Running a website is not cheap, so I run different types of advertisement on this site. I’m not trying to get rich from this site, I merely use these services to cover the costs of keeping it online.
This page is for informational purposes only. I am providing the following information so you know what types of ads I am running here. I am in no way asking you to click on them and/or buy products and/or services.
Affiliate Marketing
In accordance with the current FTC guidelines I am required to inform you that some of the links on this blog/website, either through images, text, audio anywhere throughout this website, are in fact affiliate marketing links, and if you purchase products through these links then I get paid a commission. The amount of commission varies from product to product.
I use an affiliate program called Skimlinks. The way it works is that I sometimes insert links to online stores like Newegg, if you click on one of those links to and you buy something from them during that visit I will get a small commission based on the final sale. If you don’t buy anything then I don’t get anything, so don’t be scared if you click on any of the affiliated links and see something like “go.redirectingat…” on your address bar, that is just the gateway the affiliated link goes through so my affiliation ID gets added to the link.
Banner Advertising
I run banner ads through a service called Adbrite. I have no control in any way of the content of the way the ads are displayed, they could be pictures, animated gifs, flash, or video.
Please don’t be alarmed or get mad at me is they happen to have sound as I really have no control over what’s going to show up.
Unlike advertisement from other banner advertisement services Adbrite banner are clean. During the time I have use their service I have never encountered problems such as a virus, spyware, or malware.
In-Text Advertising
Before joining Skimlinks I had joined a program called Infolinks, which is pretty much like Kontera. Infolinks underlines keywords to trigger relevant ads, so when you move your mouse pointer over the usually double-underlined links, or in the case of this site, the dotted-underlined links, it will display a small bubble with an ad.
Should you have any concerns about the ads on this website feel free to contact me.
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