Nuffnang vs Advertlets

First of all, I have to claim that I support nuffnang and not advertlets because timothy (a.k.a. Boss Stewie) has been a close friend of mine since god knows when(A levels actually). This is even more so because I believe that I'm the first person my boss(Boss Stewie) told that he has this idea of doing a blog advertising network. And if you don't already know, we did Leng Mou some time ago, although he's the main person updating, I feel shameful.......

Anyway since all these "Nuffnang vs Advertlets" thing started, I've always thought what's the point of having a war? My thought on business is

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The market is not yet saturated, having puny fights like that isn't gonna do any of you any good. The one laughing would be those mainstream advertisers.

True enough, in every article I've seen about reviews of nuffnang and advertlets, 3 names are sure to pop up in their comments: Timothy, Ming and Josh Lim. Fair enough I say, it is these kind of quick response that would give you the edge in business.

I'm actually quite impressed with how Timothy and Ming have been handling criticisms, if there's any. My uncle once told me that if you want to earn money, do it the right way, don't gamble. While any Investment Banker or Hedge Fund manager would laugh at this comment, it is not untrue that this applies to conventional businesses.

I'm quite tempted to say that nuffnang really gives the juice, providing that type of quality and delivering the promises that they've made. This really is what I call professional. Advertlets on the other hand, might be a bit late, I still wish them all the best for delivering the goods. After all, the ultimate beneficiary in both cases are the bloggers.

I remembered reading James Yeang's interview with both, the first of its type, on comparing both nuffnang and advertlets. I have to say that at that time, it's too early to review both of them, it's quite an eye catcher the topic nonetheless.

One of the things I really dislike about the war of words going on is that advertlets claim that somebody did a DDOS attack on them. While they weren't pointing any fingers at anybody, it's pretty sure that they were indicating that nuffnang is the culprit. From all my years of knowing Timothy, I would never believe that this is the case. Timothy is a guy with integrity and I'm not the only person who thinks so.

On that topic, I hereby declare that if you want to convince me on that, show me the proof, REALLY.

So Advertlets, wondering why nuffnang has so many diehard fans? It's not because that their technology is superior(I do agree with you that using Web 2.0 is superior techonology-wise), it's because that they can trust the people behind nuffnang, namely Tim and Ming. They believe that Tim and Ming are working their asses off just because they can earn some money. They also trust Tim and Ming in having the honesty and integrity to do something professionally.

I once wrote a comment on a blog(forgot which one) that older and being in the business longer doesn't mean more professional. Professionalism is a skill that is acquired, you could dispute this with all the HR managers I've spoken to. By the way, Age discrimination is gaining ground just right behind race discrimination so it's better to use words wisely.

I was particularly curious with a video I saw on TenthofMarch. I believe that Kelvin is impartial when it comes to nuffnang vs advertlets. If any of you wants respect, you have to earn it, not brag about it. To get what I mean, just watch the video.




Enough is said from the video. I'm not going into details nor do I really understand the realy situation.

Once again, I declare that I'm not writing this to bash advertlets and nuffnang. When it comes to business, I'm impartial to both. I merely support nuffnang because it's my friend's company, not to mention that he's one of my closest friend, and we all know that when it comes to friend's company, have to support no matter what.

Again, heed my advice, your competitors should be the mainstream media.

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