Beginnercode.com

I have had the recent pleasure of being added to the BlogMad beta testers. I haven’t ever tested anything before so this has been really quite exciting…

BlogMad is a surfing/ traffic service. If you have an account there you can use it to view other blogs. While viewing other blogs, you receive credits. You can use the credits for various items. You can upload a banner from your site, and purchase impressions to be shown to other viewers while they surf. This can bring you traffic. You can also use your credits for other things.

I figured I would make a good tester for a few reasons;

1. I’m not biased. Although I have found some similar services I did dislike, I still gave them a whirl. There are some I do like, but I’m always open to others.

2. I’m fairly new to blogging. Beginnercode has only been up since August.

Firstly I had to login to the site and check it out. I looked for general items as a user. For example, I found asthetics that were broke – or ugly. I found some things, but nothing major. There were a few navigational issues I found to be quirky etc. Some of this is to be expected due to it being Beta, that’s what we testers are for!

Then I looked for functionality of links and features within the site and did the same thing.

Some of the nice features I like:

• 10 Second Surf Times!
  Update 2/15/06
  – The 10 sec surf time is only for this Betea run * see comment #1 *
• Control which blogs you view/block/Or add to favorites.
• del.icio.us is incorporated into the blogbar
  (Add favorite blogs direct to your del.icio.us account!)
  
• You can edit your action bar (your account navigation bar).
  
• Play Games to win credits.
• Transfer credits to other users.
• Messaging between other users with an email type account.
• Buy text ads and banner space with credits.
• Random Credit Prizes.
  (I was awarded 95 bonus points while taking these screenshots!)
• Referral credits – get credits just by referring someone to join.
• Blog Rankings. This rating depends on how many blogs you have viewed and how many have viewed you. If you gain in ranking you get additional benifits such as: Additional credits per referral; More messaging space; BlogMad lotto tickets; and you can add more blogs to your account.

In the end what it means for you – More traffic (ideally). I’m looking forward to seeing how this develops as it goes live. Click the banner below to get an account early before they go live. They are already accepting referrals!

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