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It is a firm rule of bass fishing that the depth (closely followed by the speed) at which a lure operates is the primary criteria for proper selection. I doubt anyone would contest the selection of a shallow crank plug to fish a submerged rock pile 20 feet below the surface as being improper. And, yet, we do not seem to pay that same 'attention to detail' to the selection of one of our most popular artificial offerings, the spinner bait.
For example, think back to the last time someone in your bass club told the group that the fish were hitting spinner baits. Do you recall the questions that immediately followed? 15 out of 20 members asked about the lure color, with four other queries most probably directed towards the blade size (but, only after they had heard the answer regarding color!). The 20th question came from the quiet guy in the third row, and it concerned the depth where the fish were taken and, to a lesser degree, the type and style spinner bait.
For a moment, it seemed like a good question, considering the fellow is one heck of a fisherman. But, then, spinner baits are spinner baits. Right? And, aren't they always fished shallow, around cover? Yep, no need to pay attention to the answer to that one.
We have, again, just come face to face with the major factor responsible for the creation and sustainment of MEDIOCRE FISHERMEN-the failure to ask the proper question, which determines the precise information, required to more catch bass.
If someone says that the fish are really hitting well in famous Belly-Button Bayou (due apologies to Harry and Charlie), there is one single question, the answer to which can tell the questioner about all he needs to know. That query has nothing to do with lure color, brand name, size, rattles, whistles or bells. It is, simply, the depth at which the bass were taken. For that quiet guy at the bass club meeting, the answer regarding the depth of the fish, coupled with the current seasonal conditions, gave him a fine picture of just how to go and catch a limit. In addition, the depth and season information pretty well narrows the answer to the other half of his question, that being the type and style of lure.
An artificial lure is a 'tool' with which to do a job. Each one normally has a specific application. For example, most crank plugs have lips which generally dictate their operating depths. One may run 3-5 feet on a moderate retrieve, while another will remain in the 8-10 foot range. If you change structure depth, you must, for maximum effectiveness, change to the proper depth crank plug. A plastic worm, on the other hand, has no depth restriction, but is definitely more adaptable to dense cover than the plug would be. A quarter ounce, tandem-blade spinner bait would be great around shallow brush, but a dismal failure on the bottom in deep water.
Hammers are not the tools to saw a 2X4 board in half, and screwdrivers were not designed to drive nails very well. Zara Spooks were not made for Denny Brauer to flip along brush lines.
The point to be made is one that all top professional bass anglers fully understand and stress-lure selection is a very deliberate process, involving significant detail. Rods, reels, and lines do not catch bass. The lure does that. If the lure is not properly selected, chances for fishing success will be slim.
And, selection criteria is just as stringent for the spinner bait as for any other artificial. The angler who fully understands this, to include the rationale involved, catches more fish. However, with all the different 'types' and 'styles' of spinner baits available today, selection within that lure family often becomes a headache.
As we progress further into this discussion, we need to be on a common ground regarding certain terminology. When we speak of a 'type' of spinner bait, we are referring to its very basic manufactured shape or style, things that generally cannot be changed. These include factors such as the positioning of the blade(s) in relation to the hook, the size or shape of the overall lure or its components and, in some cases, the manner in which the line must be affixed. In most instances, the 'type' discriminators affect the basic application characteristics of the lure, such as use primarily suited for the surface, mid-range depths, bottom presentations, or very heavy cover. For illustration, we may note that a 'safety pin' type buzz bait is strictly for surface use, while the in-line type lure (such as the Snagless Sally) has its applications both on the surface and below.
The use of the word 'style', on the other hand, implies something entirely different. For example, 'style' can involve the number or size of the blades, the type of skirt material, or that favorite arguing point of all bass anglers, the color. Other examples of 'style' factors are the single versus the tandem bladed lure, the fullness or length of the skirt, a #3 versus a #5 blade, etc. In other words, these are minor features, which can usually be easily changed or modified to suit the situation.
The safety pin type spinner bait is the most widely accepted and used in the bass-fishing World, particularly in the southern United States. It is highly versatile and can be fished in a number of ways and in most any cover. However, it is not well suited for areas of thick surface vegetation. It is a stable running lure, provided the blade size is not too large for the overall lure weight. Usually, a tendency to run on its side or to roll can be corrected by realigning the wire arm holding the blade. If this doesn't fully correct the problem, the retrieve speed or the blade size has to be reduced.
The more popular top water buzz baits are constructed in the safety pin design, using a propeller blade. However, this is actually the least efficient and effective of buzz bait designs. It often does not run correctly, catches a lot of loose vegetation, and has a poor hooking percentage. It will not operate well over the top of thick, surface vegetation. (Refer to the 'in-line' type further on.)
