Sep 06 2006
Charmed, I’m Sure
On a whim, I decided to sign up for a blog at Blogcharm just to see if this whole make money blogging thing is for real. But I’m not a fan of random ad content being on my blog (the #1 reason why I won’t sign up for AdSense here). My first post is here. Reading the terms of service has me a bit concerned. I know they probably want to create a friendly community, and I can understand some of the terms concerning splogs and posting frequency and such, but just in case my blog disappears, here’s the text of the post:
September 7, 2006 - The Obligatory First Post Post
“Wow, my first blog post!” How many times have you seen that before? I’ve seen it too many times to count. But, alas, I had to write it. I signed up for another blog, I don’t even know how many I have now all over the net. I suppose I ought to rein them in somehow. My purpose here is to see if this make money blogging thing is for real, so I’ll update periodically just to keep fairly current, but it’s not my main blog. And, after reading the terms of service, I’m wondering if I can even mention where I live:
4. Your blog may not include:
All blogs must be primarily in English
Excessive profanity
Violence, racial intolerance, or advocate against any individual, group, or organization
Stalking or harassing another person
Hacking/cracking content
Warez or Software Piracy
Music Piracy Related
Posting or use of any copyrighted material including MP3s, video, images or any other form of copyrighted materials
Illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia
Pornography, adult, or mature content
Gambling or casino-related content
Any other content that promotes illegal activity or infringes on the legal rights of others
Sales or promotion of certain weapons, such as firearms, ammunition, balisongs, butterfly knives, and brass knuckles
Sales or promotion of beer or hard alcohol
Sales or promotion of tobacco or tobacco-related products
Sales or promotion of prescription drugs
Posting material not suitable for minors
Impersonate any person or entity including BlogCharm or BlogExplosion
Come on now, I live in Las Vegas! I occasionally go to those places where those activities occur and on rare occasions participate in it myself. Am I not allowed to mention that? I’m curious to find out. We’ll see if my blog is still here tomorrow. But for now, sleep beckons.
Get that? No gambling or casino-related content? Living where I do I find it very difficult to talk about my daily life here without mentioning that at all. Even if I don’t frequent the casinos, I drive by them every day, I hear slot machines ringing in my sleep, and because of the nature of this town, the mere mention of Vegas, where I live, is enough to get my blog deleted automatically. Gimme a frickin break!
Something tells me I won’t be there much longer. Besides, their ready made templates suck ass worse than the ones found here. And I know I won’t get my Blogger blog deleted for saying that, because Blogger believes in free speech, for the most part.
Chin up! Its all up from here!
Dominic Ebacher
ebacherdom.blogspot.com
You read my blog too! How cute!
Dominic
That’s some really vague wording they got there- I can’t tell if they mean you can’t talk about it at all, or if they mean you can’t have ACTUAL gambling or links or whatever ON the site…weird. And probably not worth the trouble.
Hmm, thought I might want to post on Blogcharm, but if I can’t promote my collection of balisongs, butterfly knives, and brass knuckles, I think I’m going to have to pass.
(Um, what is a balisong??)