Ever since last year when SI restrict guests from "looking" into the forum, a couple of new forums & portals (of course, including mine :D ) and a HUGE no. of blogs emerged, sharing thoughts & ideas on stock investment.

Particularly the blogs, now is becoming an "IN-fashion" thingy. I have thought of setting up one, but decided to give up in view of the "competiveness".

Initially the blog design was basically plain.. I mean just FA/TA words & pictures. Looks nice & tidy, don't you agree?

But nowadays, you hardly can see a single blog that is so plain and easy to read (of course, u still can find a couple..). Additional "items" has been added: Adsense, Adwords, Google Search Box, Referals button, Cbox Online Chat, these are the most common thingy you'll likely to see. :?

Further to my disappointment, you can't even see the main content within the first page (w/o scrolling or Page Down yet..). Huh.. imagine the Header, the Ads, the Cbox Online Chat - these are broad enough to cover the first page. :(

I wonder which is the priority? The content, or these additional "items"???

Just my personal view and a side-issue in this stock forum. Hope it's ok with the others. :)

Btw.. just a simple tips: Using Firefox browser with Adblock extentions or some other browser like Maxthon, you could at least block away those Ads.. :wink:


RDgs.. Lion

Look at the image at the beginning of this thread and compare that to what you see in IE and you will see the ad bloc of Maxthon:

http://s7.invisionfree.com/ChartistsUnited...ndpost&p=413916

Try my blogs
1. Globevesting - This site is regarding investing globally.
2. CPF Investor - This site is about investing globally using CPF


In your opinion, will tip jar/donation work?

It is necessary that I use IE7 beta2 for program compatability testing.

If you read in the papers few days ago, Google is kicking up another fuss and this
time they also kick themself in their face by claiming that Microsoft lock them out
of the search box in IE7. How absurb. Their claim is false of course. If they are so
sensitive with every thing Microsoft do then why don't they come out with their
own browser and put them on every computer? Afterall IE is is a Microsoft product
and they have all their competitors search in it. What more to ask of your competitors?

What Microsoft cannot do and what a lot of people would like them to do is to
block advertisement (not the pop-up type). Google is bound to kick up a BIG fuss
and cry like a baby because this is their bread and butter.

I have never like to visit blogs because many use unethical means to make their
visitors' browser go click click click click click on the Google ads - unscrupulous
tactics to make your browser click on those advertiesement when you visit the
blogs. They make money by "you clicking on the ads". You can't tell before hand
which blogs do this and which don't. I stay out after a few of these click click click
click click. And some blogs even hang your browser.

Here is a screen shot of IE7 beta 2:

A further comment from myself in CNA forum in reply to Kendrick's msg

In fact, personally I'm not against this idea of putting Ads and other "thingy"s etc. Adsense/Adwords (or even Paypal Donation buttom) help bloggers to get something in return of their hard effort contribution to the readers.

But as quoted above, which is the priority? The content, or these additional "items"???

Moreover, it can took a broadband user 20~30sec to load up the page (I guess this was partly cause by these additional items). Or worse.. even get hang.. not processing (so I'm not alone...)

As a reader, this is of course not what I would like to experience..

And come to the most WORST part: some of them promote their blogs, very very agressively on other big forums like CNA... until I came across warning postings given by these forum admins to the bloggers.

Do these bloggers really have to work until such extent? :?: :roll:


Rdgs.. Lion

Just notice that quite afew of the blogs no longer providing updates or have been removed.

Drop-down has been "revamped to cope" with the changes. Fyi.. all members & guests :rolleyes:

RDgs.. The Admin

I like to trawl forums and blogs for ideas and also for laughs.

There's this guy who is selling his trading techniques for $2000,
I love his style.

Anyway he was spotted on selling the markets.
Impressive, with new confidence, he said

Huh what a great amount lessons did he learn ?

But I did learn something,
perhaps I should be a master trader trainer instead.