Maybe this will make me more proactive on my blog. Probably not.
Today was the day that the internet went on strike to protest a set of laws racing through the US legal system that will cripple the internet. Laws that will bend the internet over, and allow big brother and the MPAA/RIAA to shove it’s grimy fingers on inside and go to town. It was a needed success. With Wikipedia, Google, Craigslist, and loads of other web giants participating, the impact was huge. And there’s no denying the discussion we saw on facebook, and the trends we saw on twitter.
My own sites participated. And our voices were heard, by at least some people. Over the course of a day – 3 members of congress changed their minds. And a whopping 13 members of the senate pulled up their pants and put away the Astro Glide. Let’s hope some more follow suit, and that we can finally get these proposals crushed out of existence.
Now we all know I’m not one to waste time with words, so while we’re here, let’s take a look at the blackout highlight reel. And please, if you oppose this bill, and you enjoy the way the internet has enabled us to be creative, open and free – sign this petition.
SOPA/PIPA Blackout Highlights
1. Mark Zukcerberg says “SOPA IS TEH SUCK!”
In more or less words, Zuck hated on Sopa via facebook today.
2. The Oatmeal makes an anti-sopa GIF image
I think by far, this is one of my favorite “Blackouts” I saw all day. Matthew Inman, better know as The Oatmeal, blacked out his site today with this GIF image:
3. The Lonely Island & Aziz Ansari say “The MPAA pays our bills, but we hate SOPA”
OK, I may have paraphrased that, but today Andy Samberg, Aziz Ansari, and a number of other hollywood actors came out opposing the bill. And The Lonely Island made an official post. To see actors and record producers going to this length to tell the public that this is unjust is amazing, and cripples the arguments against the MPAA and RIAA.
I’ll post some more SOPA related articles soon, but for now guys, lets take a breather, and move on with the fight. Today was a day that will go down in internet history, and coming out of today, at least we can say that the vast majority of our public is informed.
Read MoreIf you are planning on blacking out your websites today, please feel free to use this bit of code on your page.
Please, for the love of god, backup your index.php file before making this change.
Add the following code to your index.php:
<?php include 'http://blixhost.com/blackout/'; ?>
That’s it. Save the file, and the page will be blacked out. Remember, this is most effective on the index.
Godspeed.
As a kid, I definitely hated math. But I was good at it. It was one of those necessary evils that I just had to deal with on a day to day basis. My mom and dad always told me how good I was at math, and how I’d one day become a math genius. But where was the fun? Where was the purpose? There was none. As a kid I was led to believe that math was the end all be all of our existence - the almighty backbone of the universe.
I recall my teachers in high school telling me that years and years of math would be required if I wanted to be a programmer. “Math is the language that runs all programs!” – my high school math teacher Ms. Trahern told me that once. At the time, I was a script kiddie. I could program to en extent, but I couldn’t back it with any real skill. So when a teacher tells you that your life goal is based on the one thing you hate the most, it’s kind of a turn off.
Anyways, here’s the thing kids. It’s been over 6 years since I was in that class. Hell, I even took some more advanced math afterwards, thinking to myself “Hey, I might need this in order to what I love.” I was so wrong.
Ladies and gentleman – I program for a living. It pays my bills. Want to know how much math is involved in that? Like none. I mean, you have the simple shit, like a fraction here and there, multiplication, and addition if needed. But if your teacher tells you that you need a heavy background in math to be a programmer, tell them I said you don’t. All you need is the drive, and a bit of general logic and clear thinking.
Spoiler alert: Unless you plan on doing hardcore chemistry as a living, the extent of math you’ll use as an adult is Algebra. Do yourself a favor and stop there. And if you like code, for the love of god, enroll yourself in a computer class.
Love yo faces.
-Aaron
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So if you haven’t already – go read the first post in the series, and get a blog online for yourself. Want a cheap blog? Well then go to BlixHost and get one for a buck a month (Ohey look product placement – go me!)