The safety pin spinner bait does, however, have one application for which it is the only type suited-that being deep and slow bottom fishing. This is often the way to a limit of winter bass and involves a one-half to one ounce lure with a single #5 to #7 blade. It is effectively worked down the face of a bluff in jig fashion or pulled slowly along the bottom near a major drop-off. The single blade style would be the best choice.
The 'type' we choose to call 'L-shaped spinner baits are actually a group of hybrids using selected characteristics of a number of lures. Examples of this bait are the Bass Pro Shop's "Spinner Jig", Strike King's "Jig-n-Spin" and Lunker Lure's "Spring Bil". Generally, these lures are lead-head jigs with a straight piece of wire molded into, and protruding out of, the head. At the end of the wire are a swivel and a spinner blade. The primary difference in this type and the 'safety pin' is that the line is tied to the lead-head, rather than at a bend of the wire frame.
We found the L-shapes spinners to be a somewhat unstable, unless the retrieve was slow. However, they have a very enticing action that does attract bass well. This 'type' spinner bait should be used around sparse, open-water cover, in that it fouls easily in grass and hangs up in brush. If a long, narrow willow leaf blade is used (this allows the lure to sink in a more controlled and stable manner), this bait has proven productive for flipping. But, again, it hangs up easily.
The 'in-line' spinner bait is probably the most underrated bass lure around. Although the original 'in-line' Mepps spinners have caught more fish, of more types, and hold more records than all other lures combined, few bass anglers would even consider one as a tournament weapon. We appear to have a mind-set against this type of lure. I expect the reason to be that it just doesn't seem glamorous enough. Now, this perception does not exist in the northern portions of the country, and 'Mepps' is nearly a Holy word in Canada and Europe. If bass (smallmouth and largemouth), giant pike, muskie, or lunker trout are the targets of anglers in these parts of the world, the 'in-line' spinner is nearly always the first lure considered.
This is not to say that your average bass angler does not use the 'in-line' spinner bait, although he may have never equated it to the same family as the Mepps. The very best buzz baits are all of the 'in-line' design. One primary reason is that they can be fished right across the top of the thickest cover. In addition:
there is no stability problem
the lure is virtually weedless
and, the lure has a very high hooking percentage.
Possibly the world's bestseller, and certainly one of the most effective, is Bass Pro Shop's "Uncle Buck's Buzzer". Strike King's "Timber Spin" and "Timber Buzz" are two more good lures of this type.
Of all the 'in-line spinner baits around, the Hildebrant "Snagless Sally" has to be considered the all-time classic. Sporting a Colorado blade, excellent weed-guards and a plastic skirt, the "Sally" is both a great surface and sub-surface lure. It is perfectly at home in the thickest of cover. The 'in-line' spinner can be retrieved at any speed in the top water role, but requires a slow retrieve below the surface. A thin pork trailer, such as a 'bass strip', adds extra attractiveness to the lure.
Well, so much for 'types' of spinner baits. That part told us about general selection criteria for major applications. Now, let's get into some nitty-gritty detail of just how to really select a spinner bait for a specific purpose. To do this, we shall address selected 'style' features and their applications.
There are those who swear by tandem bladed spinner baits and those who definitely prefer a single blade. The only real difference is the amount of drag (resistance) created during the retrieve, although one can argue for the amount of flash. When intending to fish the spinner bait very shallow, or to just be dimpling the surface slightly, always opt for a tandem blade style. It will ride more shallow at a slower retrieve speed and with less requirement to hold the rod tip high. Plus, since this type presentation is usually related to shallow, thick cover areas, the longer arm associated with the tandem blades adds stability and guards against snags.
The dual arm spinner bait is a special purpose lure. The best example I know is the time-proven Shannon Spinner, with its hair body and small blades. This lure is the one to reach for when 'jungle fishing'. With its two wire arms guarding the hook, it will come through virtually anything. This 'style' is fished very slowly, very similar to swimming a worm along. A pork trailer makes this bait more effective.
The single bladed, short arm spinner bait is the usual choice of most anglers and it is the most versatile. It can be fished from top to bottom. Unless you intend to fish your spinner bait extremely shallow and slowly, use the single blade. It allows one to experiment with depth and speed, something which the tandem blade style does not do well.
The style of blade used on a spinner bait affects retrieve resistance and sound created. The cupped Colorado blade provides maximum drag and, therefore, allows more shallow fishing at a slower retrieve speed. It also generates a strong, 'thumping' sound as it spins. The plain Colorado blade (less the cup at the tip) has less resistance and a slightly less-intense sound.
