Adsense is okay. They're the most consistent CPC network anywhere.

I prefer Buzzlogic (CPM, they're great but you have to be invited). I used to like Widgetbucks, but they're beyond trash now. I had heard good things about Chitika and got great clickthrough rates, but they pay for shit (11 cents a click all the friggin' time... enough to make you lose your mind).

At least with adsense you can expect a reasonable amount of clicks and expect to be paid a reasonable amount. I run them on most of my sites.

At 7/29/08 10:33 AM, Kasualty wrote: well... it gets the job done, but it's a little plain.

It would help me greatly if you could expand beyond that...

At 7/28/08 01:23 AM, TheRyoku wrote:

At 7/28/08 12:08 AM, Taylor wrote: Changed some colors, fiddled with a few things, added Chitika Premium (you can't see it unless you're coming from a search engine).

Let me know how you're feeling. Also, feel free to suggest colors :) (#xxxxxx codes are best)

I like the new colors a lot. It's a little more friendly I think, and I still can't decide whether I think it would look better centered, or on the left, like it is now. Looks great though!

Appreciate the comments :) It sounds like its improving at least. Any of the first commenters want to update?

Changed some colors, fiddled with a few things, added Chitika Premium (you can't see it unless you're coming from a search engine).

Let me know how you're feeling. Also, feel free to suggest colors :) (#xxxxxx codes are best)

I'm playing with the idea of centering it. So far, I've made the header a lot smaller, introduced a categories menu below the blue block and spaced out the side bar. An improvement?

At 7/23/08 11:50 AM, Anim8or666 wrote:

At 7/23/08 09:48 AM, Dqws wrote: Write In big Interesting ways, always have something flashy to attract hte eye.

Stop posting your half-assed comments just for the sake of raising your post count.

Anyway, the sidebar still looks a bit cluttered. Maybe space out the widgets a bit more. Maybe you could try centering the whole site?

Tried to space it out more, I'm working on filling the header and optimizing the ads. So far, positive results :) Yesterday, I got almost double my regular adsense CTR.

At 7/22/08 11:17 PM, Anim8or666 wrote: I liked it when the category links were below the header, because the site looked more like a site, and not so much as a typical ho-hum Wordpress blog. The new design is just cluttered, but it has some good things, too. I suggest combining features from the old design with the new design.

Yeah, one of the things I'm going to do is put a categories menu horizontal in the header to fill up some of the space.

I changed it back to the "new" one, and spaced out the sidebar a bit. I'm going to work on friendlying it up a bit.

At 7/22/08 06:47 PM, Jessii wrote:

At 7/22/08 06:30 PM, Taylor wrote: Wow, like 10 other people say they hate it. I'm really surprised, I was so tired of the old design and love the look of this one. I guess I've got bad taste :)

You changed it? It was black before, now it's grey.

Yes I changed it back to the one that I don't like but everyone else does :(

Wow, like 10 other people say they hate it. I'm really surprised, I was so tired of the old design and love the look of this one. I guess I've got bad taste :)

At 7/22/08 05:49 PM, Jessii wrote: I don't really like it. It's not really interesting and eye catching. I also don't know if you ever edited the "about" page. If not then maybe you should.

Never touched the about. I didn't have it showing up on the last one. I'm removing it now.

I just changed things up a whole lot at one of my sites and input is appreciated.

I think the link is in my forum signature.

For reference, it used to look like:

At 7/19/08 11:42 PM, VictorNiss wrote:

Watch where your linking to. Its called Phishing. your linked to a different site, but Internet Explorer or FireFox will keep login info on hand should you press the back button to navagate back to your account. so your cruising around this Porn or Gaming site, somebody accesses the tool you use to surf the web and acquires that bit of info (your User name, Email, and Password etc, etc, etc...).

That is absolutely not phishing and every word you wrote is wrong.

1234567890 to let me post this... stupid quote guideline.

At 7/18/08 02:00 AM, Anim8or666 wrote: Man, I used to think programming was useless. But then I discovered PHP. Not having to edit my .html files manually was a huge leap forward. After you've gone dynamic, there's really no going back. It's like making sandwiches. Of course, you can make them yourself, or you can build a machine to make them automatically for you.
@Taylor- Sure, you can live without programming. See that hobo behind the dumpster? It seems he's doing just fine without programming.

Uh, bad example but that was my point. You don't *need* to do anything, its just another thing that can potentially advance your well being.

For all of our sake, please buy a Dell or another pre-fab box.

You lack the fundamental knowledge required to build a computer. That's not an insult or an attack on you personally, its a fact.

Pick up a pre-build computer with a phone support warranty. Get one with an Intel Core 2 Duo, as it is unrivaled in performance for its price. Shoot for a dedicated video card of some form (even an 8600 series card would suffice for most things, especially if you're coming off a socket A machine); 2 or more gigabytes of RAM and 500+ gigabytes of hard drive space.

You can get all that for $300 or so from Dell. Hell, I'm a mac guy and it pains me to recommend that sort of thing, but I think its best in your situation.

Frankly, I haven't been bothered to do anything remotely "programming" in quite some time but your question is almost as stupid as asking why bother learning how to read and write... you could get through life (relatively) fine without those skills, but skills are what they are.

Programming is like anything else. You don't need to know how to drive a car, you can walk. You don't need to know how to make a sandwich, you can get one pre-made.

