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Screwed By Google

Submitted by bsfootprint on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 18:11
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Here's why it's a massively bad idea to rely on Google AdSense for revenues if you're an online publisher:

In a nutshell: Google bid on, displayed, and then failed to pay for over $40,000 of advertising space on Hatchlings. They have since stonewalled us for almost a year, locking us out of our accounts, screening our phone calls, ignoring our emails, and making it a living hell to figure out what exactly went wrong.

Google's well-known in publisher circles for pulling this kind of stunt. They cut you off at the knees with no warning, no redress.

Develop multiple revenue streams. Seriously.

Edit 4/27/2012: Added links to other sites discussing problems with Google's "we don't give a shit about you" behavior... (see below.)

Sources: 
Don’t Be Evil: How Google Screwed a Startup (blog.hatchlings.com)
The Art of Letting Go (of Google) (www.potpiegirl.com)
The Real Reason I Broke Up With Google (www.potpiegirl.com)
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Quote:  “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” – H. L. Mencken

Submitted by bsfootprint on Sun, 03/25/2012 - 14:08
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Quote: 

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.

Who Said It?: 
H. L. Mencken
Quote Source Links: 
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/856.html
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Obamacare? No, Obey Me Care!

Submitted by bsfootprint on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 15:39
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ObamaCare? No, ObeyMeCare! Bumper sticker

When Uncle Sugar's footing the bill for health care, will you be shocked when you're told what to eat, how to exercise, and what meds to take?

I thought this might help illustrate the end game of Obamacare. The emphasis is on the word Obey, fading out to the word care.

Remember, folks, he who pays the piper calls the tune. Not too hard to grok, is it?

Buy one for the team!

Here's a super-cool pre-made bumper sticker you can slap on your neighbor's Prius*. Support bsfootprint, and show your stuff! (Available through by zazzle.com.)

Print your own!

And, just to show you what a nice guy I am, here's a free for non-commercial use, downloadable, high-rez version. Print your own, give a few to your soon-to-be pwned-by-Obamacare friends! Use them while you still can!

* With their blessing, of course.

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From the student loan frontlines: Let's pretend

Submitted by bsfootprint on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 09:19
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Charles Hugh Smith's take on our Let's Pretend attitude towards higher education:

We also have a "let's pretend" education/student-loan game running: let's pretend college is "worth" the investment, and let's pretend student loans are about education. There are three dirty little secrets buried under the education/student-loan complex's high-gloss sheen:

1. Student loans have little to do with education and everything to do with creating a new profit center for subprime-type lenders guaranteed by the Savior State.

2. A college diploma's value in the real world of getting a job and earning a good salary in a post-financialization economy has been grossly oversold.

3. Many people are taking out student loans just to live; the loans are essentially a form of "State funding" a.k.a. welfare that must be paid back.

We've got a lot of charts that reflect reality rather than hype, so let's get started.

More: Let's Pretend

Sources: 
Our "Let's Pretend" Economy: Let's Pretend Student Loans Are About Education (charleshughsmith.blogspot.com)
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