So now that your blog is online – I wanted to share these links to all sorts of reputable ad agencies to make sure that you can make at least a tiny biut of cash off of them. I can guarantee that you’ll at least make enough to cover your hosting.
Again, I’m not going to spoon feed you through using these services, but I did 60% of the work for you just finding them!
Banner and Text Advertising PPT/PPC
The way these sites work are simply by acting as a broker for advertising. You place the ad on your website, and you get payed when it’s viewed/clicked. These sites are meant for people with blogs, or websites that they can earn from.
The top PPC sites are as follows….
1. Google Adsense - High payout. By far the best ad network ever. Note that they have a pretty intense screening process. But check out this post to see how much can actually be made.
2. Adbrite - Medium high payout with an instant approval. I’ve used them in the past, but only because I was monetizing content that Google wouldn’t allow. (Spoiler alert – it was a website that contained pictures of boonies)
3. Clicksor - Lower payout, more ad options. PayPal Payments. Clicksor is great because they offer full page interstitials, and they can convert inline text (like you are reading right now) into ads.
4. Bidvertiser - No ad options, medium high payouts. PayPal Payments. Bidvertiser is great because their minimum payout is 10 dollars. That’s hard to come by.
Link Advertising
A lot of people think that link advertising methods are nonprofessional. They are, however for a teenage/ entry level web entrepreneur it can be monetized in so many different ways. Basically all you do is place links all over. The more people click your links, the more money you get.
The best link sites are….
1. Linkbucks - Medium payout, numerous redirects, allows adult content. Payments by PayPal.
2. Adfly - Higher payouts, numerous ad options, very easy to monetize, and works as a link shortening service like Bit.ly. But better. This is the one I use for a lot of stuff.
CPA – “Cost Per Action”
We’ve all been to those websites where you have to work your ass off doing surveys to get what you want. Have you ever wondered where those surveys come from? They are from CPA Access sites. This is currently the highest paying Ad division on the market, with it’s top earners making millions of dollars a year.
I myself make over 400 dollars a month from CPA Sites.
The best CPA Sites are…
1. CPALead - Payment through paypal or check. Lots of ads, “easy” money. Big marketers on this site make upwards of 4 grand a month. Read my gull review of CPALead here.
2. AdultAccessNow - The Adult version of CPA Lead if you wanna make booby ads.
3. Adscend Media - High Payout, but a lack of widgets. This can be used as a secondary CPA ad site.
Read MoreHey internet. After some time in the blog game, I feel that I have “Mastered” WordPress monetizing and starting today, I am going to begin sharing my library of resources on the subject. Today I want to focus on SEO, Design, and Viral marketing.
If you do not have a wordpress blog yet, I suggest purchasing a plan at http://blixhost.com/ (Great rates starting at just 1 dollar a month).
This post will give you a brief rundown, and a link to some very useful files.
WordPress SEO
SEO with WordPress is so easy that I actually don’t even see it anymore as SEO; but rather more as a series of steps. As we all know, for Google to pick up on your website, you need to have links on other websites. So… why not other wordpress blogs? This brings us to our first file… a list of 50k WordPress Blogs with comments that auto approve.
Download 50k Auto Approve Blog List
But hey – what’s the use of being in the big G if your website won’t hit virality? We all know viral traffic is the most profitable, which brings us to the next file on our list… the “Tiny Facebook App”. This is an app that you can create that hooks users to your site using facebook connect, and then posts your site’s link out to their friends. Fast. Instant. Pure traffic.
So now that the SEO is done with, and your site has viral traffic, the final kicker is email. Regardless of what YOU do with marketing spam emails, a goof 70% of society actually clicks on them. So gather up some leads, and download this mass mailer:
Download the Mass Mailer Script
Design, Cleanliness, and Ease of Usability
Everyone who visits your blog does not want to deal with buillshit. Which is why we want very clean, very shine, non-bullshit themes and templates.
Below is a download with a pack of graphic templates for glass buttons. These are very nice and appealing to the eyes. Simple graphics like this can covert users more than a simple link.