On the far end of the shape scale we find the willow leaf blade. It has a much smaller drag (resistance) factor and allows the use of tandem blades (for extra reflective/flash surfaces) without having to fish the tandem bait quite so shallow.
It addition, this blade shape creates a more pleasant 'whirring sound as it spins, rather than the deep throb of the Colorado style. We have found, through direct observations, that the relatively quiet willow leaf blade is much less likely to spook skittish bass than the other shapes.
Buzz bait blades come in two and three blade propeller styles, and in both metal and plastic. Our experience finds no appreciable difference in the number of blades or the materials used, versus bass-catching abilities. Also, we would opt for the metal blades, in that they withstand abuse better. Blade size is a factor that can be varied to affect sound and retrieve resistance.
Generally, we would stay with #5 blades, unless in exceptionally murky water. Then, one might consider moving up to the #7 size. The heavier sound created by the large blade provides the fish a manner in which to locate the lure.
There are exceptionally large spinner baits available on the market. The primary use would be to deter smaller bass by the sheer size of the lure. We have found this particularly useful on new lakes with massive concentrations of yearling fish, and on big Lake Okeechobee when out for only lunker Florida bass.
Blade finish can be particularly significant in helping to attract bass. While one purpose of the twirling blade is to generate sound, the primary purpose is for flash and attraction. During underwater observations of the various available blades on the market, it was found that the Strike King "Diamond Leaf" finish was a runaway for most visibility at a distance. Another Strike King finish, called a "prism bar", was a reasonable second.
Surprisingly, hammered finishes were found to be less visible than a plain surface. Silver and chrome were more visible than copper, and willow leaf blades had more flash and visibility than the oval, or Colorado, style. We expect that the latter finding may be due to the fact that the willow leaf rotates more rapidly than other blade shapes of a comparable size. Based on our findings, painted or non-reflective blades produce poorly and, therefore, are to be avoided.
When we speak of the wire blade-arm of a spinner being a selection factor, we are speaking only towards the 'Safety pin' type. The long arm style has some definite advantages in heavy cover areas, in that it provides maximum fouling and snag protection. The reverse of this benefit is that the long arm also prevents the bass, on some occasions, from getting to the hook. Because it acts as a longer lever arm, it also allows a given size blade to generate more vibration and sound. Tandem blades should only be used on long-arm spinner baits.
The short arm spinner bait has a number of good points. First, it provides a high degree of lure stability during the retrieve, allowing for a higher retrieve speed when necessary. It is also excellent for 'drop fishing' on bluff faces and for the 'yo-yo' retrieve smallmouths favor so much. Finally, it does not act to protect the hook from the bass.
Spinner bait bodies usually come with a lead head, a hook and some body dressing. That dressing may be in the form of a skirt, a soft plastic body, or a solid-bodied spoon.
The plastic skirt is the tradition style and most used by today's bass anglers. Whether the material is strand rubber or plastic does not seem to matter one bit to the bass. However, rubber does not hold up well, neither during use nor storage . So, we recommend plastic skirts.
For the past 12 to 15 years, a small cult has professed that a lurecannot be truly productive unless it has some type of rattle or noisemaker. Accordingly, crank plugs, plastic worms and even spinner baits have become subjects of 'shake me and I'll rattle' designs. We looked into this and found that real baitfish and worms do not rattle very much. In addition, with the spinner bait, the blade appears to provide all the sound/vibration necessary to attract the bass, and to target the bait in muddy waters. In fact, it was also noted, on a number of occasions, that the more noisy lures actually repelled the bass, rather than serving to attract. The jury is not fully in on this one yet, but we have found nothing to tell us that 'more noise is better'.
There are two thing no spinner bait should ever be without-a trailer dressing and a stinger hook.
A trailer is just an adornment of pork or plastic, which we add to give the lure more action and appeal. It is not meant to add more body bulk or weight, nor to slow the sinking rate of the lure. If those were the needs, we could just go to larger or smaller lures. The trailer creates no added noise and does not interfere with the hooking process, but it does usually seem to draw more bass to the bait. They are most helpful for spinner baits that are being fished slowly and erratically.
Stinger hooks (see photo) are meant to increase our percentage rate of hooked bass. Use a stinger hook any time you can, particularly on buzz baits. However, it may not be appropriate when fishing heavy cover or grass. You may stay fouled more than you fish. To prevent undue fouling, always position the stinger hook securely in place through the use of a bit of small plastic tubing. It only takes a moment to rig out and is well worth the added effort. A weedless stinger hook is fine, but check the wire guards often. They often spring open just from the force of hitting the water.
