Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Blogger Toys Tools

As many of you probably do, I pay a fair amount of attention to my Feedjit thingamabob and I obsess make a game of trying to identify my lurkers, even if it means following them from blog to blog, peeking at other blogger’s Feedjit thingamabobs, and chasing them down until they eventually leave a comment and identify themselves. I find it particularly annoying challenging when someone makes themselves invisible to my Feedjit. Don’t go running down the screen and doing that now, you’ll drive me bonkers and I’ll end up huddled in a corner humming nursery rhymes and lunching on my own hair just find you through one of my other spy tools. (And, I hear your thoughts loud and clear, and they’re unkind.) (You should be ashamed of yourself.)

One of the other blog toys tools I like to keep an eye on is my ad-sense feed. Mostly it’s a nonsense thing, and I’ve never made a single penny off of it because you lazy little buggars busy little bees never click on them. It’s all right though, I don’t need the money and my kids don’t need braces or college either. Besides one of those ads on my blog today was for this:

Make Money From Thin Air!
Discover 40+ ways to make
money on the Internet right now!

Well, hallelujah! (And how do you spell that?) I’m about to be rich, and not a moment too soon I might add. After all, it was just today when I was busy up my big, stupid ass like crazy at work, when I said that I didn’t think I could really continue to accept pay for the amount of bullshit fun my workplace provides me. I may have to start returning my paycheck and just doing all that ridiculous fun stuff for free. In fact, I may even have to start paying them for the privilege.

Now here’s my question. I am bound by the rules of nonsense ad-sense not to click on those ads, so I need someone to do it for me and tell me how to make money out of thin air. (Truth be told, I’m probably also bound by the rules to not mention the existence of the useless helpful ads at all; but we won’t go there.)

I need to know if I can legally make money from thin air. I need to know if thin air is the only required ingredient. I need to know if I’m required to be naked, or even partially unclothed, at any time during the process. I need to know if I’m going to be providing any services to strangers, whether via webcam, telephone, email, or text. Please check out the facts and let me know.

Go on, I’m waiting.

PS. I took one damn day off (I at least took 2 minutes to throw up a non-post) and I lost a follower. Real nice. Yeah, I pay attention to that, too and it hurts my feelings; both of ‘em.

By the way, I really am just kidding about clicking my ads. I don't click them either when I see other sites that use them. They fill your mail with spam and lead you to all manner of crap sites. They do provide me a certain amount of comic value though, and I like to screw with it because they're driven by certain words on your page.

24 comments:

dizzblnd said...

I know nothing about the ads. I don't use em. As for money out of thin air... I think the other ingredients are luck, being in the right place at the right time and not getting caught. Other than that.. I'm not much help.

Don't worry about your followers.. for every 1 you lose..2 better ones will replace them.

mo.stoneskin said...

I was making money out of thin air for a while, but our government taxes materialised money so heavily it isn't worth it.

I could make some for you and slip it into your account?

sherri said...

Sorry, I didn't see the link to click on to make money from thin air...plus, I never click on that stuff because I don't want 1000 unsoliciated emails in my box tomorrow.

I had an uncle who "made his own money", but he went to prison for it. Just thought I'd share.

Those feedjits drive me crazy,
I do look at mine but I've never followed anyone from site to site- you're hilarious.

lisa said...

Well at least something's thin around here. :)

I lost 2 followers last week. I figure they were just jealous of my sparkling personality and endless wit.

darsden said...

I love my widgets too especially the live tracker. People do sneak by it if they go in by another domain I have noticed that. Some times google reader doesn't show up as visiting my site. But, I am like you always trying to seeing where people are coming from. Amazing how a lil blog page can tie so many people together from all over this beautiful world!
Great NON post, glad I really didn't have a cool comment-LOL

darsden said...

Oh, I forgot about the adsense.. for me, I come here to read, not shop. Although I know it will help out (a lil) my best friend Derfina, has the ad sense too. I really tried clicking my heart out. What would happen is I would in up freezing my computer with the ads and then I started getting a lot of spam from visiting..So, I quit. Just to much aggrevaton! If there is something really interesting or sumpin' I need to check out I will click the ads...
otherwise it a read and comment kinda thang :-)

blognut said...

Dizz - True. Very, very true.

Mo - Make me some. I'll send you my account number. Wait! What are you trying to pull?

Sherri - Feedjits are a stalker's best friend.

Lisa - Good point!

Darsden - You DID have a cool comment - you always do. :)

Comedy Goddess said...

