Swollen Pickles

Ever wanted to prove to the world that your blog belongs on the A-List? Feed Burner provides you with all the ammunition you need. Most blogs have those little Feed Burner subscriber buttons (you can see mine if you scroll down and look in the sidebar).  It's a simple little button that displays the number of people that have signed up to your blogs feed. The higher the number, the more people are reading, and the more street cred you're likely to garner. Well... maybe not...

I was reading the Net Business Blog and found a way to manipulate the little Feed Burner numbers (without using photoshop!). The method outlined here is probably not the preferred, or most ethical, way in which to boost your feed stats, but it would appear that it works. I wonder how long it lasts before Feed Burner figure a way to shut it down?

I realise that I'm fairly cynical, but at the same time, it is a fact that 99.9% of things you do on the internet are geared towards making money. Making money for someone else! You don't have to buy something or run up your credit card bill in order to generate revenue for someone else. Just about every time you view an ad, click an ad, search, buy something, download something, join a community, or post a story, picture, or video, some one, somewhere, is making money, collecting commission, and/or a sale from your regular web surfing activity.

I recently read about the AGLOCO program on John Chow's website. Now this guy is loaded, so I'm guessing he know more than a little about making money off the internet. So I looked into AGLOCO myself, and although it may not make you an instant millionaire, it appears as though it will generate a steady stream of pure profit through no effort on your part. Signing up to AGLOCO is free (for now anyway), and here is a description taken from their site on how it works:

If you want to join as a Member, you download a piece of software called the Viewbar. It’s like a toolbar that sits at the bottom of your desktop, and it will be available soon. Essentially, it collects on your behalf some of the revenue you would usually generate for other people while you conduct your everyday browsing. Then, it returns most of this money to you.

Why does this work? You win because you now get your share of the money for doing what you would normally do. AGLOCO management wins by keeping a 10% cut of this revenue (like Brad Pitt pays his agent a 10% fee). And the companies win, since they get your business. All you need to do is have the Viewbar up on your screen while browsing the Internet like normal.

What's the catch? No catch - no spyware, no pop-ups and no spam - membership and software are free and AGLOCO is 100% member owned. Privacy is a core value and AGLOCO never sells or rents member information.

Now I figure that getting paid for something I would ordinarily be doing for free is a fairly decent deal! The program could not be simpler, you have the AGLOCO Viewbar on your screen, AGLOCO pay you for it.

So do both of us a favor and sign up for AGLOCO now! If you use this link to sign up, I'll get credited for referring you and once you add the AGLOCO viewbar, you'll start earning revenue:

http://www.agloco.com/r/BBCD0882

Speaking as someone that has developed a prodigious coffee habit, I was interested to hear about Gano Cafe, marketed as the first know "Healthy Coffee" in the world. According to it's maker, Gano Cafe contains less caffeine than decaf coffee, without sacrificing any of the flavour. Gano Cafe has just made it's way into the US market.

The key ingredient in Gano Cafe is Ganoderma, which is also known as Reishi in Japan, Lingzhi in China and Youngzhi in Korea. Also tagged as 'King of Herbs', Ganoderma has taken on all but mythical proportions, and is said to help the body process toxins and strengthen the immune system.

As a healthy, caffeine free alternative to regular coffee, Gano Cafe is an interesting proposition. Unfortunately, in my case, it is the caffeine in coffee that appeals to me. It wouldn't not be a week day morning without my regular caffeine hit! But if, for whatever reason, you need to kick the caffeinated version, the new "Healthy Coffee" might be just what your looking for.

This post has been sponsored by Gano Cafe.

Do you ever sit at home twiddling your thumbs wondering what to do next? No? Me neither. I'm sure some people out there do though... and I bet they are the sort of people that think building an automated toliet paper dispenser out of Lego is a great way to pass the time.

Check out this video of the prototype Lego toilet paper dispenser... if nothing else it will give you something to look at for 30 seconds...

You've purchased the biggest, most masculine automobile you can afford. Unfortunately, you still feel like a big 'girly man', afraid to step up at the urinal if someone else is already watering the horses.

Bumper Nuts offer the solution for the grown man who is trying to over compensate for being small in the trouser department.
This product is perfect for the man trying to make a statement. Wack some 'Bumper Nuts' on your car and become the envy of anyone unlucky enough not to be manly old you!

Well the John Chow dot com vs Swollen Pickles dot com post has generated some interesting link backs and traffic. Not sure what, if any, long term effect it will have, but short term it seems to have given the Pickle a little boost.

This link from "A creative desktop" was one that quickly got my attention.

If you see your review listed here I should tell you that creating a link from your blog to this post will create positive results.

So... here's the link, I guess now I'll just sit around and wait for the "positive results".

Lawyer: "Did you blow your horn or anything?"
Witness: "After the accident?"
Lawyer: "Before the accident."
Witness: "Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it."