I Review You

After getting an e-mail announcing that my account was banned - for no reason whatsoever -, I’ve wondered how I’d replace the income. As I’ve told you before, it was never a great sum of money, but it was money nevertheless. So okay, I was lost, since I had put all my efforts in only one resource.

Wrong choice.

Spreading yourself over, at least, three sources of income is the best thing. Okay, you may register at a hundred or so services, but you’ll know what are the ones that really make it work. So I’ve sticked to my new sources. They’ve been working well now. That money loss from AdSense was a huge loss?

No, it was not.

Since then, I’ve earned twice as much the amount I got in four months. And that was a month ago. So you see… I’ve made eight times more than with AdSense.

Being banned from a service has never been this great. Honestly: get banned.

You might have noticed that IRY hasn’t been updated in a while. Yes, I’ve noticed that too.

I’d like to apologize for the readers and reviewees. For sometime, I was having problems with my workstation. Don’t think you’re the only ones who were affected by this. I lost about two weeks of work (almost everything I have to do is PC-based), which could only increase the headaches and stress (and inumerous emails, feeds and messages unanswered).

Enough ranting. Here are the ones getting a review in the following days (in order):

1. Zdiaz.com
2. Valerie Joy
3. Business Leaps
4. Blue Trick
5. Jean Costa
6. Bucks from Internet
7. Time for a Smile
8. Life of Marie
9. Information Technology Blog
10. Search Engine Panel

I’m sorry it took so long to get over these problems, but I truly believe they are all gone now. I intended to post this earlier but I wanted to make sure that… I was sure of this.

How often directories help you in a choice? Do you check them oftenly?

I’m always considering directories, but not for surfing and discovering new things. I go through them to search more of the same subject. I like content directories, the ones that give you different resources on the same topic, although most of the directories are just a random collection of sites in a single category.

I have my own personal directory with links to great resources and bibliography on arts, philosophy and some random links. Most of them point to full articles or comprehensive websites, but almost none takes me to personal pages.

It’s with great satisfaction that I present you the winner of the first I Review You Contest!

Tink’s My Mobile Adventures

With a crushing 68% of the 35 votes, Tink has won a review! It will be posted in the following days, as soon as I get a closer look at her site.

I’d like to thank you all, the ones who participated and the ones who voted!

As posted before, today is the day when the voting for our first contest begins. As stated, on this post, any comment containing one of the participants blog URL’s will be taken as a vote towards it. The participants are:

• B1naryW0lf
• CurryEgg
• MonkMojo’s 1000 Cuts
• Michigan Rafter
• Michael Aulia’s Blog
• Fine Artworks from a Creaky Easel
• NeoBluePanther
• MMAFeed
• My Mobile Adventures
• Daily Japan Photo Blog
• Kat’s Krackerbox

Good luck to the participants! Nooooow, vote and tell your friends! Yes, you can vote on yourself!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present you the first I Review You Contest.

What you get if you win? A free review here, with all the features a paid one has. I’ll review your site’s content and design, along with any extras it may offer. The review will be posted here on April 23rd. The prize also includes a private code analysis, sent by email to the winner.

What do you have to do to get in? Comment this post with your url. Comments will be accepted only until Friday midnight (April 18th-19th).

How to win? First thing on Saturday, I’ll be posting the list of the participant blogs. On that post, vote (comment) for your blog and tell your friends to do it too! Voting goes until next wednesday (April 22nd).

Open doors!

Hey folks, I’d like to welcome you all to I Review You, a site about sites. My goal here is to get to know great sites from all over the web, providing a review with some insights on content and design, cool features, funny things and everything that can be taken as a positive side to the site. Don’t get fooled, suggestions on both design and content will also be made, so you can take that in matter.

Get your site reviewed

So you created a nice site but has no traffic at all? Do you want to get reviewed here? Your site will be displayed to a new audience, will get some tips and links and, if your site rocks the house, you can get new subscribers to your blog. If you want it, proceed to Get your site reviewed.