You made me finally admit how I feel about Ad sense. It is a big big scam, and I am not going to participate anymore! Thank you blognut!

Sarah said...

Lol! I don't do Ad-sense...and oddly enough I don't even see it on your blog. Maybe the filter at my work blocks it?? Who knows.

Cheri @ Blog This Mom! said...

So there's a Feedjit invisibility cloak I didn't know about?

Diane said...

When one of your other followers clicks on the ad and tells you how to make money out of thin air, please share it with this half of the brain, k? I'm in need of a boost to my bank account. And I don't have any problem with being neckid. OTHER people might have a problem with me being neckid. But I'm OK with it.

PS... I lost a follower a week for about 3 weeks... dunno why either. I hate that. And I've noticed a couple of people have made themselves invisible on my Feedjit, too. Pffffttt. Like I care if I can see you! (I do so care... sniff). But I gained a couple of followers this week, so it's all good. I didn't need those defectors anyway. Sniff.

darsden said...

Diane- there has been a problem with blogger lately losing followers it's not they quit you per say...they might not know they aren't there anymore. I had a couple fall off too. I wrote to them and asked it I had offended them in any way with my boring blog...But, that is when I realized and was reading it was happening to a lot of people. So, wanted to share that with you :-)

blognut said...

Comedy Goddess - Admitting it is the first step. You're welcome!

Sarah - It's way, way down there.

Cheri - There is! I might even tell where it is!

Diane - I'll do it from my work computer and let you know.

Darsden - You've given me hope. Maybe it's not me.

Michel said...

It's you.

hahah! JUST KIDDING.

I used to have ad sense - back in the day when I had 4s of followers - I had gradiose dreams of being rich - people told me that old people in florida not only smell funny, but they also do like 16 blogs and make a living off of it.

I have yet to meet anyone who made anything (but then I don't actually TALK to people, so take that into consideration too). I had to remove them when I got here and everytime I would mention Sudan in my post (which is daily) an ad for Darfur Now would come up - that would NOT be a popular thing to promote here - especially as a diplomat. very awkward. I'd never be served tea again!

Call Me Cate said...

I like to laugh at the ads. Rarely do I click on them. Rarely are mine clicked on. I've made $3.88 on my blog. Go me?

As for thin air - I only see fat air around here.

Leah said...

Making money from thin air? I am pretty sure that would be illegal. LOL.

C.B. Jones said...

1. compile all the sugar in the local tri-state area.

2. ???

3. profit!

A Woman Of No Importance said...

Bloggus Dahlink, I live in a garrett like a penniless student, and I eschew (like a good English gal would) all signs of advertising and blatant marketeering, or even mouseketeering!

I do not know how to make money, fake money, save money nor keep money... My mum used to say she could spend money if she were on a submarine (Thank you, Bloggus, for bringing that memory back to me!), and I think I inherited that gene from her...

Kids eat money as if it grew on trees, and I'm working on the concept that if he gets a rock and roll career then he'll be able to keep me in the manner to which I could become accustomed, including handbags!

I live in desperate hope, and I am very happy to have friends who feel the same - Love to you, but no money sorry, and don't get nyekkid, sweetie - I'd have to pay people to look at me - Seriously ;) xxx

Michelle said...

I am leaving a comment now because I am scared!

:0)

blognut said...

Michel - The old people in Florida have 16 blogs each, and they spend all their time clicking away at each other's ads to supplement their social security income. I'm onto them.

Cate - Making fun of the ads is really all they're good for, but the $3.88 will get you an order of chicken nuggets to replaced the ones you lost.

Leah - But maybe worthing trying, right?

CB - Step 2?

Fhina - I know how to count money and I know how to spend it. That's about it.

By the way, I might just get naked for the fun of it, even if I don't get paid. :) XO

Michelle - And so you should be!!!

lizspin said...

Darn it. . . the thingamajigs were probably the only thing about blogging I was NOT obsessed with. . .but I didn't know there was so much out there. . . so much spying I could do. . .

and, p.s., I think the air around me is pretty thick anyway, so there's no way I could make any money!

She said...

You continue to crack me up!

I only use my sitemeter, although I think I have Feedjit somewhere. Must figure out how to use it.

The thing with typepad is that I have no clue if I have any followers.

Mary@Holy Mackerel said...

I look at my feedjit thingy once in a while, but I don't skulk from site to site. I will now. Sounds like a blast!

Bee and Rose said...

I didn't know you could go invisible on feedjit! Wow!

I lost a follower today too...booo....but I did gain a couple new ones today too!

your devoted stalker,
bee