May 24, 2008

Seventeen Bucks For A YouTube Minisite Script

Before you get as excited as I was BEFORE installing and testing, please read my negative commentary below, first! I didn’t realize there were any negatives other than the rather ugly design until after I tested the script… so even if you get something for a pittance and share it with delight before you install it - it may not be as good as it sounded at the outset!  *sigh*

YouTube MiniSite Script - now $17 (not sure how long Brett will leave it at that price though… I grabbed it last night for a special price that’s now changed.)

You can also monetize the script with your Google AdSense AND anything else you want.  Choose the videos you show by adding keywords (and let YouTube pay for the bandwidth) how cool is that?

Ok… here’s a BIG NEGATIVE (for me, anyway) that I discovered regarding this particular script… I installed it, and set up spiritually related keywords… and discovered by accident that there are some VERY nasty coattail riders in the keyword usage department (spell that lying cheaters).  There are some ‘adult’ content video makers who MIS-use keywords related to “The Secret” (the wonderful movie & book about getting more prosperity and anything you want attracted to your life), and even with keywords related to spirituality and the law of attraction itself.

Obviously, these abundance and spiritual keywords are totally unrelated to THEIR nasty content but they don’t give a care, because they know these are very profitable keywords and they use them, right along with their related adult-content keywords.  So…. for me that was a huge negative regarding an otherwise pretty slick script for the price.

The script pulls in *everything* related to the keywords that you set… regardless of whether or not they are really related (how would a script know that a pornish liar used spiritual keywords to better promote his/her smut?) so I did ask a top programmer if he can fix this - because if he cannot, even $1 is too much to pay if you don’t want ANY unrelated stuff on your special You Tube video page!

I’ll let you know if Will can fix this script to reject certain content, and if not…. then I rescind my invitation to order it for those who definitely DO care what kinds of videos show up on their video site.  I for one, am a family-oriented websites only type of person and I’m sure I’m not alone there !  But… if you aren’t really bothered by a few stray unsavory videos showing up on your site… then it’s a pretty good deal.

Donna

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April 4, 2008

Join Qassia Free While You Still Can!

It’s still free because it’s still in beta… but not for long.  Odd name, not yet sure what Qassia means… but I joined and I hope you’ll go and join Qassia too.

Why would you want to join?  Free promotion!!  More traffic!! and…

Quality backlinks (without the dreaded no-follow attached) to your websites - you know what that means, more traffic and you didn’t pay a dime to get it… and they don’t require reciprocity (that’s refreshing!).

Establish your know-how: You can publish original or other useful content there and add links to those, too!  They call these articles “intel” not to be confused with the computer guys, but significant intelligence… sharing intel from your own or someone else’s brain… as long as it’s not any of the nasty site stuff… you know?  Clean, intelligent, family rated information worthy of being shared.

Qassia Credits: You earn them by reading other people’s “intel” and rating it, you earn by adding your own sites, you earn by adding intel.  It’s just plain COOL!

They have so much for you there, it’s just nuts not to join!  I already like it better than MySpace or Facebook… because it’s different from them, not full of flashing adverts and ‘in-your-face’ marketing tactics which MySpace reeks of. 

You’re getting in on the ground floor of a great opportunity for exposure for you AND your business.  Go!  Join Qassia!  You’ll thank me later!

Have fun & prosper,

Donna

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