Thanks Jim! I also really appreciate his message too.

Jim Kukral message: “You mimicked my idea. Congrats and Good Luck with it! Thanks again Jim for creating Scratchback tip jar.

Here are a couple of primary differences from Scratchback widget versus TipMyBlog:

1. Scratchback uses javascript code. While TipMyBlog uses server-side integration or RSS integration, thereby rendering all links as plain links. We think that this may encourage more tippings.

2. Scratchback has thousands of installed user base, while TipMyBlog only has (few) users. ehm.. ehm.

3. Scratchback uses Rackspace for their server, while we use Amazon Web Services to serve our ads.

This affiliate marketing website that I found has about 22,000 unique visitors per month, based on Compete Analytics, and guess how many tippers are there? 1, Yes, ONE only.

Who are the tipper? Creator of Scratchback.

Why is it so? Some of my guesses:

o The blog readers don’t notice the widget

o Most people don’t tip for plain links.

(SEO Link Building is a $1 billion industry worldwide. Google, Yahoo, and MSN Revenue from CPC alone exceeds $21 billion worldwide annually.)

Links in Javascript with rel=no follow just does not cut it

o Introducing our Server-side scratchback that will give you more recurring income, why because our widget links have no CONDOMS on it.

We have a contest that is running until October 30, 2008.

Share your widget design by following the steps below:

o Create three (3) images  of the specifications below

o Make sure that each image’s size does not exceed 14 KB

o Send it to us by first class email at:   design [at] tipmyblog [dot] net

Please include: Your name, email, and your website address (if any)

o We will acknowledge all submissions and include all submissions in our showcase

Specifications:

Theme:
Make it fun, cool, and catchy!