Blog Padawan: I Want to Link-Buck the Shit Out of You

(***8/4/13 UPDATE: I removed all the linkbuck links from this blog. Came to really hate them.***)

Before I jump into today's topic, I would like to thank the lone person who commented on one of my blog posts yesterday...Metro Man Style: Thank you random blog reader!

Speaking of Megamind, I just saw the movie tonight, and I cannot believe how long it took me to see it. Loved it. And an amazing cast! Go rent it right now! You may be able to find it for free in the kiddies section of Family Video. And, yes, if you have not figured it out yet, I am a total geek. But thanks to the likes of Simon Pegg and Kevin Smith, geek-hood is now cool...kinda. 

Wear YOUR geek badge proudly!

So, I am continuing with the writing-blogging thing everyday, so far, and I continue to look for ways to get better at it and...shamelessly, maybe make some extra money on the side—without being a total sell-out (I am O.K. with partial sell-out, however).

I found this service, Linkbucks.com, that actual pays you for the links you include on your page. I include links all the time anyway, so it sounded like an interesting experiment (a.k.a., constroyment) to play around with. Ergo, I am now in the process of "link-bucking"—did I just create a new word?—my blog links. 

(As it turns out, someone beat me to the link-bucking punch. Although, I would argue heavily in favor of the hyphenated usage for the word and not the un-hyphenated linkbucking. And, no, I have not missed the meta-irony that people who click on the link-bucking link will in turn be link-bucked.)

What link-bucking means, is that every time a reader clicks on a link, she or he will be routed to an advertisement before proceeding to the intended link that I, er, linked to. The reader also has to click on the "Skip This Ad" button, located on the upper right hand corner of the ad, to proceed to the intended link target.

A minor inconvenience, in the grand scheme of things. Yet, I worry I may be crossing too for into that sell-out threshold. I also wonder if I am pulling the reader out of the "flow" of my post.

If any more random blog-readers care to share their thoughts on how annoyed they are with the Linkbucks thing, I would be interested in your feedback. 

Live long and prosper, fellow geeks of the world. And click many, many of my links, if you would be so kind.