KeeMan’s Complicated Simplicity Blog V9.0

I was reflecting on my first full year as Nuffnanger and how it has brought cheers to not only me but also bloggers across Asia especially from Malaysia and Singapore. I think Nuffnang has indeed created a great community of its own in the blogosphere with its innovative events and features for both bloggers and advertisers. While i’m not sure whether Nuffnang 3.0 is in progress or still stuck in the company’s oven somewhere :p, waiting for the right time to be rolled out, here is my wishlist that hopefully can improve Nuffnang better:

1. Greater control on Ads

We know that Nuffnang ads are assigned automatically and blogger has little say in deciding what ads are to be appeared on their blogs. It would be good if blogger are allowed to choose the type of ads that they want to show on their blog. For example, for tech bloggers, they might want to show more related ads such as those from Nokia or Apple. This actually allows the ads to be relevant to the blog content and at the same time increase click through.

2. Better Site Layout and Design

Not sure whether it’s only me, but i’m getting bored with the Nuffnang.com design. Apart from the changing of skins in accordance to the events, it looks rather plain. Something need to be done to improve on that.

3. More Widget Ads

Yes, we have seen how Happy-O-Meter has revolutionized the way ads can be delivered to the target audience in a fun and engaging way. Of course, more widget ads can spur greater enthusiasm among Nuffnanger!

4. More variety of Ad Sizes

Not sure why only three choices of ad sizes are available to Nuffnangers, but adding a few more sizes would be good since blog template can come in many different layouts and designs. Standard 150×150 and 468×80 ads would be great addition!

5. More ways of Cashing Out

Hmm…it would good if there are other ways to cashing out like direct bank-in. Would save the time of waiting for the Nuffnang cheque to arrive.

Well, these are the five things that i sure hope to see in Nuffnang 3.0 if you have other suggestions, do mention it in the comment section. Anyway, Nuffnang still rules.

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Blogging has become a culture among Malaysians. Surprisingly, when i started blogging back in 2004, it was still considered as something new. Now, practically every netizen (internet citizen) has one blog for them to pour all their thoughts and daily happenings to the rest of the world. Even if they don’t blog, at least most internet users can name ONE blog that they know of. You have celebrities, politicians, teenagers, 7-year-old kids, 70-year-old senior citizens, university drop-outs, millionaire wannabe, technoprenuer, etc who jump into the blogosphere, all in the notion of  "Hey, I Blog Too!". Sadly, recent trends have shown how many Malaysians are trying to treat weblogs or blogs as the medium that allow total freedom for them to express their views and opinions. Rarely, they are aware that they are bound to Cyber Laws and Intellectual Property Laws. Even in basic terms, bloggers should be at least socially responsible for all their published materials.

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I was browsing through the Innit posts that something struck my mine - what kind of Innit post or headlines that attract attentions. This would mean that the posts get Nanged more often than the rest and hence improve traffics. Well, while it may sound obvious to most of you since Marcie Tan has done a short review on it, i decided to have a mini research just to further justify his claim. Well, not really a research since I’m using only one evidence or data source as an instrument to justify my hypotheses. But it’ll be one good source of info, i hope.

So prior to "collecting the data", i hypothesised that:

• #1 Innit post with sex (not gender) or sex-related words will get more Nangs.
• #2 Innit post by female Nuffnangers will get more Nangs.
• #3 Innit post related to blog-money-making or internet marketing will get more Nangs
• #4 Innit post related to Nuffnang events will get more Nangs.

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Ok, now that you’ve know most of the improved features in Firefox 3 as well as the embedded robots that accompany it, it’s time to check back on some of the tricks that it offers.

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God!! Firefox 3 team is working together with robots to take over your computer! Don’t believe me? Go to your address bar, type in "about:robots" without the quotation mark! And you’ll see a Robot page stating: Gort, Klaatu barada nikto! Not sure what it means by there is one definition here from Wikipedia.

They say they come in peace and with goodwill but i doubt it! The scary thing is that, when you click Try Again…..it will say "Please do not press this button again" and of course curious humans always will click it again….and taadaaa…it’s GONE!

Hence, they have a plan! Try it out!

P/s: About:Robots is just an "easter egg" planted in Firefox 3. There is no reason to be paranoid.

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