Note: I have never tested the software below nor will I, I’m only commenting on the way it advertises itself.
In the Adsense block, I noticed a CMS named Graffit was advertising itself as a better CMS system than blogging platforms. Out of sheer curiosity, I Googled it.
The landing page I found tries to argue that it is better than WordPress as a CMS system, and it goes so far as to declare that it is “Finally … A WordPress alternative.” It argues that it is easier to install than WordPress (it takes only 3 steps instead of 5.) The page then continues with its spiel — including the admission that it only runs on Windows servers and is built in .net — but doesn’t really say anything that doesn’t make me sit up and go “Wow, I wish WordPress did that.”
Although this was a custom landing page, I’m not sure it works as expected.
Succumbed to the temptations of gold and glitter.
I finally did it, I thought long and hard and — even though I know I said I never would — I joined payperpost. Honestly, I’m doing it for the money: while this site doesn’t cost very much to run, the costs in man-hours is enormous, and it is hard to spend hours and days each week working on my various projects when there are bills to pay. I had hoped that donations would be enough to allow me to spend the necessary time creating plugins and programs for general use, but, even though I appreciate each one greatly no matter the size, donations are sporadic at best.
However, I do have my integrity, so I promise that sponsored posts will only be a means to an end on this website, and will never be so prominent as to remove the focus from the ideas that this website was founded on.
Blogging for Change…
No, this post isn’t about making a difference; it is about the blogger (specifically myself) and advertising, so be warned that this post will be in a far more conversant style than I usually use. In a perfect world people would throw money at me like confetti for every word that flows like poetry out of my keyboard, unfortunately as those extremely annoying commercials reminded us, we don’t live in perfect and are forced to live in reality.
I would love to be able to make money with this site, but the average blogger has only three basic ways to make money through their efforts–selling ad space, reviews, or just hoping loyal readers will contribute. (Assuming, of course, that the blogger only writes content and doesn’t sell tangible products or services.) However, each of these methods are fundamentally flawed and are just as likely to backfire as create a steady income (income of any sort, not just the quit-your-day-job amounts).
