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I’ve been reading a number of blogs now for a good while and have always been interested learning more about those little 125 X 125 pixel ads that almost every blog on the planet has these days. While I used to click on them quite regularly (almost like quick links to other blogs) I’ve often wondered how much traffic they actually drive to a site. Using an article written by “The Affiliate Post” who wrote a really interesting post about the infamous “Entre Card” … got me thinking about traffic drives to the Piss Biscuit and what some of those little colorful banners would really do for me here.

The Traffic Drive Experiment

Keeping the spirit of building The Piss Biscuit’s traffic numbers, as well as helping you guys in your daily blogging activities, I’ve decided to finance a little experiment that I’ll need your help with. Rather than offering some sort of freebie, or a giveaway that requires you to post something nice about me, I wanted to give you a chance to spend my money and learn from from the results. First hand experience is better then guess work in my book so lets get to it and maybe we all can learn something from it.

How it works…

I’ve got a list of blogs that I read every day. I’ve also got a list of blogs that have some major pull in the blog world (Don’t we all). But this experiment has nothing to do with what “I” think, it’s got everything to do with what “you” think. I want each and every one of you, to think about your favorite blog, submit your suggestion and tell me why you think we as a group would benefit form using your suggestion.

I’ll pick a handful of your recommendations based on the number of submissions I get, and advertise on them using the 125 X 125 sidebar banner. Every day, I’ll update the fruits of our labors page so that all of you can see what’s hot and what’s not.

What’s the purpose?

The point in this exercise is simple really. Many people don’t have an advertising budget for their blogs even though they’d really like to. I for one, have always wondered if advertising is worth it, so I’m sure at some point it’s crossed your minds as well. This experiment sets to help kill the curiosity each of us may have without you having to spend a dime.

Of the millions of blogs out there, you tend to see the same ads over and over again. That’s because people like us usually can’t allocate an expense to something that we’re are not 100% sure about. With your help, I’m setting out to solve the mystery.

Well… no worries, I’m about to give all of you the chance to spend my money and learn from it. As i’ve already mentioned. You’ll all get to see the increases or decrease in traffic, subscribers, comments and overall blog participation as a result of your pics. Anyone with a blog, ought to love this especially since it’s my hard earned cash and not yours.

What you need to do…

Simply put… use the comments here to enter your suggestions. One at a time is fine, or 15 at once… it doesn’t matter to me as long as you include a link to the blog you’re recommending and a “short” plug to why you think you’d spend my money there.

Your descriptions could be as simple as “…they have 25 million readers…” or “… It’s someplace I’ve always wanted to advertise, but been skeptical of…” or even better “… I know it works jerk! Just do it, you won’t regret it…” I’ll collect the submissions until Saturday June 14th, 2008, and spend the rest of the weekend researching how much money you people are going to cost me… I’ll announce the final advertiser list and start spending money! I’m excited and thrilled and I know that you guys are going to come up with some great ideas and I look forward to sifting through tons of submission!