Spinnerbaits with the open 'R' bend at the tie point can have the knot or snap slide up or down the wire. But, a small piece of plastic tubing our the end solves that (see photo).
Color is always last in any written piece I author because it is the last thing the angler needs to consider. Past successes with certain colors generate confidence in the angler and cause him to fish that color harder and keep the lure wet longer. Since dry lures catch darn few bass, this can be a positive factor for color selection. However, if you are in the correct seasonal posture and presenting your lures at the proper depth, color will not be a significant factor. The angler must learn that this is true, or he will be doomed to carry nine 'possum-belly tackle boxes throughout all eternity.
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Freedom Human Nature In Two Dimensions Natural Law Human Nature is the Fountainhead of morality Sartre Anthrology Ortega y Heidegger Open Nature Human Reason - all things in potency Nature Essere e libertà Ramón Lucas Lucas, L.C. Being In Se G D Being Per Se xistentialism "Existentialism is nothing less than an attempt to draw all the consequences of a coherent atheistic position."
as to Sartre's method, he is in the habit of making unfounded assertions! This quote may go for his existentialism, but not for everyone's.
"Existentialism isn't so atheistic that it wears itself out showing that God doesn't exist. Rather, it declares that even if God did exist, that would change nothing." pure brute physical data
bound to itself
perfectly identical to itself,
without holes or slits,
a sort of paramedian being
it is what is
it implies no negation
full positivity
cannot maintain any relation
neither with itself nor with others
"otherness, will never becomes like another" it is "refolding ever more adhesively in on itself"
does not have an inside or an outside
it is things, objects, the world, pure res
Disgustingly, repugnantly superabundant. Too sickeningly much! above all consciousness which distinguishes man from all other beings
human existence
the not closed being
that which is what it is not and is not what it is
as opposed to the being in itself, which is what it is, the being for itself, must be what it is,
two fundamental aspects Negativity Liberty the description of man as negativity, that is as unity of being and nonbeing, is confirmed by the analysis of liberty as the fountainhead of the nothing.
man is free and his freedom is a spring from which flows the nothing, because it is the capacity to say no.
the possibility of negating choices A and B by choosing C
man is condemned to choosing and specifically to negating, since every choice implies a negation of the other option inasmuch as it is a mix of being and nonbeing
it is inasmuch as it is consciousness, but is not in as much as it is consciousness of something other than itself
consciousness does not have anything substantial about it but is pure appearance
it not exist but insofar as it appears
man is no more than a project
does not exist more than in the measure that he realizes something.
it only exists being conscious of something
in opposition to the being in itself, which is tranquil and without questions, the being for itself is
insecure with respect to itself
always open to the not I, it is open to negativity The Absurdity of God perfect consciousness, full possession of himself, selfconsciousness, free, therefore an in se, per se, in se
this monstrous union of in-se/per-se in a being that is neither in se, nor per se, but is nonetheless perfect like the in se, and conscious like the per se, is impossible and contradictory
God, in fact, is a being that is what it is, inasmuch as all positivity and perfection, and at the same time a being that is not what it is, as self-consciousness and free.
The hypothesis of God is impossible.
God does not exist! IN SE PER SE IN SE Man as History Ortega Camus Heidegger ~ # % Nature is out there, but Man is a process a) in-der-Welt-sein b) Sein-zum-Tode Authenticity The conscious self is seen as coming to terms with being in a material world and with encountering external forces and influences which are very different from itself; authenticity is one way in which the self acts and changes in response to these pressures. Happiness The Absurd Death Universal - Human Nature Singular - Human Person Incarnate Spirit Mans Rational nature is the foundation of the natural law Biologism Relativism and Situation Ethics Resents as moral laws what are really only biological laws Our culture recognizes no other value than human freedom, and an ethics of situation and subjectivity
liberty creates values
liberty absolutized along with each individual's decisions.
this leads of course to libertinism, the abuse of political power etc.
if freedom is the only criteria of goodness, than any free act is good inasmuch as it is free, and any other act indifferent. This law is inscribed in the heart of man, and cannot be denied.
non scripta, sed nata lex! Act Potency Aristotelian / Thomistic Philosophy of Being Substance Accidental Forms Essence Esse Existent Substance Ens Form The Operation Existent Essence Matter Supositum Veritatis Splendor 65 El Hombre se hace a sí mismo Man is not his body or his spirit, because these are things. Man is not a thing but a drama, an event.
Man makes himself like this, he constructs himself, he is his own cause, he invents his own possibilities.
