Ridiculous Ad Networks
I have had the most frustrating problems with ad networks lately. First, Chitika. This is one of the harder networks to get into, and, according to everyone who is in it, can pay very very well. If it works. I was approved literally 1 1/2 years ago and have never been able to get it to work. I’d put the ad code up, it would show ads, and I wouldn’t earn a penny. I finally put forth...
Read MoreNew Traffic Goals
To help keep me motivated, I have a block of code on this website that compares a few of my websites’ traffic to another website’s traffic. For a long time, I’ve had the Fake Name Generator and Fake Mail Generator on that list. They’ve been consistently at 2x-20x the traffic goal for so long that I now feel it is pointless to keep them up there. I’ve replaced those...
Read MoreUnexpected Traffic
I woke up this morning to find a nice little surprise waiting for me in my Google Analytics account: Woah! Where did all that traffic come from? After looking at the referrers, I discovered that the Fake Name Generator was featured on Existenz.se (sort of a Swedish version of I Am Bored, I think..). So how much money did those extra 20,000 visitors earn me? $0. The thing is, people that visit the...
Read MoreMobile Money
I’ve been wanting to make an iPhone app for the Fake Name Generator for months. The problem is, I don’t own a Mac, an iPhone, and the half dozen developers that have promised to make me an app haven’t actually done so. To make it worse, the Android has come out, creating yet another platform that I’d want an app for. Frustrating. I decided if I can’t have an app,...
Read MoreSVG Barcode Generator
The past few days have been spent writing a PHP class that will generate barcodes and save them as SVG files. This class is going to be used in an upcoming barcode-related website I’m building. Currently it supports: UPC-A: The normal barcode you will see on most products in the US. UPC-E: A smaller, compressed version of UPC-A. Typically seen on products that do not have enough space to...
Read MoreWhat is my IP?
This past weekend I found a fun domain name for a project: ipaddr.es. Yeah, it is missing an “s” at the end, but I think it is still a fun domain. So I threw up a “what is my IP” style page and am having some fun with it. What makes IP Addr.es better than the competition? A few things: The IP address is the primary element on the page, located in a big, modern-looking...
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