EricSocia.net Is NOT Dead!!
I realize that it’s been a long time since I written anything here, and let me just assure you… There is a VERY good reason for this. I’ll talk about that reason in one of the next few posts, as it’s fairly involved and will probably make for a pretty long post.
For now, I have just one or two things to talk about.
First, I wanted to say that even with no new content over the past couple of weeks, my Alexa ranking has been steadily climbing and is currently in the 400,000 range. I’m pretty excited about that. Unfortunately, however, this does not change the fact that I am still living without a PageRank. Sad Eric. 
Also, I decided to try signing up for Kontera, which for those who don’t know, is an link-within-text ad program. Basically, you write a post/article, publish it, and the Kontera script automatically creates ad links inside your content by picking out keywords from the text and turning them into links. When a reader clicks one of those links, you get paid. It’s somewhat similar to Google’s Adsense, but it’s much more integrated into your website/blog content. I highly suggest trying it out. I finally installed the Kontera Wordpress plugin today, and am quite satisfied with how it looks. The links are very unobtrusive.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everybody know that I am indeed still alive and this is BY NO MEANS now or going to become a dead blog. I have NOT given up. I’ve just been very busy lately and as I said earlier, I’ll explain in an upcoming post my main reason for being away for so long.
Until then, keep coming back because I’m finally not as busy as I have been recently, so I’ll be posting more frequently from now on. 
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Tay - Super Blogging
Hey Eric, sorry to hear you’ve been tied up - it happens to the best of us! Maybe have a few posts written and saved as drafts, and then you can timestamp whenever need be?
Anyway, that’s cool that you installed Kontera, but I don’t see any of the ads on your blog. Maybe I’m just blind or something. Hehe.
Thanks for the update and it’s nice to know you haven’t given up!
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Dec 8th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Frank C
Kontera?!? Say it ain’t so Eric.
Glad to see that you’re back posting.
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Dec 8th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Todd Morris
lol, that was one good things about several years ago when we all just had static websites … you never felt the need to apologize when you couldn’t get online for a couple days
Those Kontera ads are interesting. I’ve seen them on a number of blogs. I’ve never been interested enough to actually click on any of the pop-up links. But, I really didn’t find them to be as annoying as I might have expected either.
I hope it works out well for you.
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Dec 9th, 2007 at 12:57 am
dan
welcome back to blogdom. look forward to reading the new material. thanks for the heads up on kontera, i am going to check it out.
Dec 9th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Jason
Hey man, I could relate to the disappointment of not having a page rank. Just continue to write good quality content, and everything else will take care of it self. Welcome back.
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Dec 9th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Matthew Griffin
Keep it up. I’ve found your links very useful. I hope Kontera works well for you.
Dec 10th, 2007 at 7:46 am
ALLIE
Man, you are so lucky with your Alexa rank. Well, actually, luck has nothing to do with it. Good job, congrats on all of the hard work.
Dec 10th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Jason A Clark
I’m glad to hear you’re not dead…not so glad to hear about Kontera. I’m not a fan. I understand why you want to try it out and I don’t blame you, but as a reader I’ve never liked the ads. There doesn’t seem to be too many on this page so maybe it won’t be so bad.
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Dec 11th, 2007 at 7:13 am
Care Bear Kids
I have heard of that but I had just terrible luck with google adsense that I probably just will not bother.
Care Bear Kids
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Dec 11th, 2007 at 9:32 am
jd
Glad your back on the scene! Any tips/tricks for how you grew your Alexa page rank? I’m starting to study link building now, since I finally realize that ‘build it and they will come’ just isn’t true. I don’t want to ‘luck my way into it.’ I think I fell into the trap of being more of the technician, and not enough of the manager and the entreprenuer (http://thebookshare.blogspot.com/2007/12/entrepreneur-manager-and-technician.html) Luckly, there’s more Internet time ahead of me than behind me
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Dec 15th, 2007 at 5:32 am
darknight
Be tough! A month ago, I just rarely update mu blog and I think I need a break. After a while,I blog again
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Dec 17th, 2007 at 6:02 am
Kelly B
Hey, thanks for the tip about Kontera. I’ll have to check more into it. Your blog looks great. I really like the design.
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Dec 20th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Anime AllStars
Kontera!! That is such a nice idea. I will look more into it and probably sign up =)
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Dec 21st, 2007 at 1:13 am
Mortgic
I love ericsocia
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Dec 22nd, 2007 at 6:57 am
Free Directory
Good news on the Alexa ranking, all my sites have climbed aswell but now I see drops near Christmas, the same as last year.
Anyway great to see that you are back
Dec 23rd, 2007 at 7:57 am
DeepFreeze
Must try Kontera but how r you earning compared to Google Adsense???
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Dec 26th, 2007 at 9:54 am
El Yanqui
That Kontera is interesting because it even picks up keywords for advertising in the comments. I hadn’t seen that before.
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Jan 11th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Best Stomach Exercises
Is it possible to earn much with Kontera? I removed it because it didn’t deliver, maybe i missed something.
Feb 13th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Rajesh
Yes great to see you posting again!
Feb 18th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Kohli
Thanks for posting again!
Feb 18th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
realitybites
So good to see your back at it again with your blogs… yeah, those kotera add links look good… i have seen them on many sites and feel it could be a good alternative to adsense. Seems more clickable! Tell me how well you are getting on using it compated to adsense?
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Mar 4th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
realitybites
Hey, kontera even advertises adsense links..haha
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Mar 4th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Luciano's Car
Well, I guess while you were away, you got your PR rank back up to 2, no?
Mar 8th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Anne
I envy you pal. You haven’t written for a while but had still kept your traffic and your page rank. Wish I can also do that. =)
Mar 11th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
bree
Yes great to see you posting again!
And welcome to blogdom
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Mar 13th, 2008 at 1:22 am
yoppi
Never say good bye…
And welcome to blogger world again
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Mar 13th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Makeup Junkie
Don’t sweat it…
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Mar 16th, 2008 at 1:16 am
iPod accessorizer
How is Kontera working for you? I haven’t seen great results from them as their stats are delayed often.
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Mar 25th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
CH Web Design Sydney
I currently run a couple of blogs and am looking for something thats as unobtrusive as this, i’ll give it a go! It looks like it fits into your site weel and unless you really look for it you don’t notice it. Nice one!
Apr 7th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Buzz
Thanks for posting again ! Don’t stop again please.
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Jul 29th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Brain Training
You’ve definately added a lot of new stuff on this blog and it’s looking great. Keep up the good work.
Aug 25th, 2008 at 11:15 am
vanle
Thanks for your posting again!
Sep 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
SSL Certificate
Thanks and good news posting again. Keep it up.
Oct 1st, 2008 at 5:32 am