The only thing fixed in his life is his own instability
His nature dos not change, only the circumstances of his life change substantially
A deus occasionatus (an occasion of God - that is, like the Divine, if it were to be caught in a finite moment) like God, a creator, above all a self creator, but limited by the occasion. Hombre como Historia El hombre es una razón histórica. La historia que ha de estudiar el verdadero ser del hombre, lo que le ha pasado y cuál ha sido la trayectoria de su experiencia, del hombre peregrino del ser, inmigrante sustancial. No hay límites en lo que el hombre puede ser. El único límite a las posibilidades es el pasado, pero la experiencia ayuda al hombre futuro. El que un ser tenga historia que lo cambie, le hace progresar a priori, puede afirmar el progreso de la vida y a posteriori sabremos si es bueno o malo.
El pasado está en el hombre, es el hombre, es su vida. El hombre necesita una nueva realidad, una nueva revelación que le invada y le inunde, no una teoría que sea invención de hombres.
El hombre se encuentra a sí mismo como historia. La historia tiene una única y original razón, no es una razón extra histórica, sino en la historia, lo que el hombre ha ido construyendo, la sustantiva razón, la revelación de una realidad trascendente a las teorías del hombre. Man's Rational Nature Through this nature man is self-conscious and self determining. And it is through this nature that man is inter-related, though distinct from, extra-mental reality. Man can know all things, can become them in act, can transcend them thanks to his spiritual dimension. How are Man's Intellect and will open to the absolute? Intelligence seeks the absolute and infinite truth
The will seeks unlimited and absolute good.
Man is Quodammodo omnia
His highest dynamism that overcome the static
Man realizes himself through his free work
But only in light of these goals Nature Freedom Incarnate Spirit This third part of Chapter Two treats the relationship between free choices of specific kinds of acts (e.g., to commit adultery) and a person's "fundamental option for or against the Good, for or against the Truth, and ultimately for or against God"
But he goes on to note that some theologians today "have proposed an even more radical revision of the relationship between person and acts. These theologians relocate self-determination from the free choices we make every day, including fundamental commitments, to a "fundamental option.., whereby the person makes an overall self-determination" (n. 65). A distinction "thus comes to be introduced between the fundamental option and deliberate choices of a concrete kind of behavior. The conclusion to which this eventually leads is that the properly moral assessment of the person is reserved to his fundamental option, prescinding . . . from his choice of particular actions, of concrete kinds of behavior" Lucas on Existentialists Man is not what he is, but what he does
Other beings are supposed to be something that already acts, but in the case of man he must act and so make himself to be, not only economically, but also metaphysically, man has to construct his life.
The person cannot be conceived as a substance, but only a structured set of acts, which continually produces itself. Heidegger's replacement for terms such as subject, object, consciousness, and world. For him, the split of things into subject/object, as we find in the Western tradition and even in our language, must be overcome
At the most basic level of being-in-the-world, Heidegger notes that there is always a mood, a mood that "assails us" in our unreflecting devotion to the world.
A mood comes neither from the "outside" nor from the "inside," but arises from being-in-the-world. One may turn away from a mood, but that is only to another mood; it is part of our facticity.
Only with a mood are we permitted to encounter things in the world. Dasein (a co-term for being-in-the-world) has an openness to the world that is constituted by the attunement of a mood or state of mind.
As such, Dasein is a "thrown" "projection" (geworfen Entwurf), projecting itself onto the possibilities that lie before it or may be hidden, and interpreting and understanding the world in terms of possibilities. Being-toward-death is not an orientation that brings Dasein closer to its end, in terms of clinical death, but is rather a way of being.
Heideggerian terminology refers to a process of growing through the world where a certain foresight guides the Dasein towards gaining an authentic perspective.
It is provided by dread or death. In the analysis of time, it is revealed as a threefold condition of Being. Time, the present and the notion of the "eternal", are modes of temporality.
Death is that possibility which is the absolute impossibility of Dasein. Fount of law Not in as much as nature, but in as much as spiritual That is in as much as open to and participating in the Divine Logos Essere Aperta Nature and openness are not two distinct realities, diverse and opposed to each other, in man. Human nature is a unity in which all of man participates fully. In his bodiliness is also the dignity of a subject. There are no 'pre-moral, physical goods' for man. To do violence to the body is to do violence to the spirit. Dynamic Man is at the same time reality, dynamism, data and project Agire sequitur esse And the way of being determines the act, not the other way around! This is the foundation of objective morality! man has a permanent substantial constitution that underlies his accidents and acts!
