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By: Will Scratchback Work For Me? | LERNR.COM

Will Scratchback Work For Me? | LERNR.COM — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:59:42 +0000

[...] been reading a lot about Scratch on BloggingExperiment.com and other sites. It’s popping up all over. Every site has something to say about Scratchback. [...]

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:15:44 +0000

@ Steve, I have to approve the listings before they go live. It’s up now. Thanks!

Hey Steve, if that Make Money Online listing is yours, please email me when you get the chance.

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:56:44 +0000

Is it up? I do not see it.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:39:48 +0000

This service looks promising. I’m only charging a dollar for now (auto-bump, not a fixed time period), though I may go up to $1.50 or $2 in the future. You can read my review/announcement here if you want: http://www.webmaster-source.com/2007/12/28/scratchback-give-a-1-tip-and-get-a-link/

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:04:04 +0000

@ Mike, yeah I agree a few new designs would be welcome. I’d like to see widgets that fit most of the standard ad sizes. The other cool thing would be to allow images although that might be like the entrecard thing that I haven’t taken the time to look at yet.

By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:36:50 +0000

Jim is giving away $200 for anyone that creates a new Scratchback widget. I can’t wait until the winner is chosen because you gotta admit the current widget isn’t that nice looking…

-Mike

By: Ruchir

Ruchir — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:46:00 +0000

I would have tried Scratch Back as an alternative to TLA if I had control over the formatting and also the enabling or disabling of no follow. I’ll still be using ScratchBack to allow my readers to give a $1 tip…

ScratchBack success really depends on your reader base actually. I’ve seen ScratchBack widgets absolutely full on many blogs who have 1000+ subscribers…

By: Tay - Super Blogging

Tay - Super Blogging — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:47:30 +0000

I do love ScratchBack, even if I haven’t had much success with it myself. It’s a fantastic idea, and I’m sure it’s helped tons of bloggers.

Good luck selling your spots! Mine are just $2 each, but I haven’t even filled up the widget yet. Maybe I’m not promoting it enough, but we’ll see. It’s stilled earned me a little, even if it’s taking up quite a bit of space.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:27:46 +0000

Ah, ok. That clears it up.

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:08:09 +0000

Robert, no, it actually IS whether or not you have the nofollow tag on the links. Google has said several times that they don’t mind you selling links, so long as they don’t pass any PageRank or affect the rankings. The nofollow tag essentially tells the search engines to ignore the link, while still allowing the links to provide traffic to the advertisers.