I charge $70 for my review based on the amount of time it takes for me to do a bit of research, as well as the time to write the review itself. If you feel this is too expensive, that’s fine. Just don’t order a review from me.

I do run a series of ads on this blog, because I would like to make a little money from this endeavor. At the same time, I strive to provide enough of a positive user experience (and quality content) that get people to come back.

I do not employ any pop-ups on this blog, unless you are referring to the Stripe Ad at the top and the Kontera ContentLink in-text ads. The design of this blog has been implemented in such a way that the core content appears well above the fold for most screen resolutions.

Because this is largely a personal blog, I’m not exactly striving for any niche in particular. I’m slowly trying to drive it toward freelance writing and personal development, but I’d like to keep it open to my other interests, like good food, video games, movies, and so forth.

This blog was a PR4 and then a PR5 for the longest time. Google then punished, as far as I can tell, all blogs that sold text links, did paid reviews, or participated in any linking schemes. I am guilty of all three, so I guess Google wasn’t very pleased with that. However, this blog and the posts within still rank for several terms, so it’s not like I’m completely on Google’s blacklist. By contrast, John Chow dot Com has a respectable page rank, but his pages typically don’t rank for any terms any more, at least not within the first page or two.

I hope that these answers are to your satisfaction, assuming that you come back to read this. Either way, I’m glad you feel emotional enough about my blog to leave such a comment.