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The other day I was drawing a tiny keyboard on my younger student's assignment book and I had her draw dots on the correct keys. As we worked together looking for whole and half steps, I casually said that my drawing was kind of sloppy, and it would be a lot easier to read and more fun if I had some keyboard stickers. So I sat down at my computer and designed some! Actually they were easy to make because I've been designing my own labels for years and I drew the keyboard about 10 years ago. You probably recognize it from my pre-reading solos and my picture scales! However, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this, so for your whole and half step pleasure, I'm offering Keyboard Labels. Please let me know what you think!
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Now all I have to do is peal one off and stick it in my student's assignment book. This will give students a handy reference, plus it will encourage them to look in their assignment book.
I used Avery White Address labels, product number 8160. I printed my labels directly from the PDF I'm posting here and my graphic fitted on the labels perfectly, so I hope you have the same luck. In case you can't find this particular Avery product, the label size is 1″ x 2 5/8″ and there are 30 labels on each page. Before you print on your label sheet, try printing on a regular sheet of paper and hold it up to light to see if it aligns with your particular labels. Be sure your printer setting is on "actual size" and not "fit" or "scale." I'm posting a picture of one of the sample ones I made. Your copy will not have the green border because it didn't seem necessary.


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Is there some other software on your PC that you can uninstall successfully, or is it just Mozilla that is giving you the problem?
Try Safe Mode......
If Firefox is set as your default browser, it may not let you uninstall while the system is running in normal mode. Try booting to safe mode and then uninstall it.
RE: Try Safe Mode...
Yes I tried this and it had the same result. But I didn't try one thing in safe mode, let me get back to you.
Odd that you consider Firefox "crappy" ...
That makes me wonder if perhaps you have some malware infection that is manifesting itself within Firefox to make you think that Firefox is, indeed crappy.
Because Firefox is usually the escape route when users discover how sh|tty IE is.
As the previous poster mentioned - can you successfully uninstall ANYTHING ?
I was thinking the same thing....
That it was odd that this person considers FireFox to be crappy.... But I guess we all have a right to our own opinion.
Try uninstalling in safe mode would be the first thing I would try.
Finally! It has been removed! I had tried Safe mode before but I didn't try the uninstall executable within the Firefox directory. I only tried the "add or remove programs" from the control panel. I guess I was so frustrated I only tried the obvious and when that didn't work I gave up. But thank you to everyone for their advice.
RE: Odd that you consider Firefox "crappy"...
Yes it is odd, I used to love Firefox and I lament IE but lately with the new releases of Firefox it has been constantly crashing and having problems with plug-ins and I have just had it. I switched to Google's new browser "Chrome". I just want to delete Firefox and it won't go away, it's like a bad virus or spyware or something.


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February 19th, 2004, 06:53 AM #1
Under the ALERT message at my CJ menu page I see:
ADVICE: You could be losing money using invalid links...
Does everyone else see this at their CJ menu page or am I just getting it just because I complained to AAQ about my missing sales last week?
Just curious if everyone got it or it's something the put up when people complain.
Ron - 7 Days A Week Marketing
February 19th, 2004, 07:04 AM #2
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That message pops up every once in a while. No conspiricy Ron.
Clean up those links!
February 19th, 2004, 08:10 AM #3
I have that message as well. However, even though these links have been removed and are no longer valid, I find that the search engines still have them in the "cached" pages in many instances, even though those pages were updated months ago. just goes to show how well their spiders work!!! So, if a visitor clicks on the cached version of the page they still see the "invalid" links.
February 19th, 2004, 08:16 AM #4
Any time you see Advice on the homepage, it is targeted to your account. We run queries to look at certain problems that we can then provide advice to correct. Some advice is run more frequently, some advice is a one-time occurance. In this case, your account has invalid links generating clicks. This data is reported when anyone clicks on these links. It is not detected by a spider.
Todd Crawford
Commission Junction
February 19th, 2004, 08:28 AM #5
Good tip. Thanks, Todd!
Karl Smith >>> phillyBurbs - Your Internet Starts Here
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February 19th, 2004, 09:30 AM #6
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Any time you see Advice on the homepage, it is targeted to your account.
O NO! this is what I see on my homepage at cj.
Scheduled site downtime Feb. 20, 5:00 PM (PST) – Feb. 21, approx. midnight
What did I do!?
February 19th, 2004, 09:36 AM #7
O NO! this is what I see on my homepage at cj.
Scheduled site downtime Feb. 20, 5:00 PM (PST) – Feb. 21, approx. midnight
Ron - 7 Days A Week Marketing
February 19th, 2004, 10:00 AM #8
I got that invalid link message too. And deleted it! I hate those advices passionately. I intentionally delay changing dead links because sometimes the merchant returns, and if I had taken the pages I had them on down, I would have lost the search positions for those pages. So if I think the merchant has any chance of coming back, and I still want them, I don't touch the links. The merchant that's the cause of this latest "advice" has been known to deactivate for a week or so and then return, so I'm just ignoring their link-death for a while. I wish they'd keep their account current, though!
