that I love VPS’s. It’s reported that this processor uses 30% less power than the current quad cores AMD is offering. The six core processor is set to launch in June.

Seems to me that as these processors add on more and more cores, virtualized servers will get cheaper and cheaper as far as processing power is concerned. However, I don’t really think that’s where the price for these servers is really at right now anyway. My main cost is for the RAM and disk space, not so much processing power. I seem to have plenty of that available.

Still, I’d like to see AMD come out on top for something soon, Intel has had a lead for too long.

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Technology Experimentation Tips

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

1. Read read and read some more. If you’re new to technology this may seem overwhelming. Technology, whether it be programming, computers, gadgets, etc, you need to read up on the subject. Once you get used to using more advanced/technical devices, you will find that keeping up with changes in technology is not that difficult. More advanced reading will require specific forums, for things such as modification or “hacks”.

2. Get help if you need it. Use forums! If you have an issue with something, why not make use of forums? They are free support. Generally there is a forum for every niche in the technology realm.

3. Read books. If you are studying a particular device, and trying to make a technical modification there are probably books available for it. An example would be Xbox modification.

4. Use your imagination. If you want to make a device do something it’s not intended for, find out if it’s possible. Chances are if it’s possible someone has already done it.

5. Stick to it. The old saying applies. “If at first you don’t succeed try, try, and try again.”

Some people may not realize that the Internet is FULL of information that you sometimes have to dig for. I mentioned a few times that FORUMS are probably the most wealthy in free knowledge on advanced, specific subjects. Don’t forget blogs though, they have also been useful for me when I’m dealing with specific issues. This blog was primarily started to *hopefully* provide easier access to some information that I have dugg up from forums.

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Avoiding CPALead Pop Ups

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

I was recently on a site that ran CPALead, which locks the page until you complete an offer of some sort. How do you avoid these pop ups? Simple. Install the plugin NoScript on FireFox. Then, block all scripts. If there happens to be a YouTube video or something like that on the page you can allow scripts from YouTube by left clicking on the NoScript box that replaces the video.

Personally I don’t care for this kind of promotion method, because I think it annoys users and just creates fraudulent leads.

Hope this helps some people out there.

Unrelated

Oh and for those of you wondering, yes I’m still alive I’ve just been busy lately, which is why I haven’t dropped on Entrecard. Actually, I think I might drop Entrecard completely soon, I just don’t have time for it. I’ll probably continue to do SEO tweaks though.

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