The fact of the matter is, some things matter to some people and some things don't.

At 7/4/08 12:11 AM, Anim8or666 wrote:

At 7/3/08 06:17 PM, Taylor wrote: Media Temple sucks.

On what grounds do you say this? Previous experience?

Yes.

Media Temple sucks.

At 7/1/08 07:17 AM, Jon-86 wrote:

At 7/1/08 02:02 AM, Taylor wrote: With a facelift, this site could be a cash cow. I'm interested.

Too late comrade :P I stuck my nose in first. Your not the only one who can spot potential ;-)

Do me proud.

With a facelift, this site could be a cash cow. I'm interested, not necessarily as a partnership but I would be interested in buying it outright now or fixing it up and splitting the $$.

ADM Hos....

My professional recommend would be Medialayer.com
You're not going to get gobloads of bandwidth or obscene promises, but they are one of the fastest shared hosts in the industry and support is unparalleled.

At 6/16/08 10:32 PM, polym wrote: Few things wrong with that host.

1) They are not responsible for any type of incident regarding your site. That means if their server goes down and all your data is lost, they won't insurance you.

2) It requires you to become an active member and post on their forums.

3) Overbloats with crap I probably don't need.

Are you serious? its free! Why the hell should they "insure" you...

At 6/17/08 02:34 AM, CronoMan wrote:

At 6/16/08 03:59 PM, smulse wrote: What's the deal with blocking out computer names? lol. Mines not called anything that secret or important 2bh.

my server is named corpsemourne and my workstation is named taake :)

My computer is named Taylor Barrett-Wilsdon's Macbook Pro.

This is going places.

Ah fuck this thread. I give up.

That its a trap is like the funniest lolcats I've seen in a while.

At 6/14/08 05:12 PM, yhar wrote:

At 6/14/08 05:10 PM, Taylor wrote: I'd be more interested in hearing what you have to say, because thats a new one. Drop me a PM if you'd like to hear my sob story. The short version is - I got about a third of the money we agreed to (which was very little) and she destroyed my business.

Well, i was told that you and tina had some sort of agreement based upon your claim to sales, then it turned out all of your customers were "kids" with no intent on renewing their hosting.

Hah, that is a new one. Well, if thats the case - then you're talking to them. Almost everyone who had a problem with axishost was from Newgrounds. I'd be curious to know who told you that. She made out like a bandit and screwed me royally. One of my big regrets in life was letting her tear it to pieces from the inside.

Regardless, you aren't welcome in this thread because all you've done is clog it up. When I see someone hop on MSN I'll have them delete your stuff.

To answer your original statement regarding payment, no, I'm not going to pay 2 years revenue and nobody else is either; especially if you're only making $3 a day. My offer will depend on age, traffic sources and longterm income, but if your site is a few years old running on organic traffic, I'm prepared to offer 12 months.

And yes, I'm also looking on Digitalpoint and Sitepoint.

At 6/14/08 05:07 PM, yhar wrote:

At 6/14/08 05:03 PM, Taylor wrote: I didn't lie about anything and if you want to know what happened with Axishost, I was cheated and robbed.

Well, if you contact a mod and get them to delete my posts...
Mind explaining how so, because from what i heard it was totally different...
PM? :)

I'd be more interested in hearing what you have to say, because thats a new one. Drop me a PM if you'd like to hear my sob story. The short version is - I got about a third of the money we agreed to (which was very little) and she destroyed my business.

At 6/14/08 04:54 PM, yhar wrote:

At 6/14/08 04:51 PM, Taylor wrote: I don't know what that means but I don't like it.
Sign-Up: 04/08/08
You weren't even here when axishost happened? I've been on this site for 5 years and worked with hundreds of people here. If you (god knows why) have a problem with me, by all means, take it up with me. I don't think I've even posted since you joined here...

I am an alt.
And i don't specifcally have a problem with you personally, what i have a problem is the fact that you're a liar.

It sounds like you have a problem with me. And what does "I am an alt" mean - you were banned so you're circumventing it now? Classy.

I didn't lie about anything and if you want to know what happened with Axishost, I was cheated and robbed.

At 6/14/08 06:16 AM, styi wrote: What guarantee is there that we can trust you?
I don't exactly trust you after the whole axishhost fiasco where you lied to Tina...

So yeah, guarantee?
Also, why not check out a site specific for this, such as digitalpoint, sitepoint and namepros?
My guess is you're trying tog et them on the cheap :|

Srsly guys, do you trust Taylor?

I should hope so. I'm looking to see if anyone wants to sell their site. If you don't want to, then you aren't welcome in this thread.

I don't exactly trust you after the whole axishhost fiasco where you lied to Tina...

I don't know what that means but I don't like it.
Sign-Up: 04/08/08
You weren't even here when axishost happened? I've been on this site for 5 years and worked with hundreds of people here. If you (god knows why) have a problem with me, by all means, take it up with me. I don't think I've even posted since you joined here...

At 6/14/08 04:07 AM, atomic-noodle wrote:

At 6/13/08 10:13 PM, Taylor wrote: As the title reads. You must be making at least $3 per day with several months of payment history to back it up.

Send me a PM or just post here with site name and I'll get in touch.

ngup.net

Page isn't loading for me but drop a PM with its vitals and I'd love to talk.