Also if I am looking around for a replacement merchant I leave the pages alone until I find it, so I don't lose the search positions.
The one thing that DOES merit instant link removal is if I have dropped a program or the merchant's dead for sure. But sometimes the invalid link report is no help there. I'll get these links showing in that report, and it'll show the source of the click as (unknown)! These "unknowns" are frustrating since these are almost always the exact links I'd love to hunt out and destroy!
~Cheapskate merchants need not apply
February 19th, 2004, 10:41 AM #9
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Or, you could be losing money if you are an Ebay affiliate...
February 19th, 2004, 11:06 AM #10
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Karl Smith >>> phillyBurbs - Your Internet Starts Here
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February 19th, 2004, 11:25 AM #11
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quote:Or you could looozing money if . . . is this where we supposed ta start the redneck jokes?
Or, you could be losing money if you are an Ebay affiliate...
aka Cyclone
Entreprenuer is French for a person who cannot hold a job~!
February 19th, 2004, 11:29 AM #12
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Just in case you don't already have enuf advice:
quote:DO AMs GET THESE TIPS & ADVICE TOO?
By Commission Junction
Commission Junction provides you with comprehensive tools for engaging in pay-for-performance marketing, but long-term success is dependent on the ongoing management of your account and your relationships. To help you get started, Commission Junction has developed a checklist of recommended tasks that you should complete daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly. Following these guidelines will help you maximize your results and position yourself as an asset to current and potential advertisers.
Start each day with the following tasks to ensure they are accomplished.
Dedicate at least one hour to responding to email in your Account Manager Mail tab or other one-to-one advertiser emails
Review any advertiser communications for new special promotions they are targeting to you and your visitors
In addition to reviewing your site traffic or email statistics, run a Performance Report in the Run Reports tab and review click-through rates and conversion rates on the ads you are currently using
Run the custom report "Invalid Links Generating Traffic" in the Run Reports tab and remove any invalid links from circulation
Run a Transaction Report for the previous day to determine what volume of sales you are generating and what transactions have been reversed
Review any new program terms being offered by advertisers in the Get Links tab, By Relationship sub-tab, Pending Offers section
Go into your site and make minor adjustments as needed, based on your findings
Choose one day per week to accomplish the following tasks.
Review new advertisers on your Account Manager homepage for potential partners
Review the Advertisers With Promotions area on the Get Links page
Apply to programs that show potential for your business
Review top-performing advertiser partners' ad inventories for new offers
Compile the results from your daily reporting and look for trends - what types of ads, what types of offers, and which of your ad spaces are strongest and weakest
Move potentially strong offers with good commission rates to top performing spaces and low performing offers to a different location or remove them completely
Consider removing offers that have high click-through rates but low conversion rates
Increase the promotion of offers that are converting and paying well
Follow up with advertisers that have not yet approved your application by sending them an email through the Mail tab
If you have repeat site traffic or an opt-in email list, look for areas for improvement in your content and update it or replace with new content as needed
Choose one day per month to accomplish the following tasks.
After 30 days of partnership with an advertiser that is converting well for you, request the addition of a performance incentive to your current commission
Review the EPC of each of the advertisers and ads you're using to find out if they're trending up or down in the network
If the EPC of one of your advertiser partners is trending down significantly or they are not converting well for you, try one more promotion, in a top selling location or a special email promotion before pulling their ads
Update your program description to account for any changes to your promotional methods, and reflect any positive changes to your site, audience, traffic volume, etc.
Between the 15th and 19th of the month run a Transaction Report for the previous month to get an accurate accounting for any batch transactions or extended transactions that have been added to your account
Find out if any of your advertisers are extending or reversing a large number of transactions that you are spending marketing dollars or top inventory on and determine if you need to contact the advertiser or pull their ads
Choose one day a few weeks before the next quarter to accomplish the following tasks.
Determine what product-related events or holidays are coming up and begin planning and working on content for additional site pages, mini sites, emails, and search marketing promotions; allow two months of preparation before major retail opportunities
Contact advertiser partners to request content and custom or seasonal ads you may need for the quarter
Contact top ten advertiser partners that generate strongest revenue with you and discuss how you can work together better, what content you could use, commission rate, etc.