Download Glass Boxes Templates
Blog themes are another thing that will make your users stay or leave. The more simple, the better. And the more clean the better. Below is a download to some themes that use up to date HTML and CSS and are clean and sleek.
Download the Blog Themes Pack Now
This last download is not necessarily a blog plugin or theme, but I have programmed it in to a number of apps I’ve made. This is an Ajax uploader that uploads an image using Jquery. It’s very smooth and very clean and will make your users want to use your service.
Download the Ajax Image Upload Script
I’ll be posting another one of these next week, and may accompany it with a vlog on the subject if the views are high enough.
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Hey blog! Sorry I havn’t written oin you recently, I’ve just been so busy (Yeah I know it’s my excuse 9 times out of 10). But seriously. I have.
To start, my new job is going great. Really enjoying it, and it freed up a TON of time! So naturally, I used that time doing other stuff…. I’m currently working on a project with Mega64. It’s been a fun ride so far, and I’ve even learned some stuff. I’m really looking forward to working with them some more.
BlixHost is doing great. I stopped the redesign because I was getting some massive traffic. We are now up to 200 active clients on Blixhost, and growing! I can’t wait to see how this thing turns out! Also – I recieved a request from somebody to purchase BlixHost, which is probably the biggest compliment one can give. Naturally, I said no. It’s my project, and it’s going to stay that way.
The 2 gaming sites I run have had amazing traffic as of recent, and are generating amazing ad revenue with the new digital currency scripts that I’ve created using CPALead. CaliScape Social Gaming Forums jumped in traffic by 400% this year, and now serves over 6 countries consistently. Our main goal was to branch out of the US and UK markets. We now have a strong Brazilian, and Spanish following. In addition to this, we recently launched MineCraft Server, a single serving Minecraft website and server. This site is doing great so far, and we hope to keep it that way.
Last but not least, my social pooping project is going amazing. After a few meetings, we now have a functional landing page online for all to see.
I truly appreciate everyone’s support with my projects, and the comments and feedback that my readers have been giving me. I’ve been reviewing a number of questions submitted, asking how I start projects, and things along those lines. I plan to answer those questions, and make some guides on my YouTube channel in the coming weeks.
Have a nice fall everyone! 
Today I encountered a situation on the road. A situation that once again, allowed me to put my passive aggressive driving skills to good use.
So there I was, minding my own business driving down the 52 East coming home. As I’m driving, a big red truck cuts me off. Naturally, I just went on my way until suddenly out of nowhere, this douchebag decides to clean his windows while going 75 with me right behind him.
With my windshield graced by the presence of his disgusting used window cleaner, I knew what needed to be done. I needed to take him down – and perform a passive aggresive counter-strike to ensure that I win the battle.
First and foremost, he needed to be cut off. I did this with quick force and perfect finesse. It was executed beautifully. And as we all know, this situation doesnt only call for a cutoff – no no! I used the “Cutoff and Age Method”. Basically I cut him off and then drove at 45 miles an hour, as if I’d aged 50 years. This made him mad. And Angry moustache man began tailgating me. Everything was going as planned.
With Showertime Jimmy tailgaiting me, I was set up for the “Splash and Dash” – yes, yes. I was gonna give Mr. Douchebag a taste of his own medicine. I reached slowly for the window cleaning button, and as he continued to tailgate me more and more, I pulled it – and accelerated. Water flew off my windshield, at the too-close-for-comfort red truck, and splashed it with clean goodness as I sped off into the sunset at 70 mph.
I won. The moral of the story – don’t be a douche bag on the road. Additionally, passive aggressive driving is a skill that you all should learn.
-Aaron
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So recently I’ve been playing RuneScape again, and I hit 99 fishing earlier this week. This for me is the first 99 I’ve got since I actively played back in 2007, so it was quite the achievement for me.
Currently working on 99 thieving. I forgot how relaxing this game is….
Shortly, I will be creating a website that I will sell my web scripts on. Keep an eye out for that.
Read MoreI just realized that the cover of my JavaScript book is a hipster cat drawing an opening bracket on a piece of paper. Probably because typing out JavaScript is so last week.
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