Review reporting for the previous three months and look for additional opportunities to promote successful offers or to expand your site or emails to capitalize on your successes
Review your account information and ensure it is correct, including bank information for direct deposit or mailing address for checks, and your email address
aka Cyclone
Entreprenuer is French for a person who cannot hold a job~!
February 19th, 2004, 02:33 PM #13
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I may have missed it, but I just skimmed through CJ and I didn't see anything like that for AMs.
Sure would be nice though.
Karly Billstein
February 19th, 2004, 04:03 PM #14
quote:I believe there is information like this in CJU for addvertisers.
I may have missed it, but I just skimmed through CJ and I didn't see anything like that for AMs.
Todd Crawford
Commission Junction
February 19th, 2004, 07:10 PM #15
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I love the invalid links reporting, the first thing I do when a merchant changes terms to below 10% (even if it is only on international orders like shoes.com did today) or shortens cookies to less than 30 days or drops to only one occurence, is to get all their links off my sites, immediately! I don't put if off, I don't ask questions, I don't care what, those links are history.
But.... Sometimes... I mess up big time, sometimes I commit terrible atrosities and due to over anxious zeal to cull these deadbeats, I overlook a link somewhere. Now theres nothing I can do about the cached pages in the search engines but if theres one link left anywhere in cyberspace that I can zero in on and annillate, I want to know about it immediately. They may do me wrong but they ain't gonna do me long!
Thank you cj for having that very important reporting detail.
Less than 10%? Less than 30 day cookies? One time occurence?
February 19th, 2004, 10:52 PM #16
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quote:Perhaps you could PUT A LINK TO ABW IN THE ADVERTISERS SECTIONS, ON ALL PAGES, and explain why we are all so concerned about actually being PAID.
I believe there is information like this in CJU for addvertisers.
Todd Crawford
Commission Junction
Affiliate marketing through CJ is WORSE than having a JOB~! At least with a job one would receive so much an hour.
aka Cyclone
Entreprenuer is French for a person who cannot hold a job~!
February 20th, 2004, 12:37 AM #17
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CJ Advice is really very helpful, more effective than email. Sometimes, however, within 1 – 3 days some of the deactivated advertisers became active again. There is something in my mind about these reactivated merchants for my further promotions:
Are they accidentally deactivated due to a systems error? In this case I will be no doubt to continue promoting them.
Or are they temporally deactivated due to non-fulfillment of their financial responsibility? In this case I have to be careful in promoting them considering for the potentially hazardous morale reversing transactions or leaving the commissions unpaid. No more promotions on PPCSE!
The problem is how can I distinguish between these two conditions?
Don't ask why the ball doesn't come.
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Five best Pokemon Go tips and tricks
Pokemon Go, the expanded reality amusement for iPhone and Android, as of late made its presentation in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. As of composing this, a large number of gamers and smartphone users have played the game by simply taking after the query items and by means of online networking stages. This is the thing that Nintendo and Niantic Labs expect subsequent to overall investment is required for the amusement to succeed.
Created to catch the greatest number of creatures as clients can to fill their Pokedex, Pokemon Go won't permit mentors to fight with each other. When you achieve Level 5, the Gym consequently initiates and empowers you to abandon animals different areas. In this article, we will give you few tips to play Pokemon Go.
1. Catching Gyms
To effectively catch creatures, you have to abandon them at the empty Gyms that take after your city or town. These Gyms empower you to prepare and leave your own particular creatures on the particular area. In the event that you fight with Gyms of opponent groups, you won't just procure focuses additionally releases you straight to your Trainer's level. You can get out a Gym by keeping a few creatures tuned in to what has been left at the relevant Gym.
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You have to catch creatures utilizing your default supply of Poke Balls. You will gain experience with each catch that naturally calibrate into your particular character level. You can hold the more grounded creatures furthermore exchange the parity amount with Professor Willow for Candy.
3. Work with Incense
As a client, you will approach Pokemon yet with Incense, you will have the capacity to drive the Pokemon to approach you. You just need to toss Poke Balls specifically and catch them. In the event that you are exhausted at home, this is the most ideal approach to level up rapidly.
4. Hatching Eggs
You can bring forth few eggs when you are effectively in the mission to get control of the Gyms in your neighborhood. You will have the capacity to acquire experience and climb the step to Trainer. Rather than placing them in an Incubator, you simply need to stroll to motivate them to hatch.
5. Going to Poke Stops
In the event that you visit Poke Stops, you will have the capacity to gather things, which you can make utilization of to spend amid gaming. You ought to note that each time you visit a Poke Stop, you will have the capacity to pick up experience, which will at last help you to expand the character level rapidly.
Do you have any Pokemon GO tips to share? Post them as remarks underneath.


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