Just a quick post to let my growing audience know that I’ve lowered all of my advertisement rates.

Until Contented Niche reaches an average of 300 daily uniques, the two standard ad sizes cost no more than a dollar.

Only $1 per month for 125px square ads. Only $1 for every six months for a favicon ad in the first footer.

Even better, we’re finally offering more bang for your advertising buck. For just $5 per month, you can get an in-post ad measuring 300×250 pixels. Or, if you’d prefer the ultimate in advertising goodness, you can buy a review for as little as $10. We’ll review your program, website, blog, whatever you (reasonably) want.

You can see a full list of our advertising rates at our Advertise page.

We’re growing fast, so don’t expect these low prices to last.

Contact us and we’ll set something up.

Let me get something out in the open here. I despise Internet Explorer 6. There. I said it.

Is it the lack of security? Is it the fact that a third of the internet using populace still embrace it? No, it’s the fact that it is annoying as hell when it comes to web design because the Microsoft engineers were too lazy to make their browser obey common standards.

So where does this leave me? I know about all of the bugs and annoyances built in to IE6, but I’m a Mac user, so I don’t really get to see where the problems are until I’m able to use a friend’s laptop running XP. What do I find when I look at Contented Niche? Garbage–all thanks to Internet Explorer.

If you’re looking at this site through Safari, Firefox, Opera (and likely even IE7, though I’m not entirely sure), you’ll find something that I consider stylish. Transparent PNGs, an attractive background, well laid out columns and images. None of that is present in IE6. Well, the background is, but that’s about it.

I implore you, if you’re still using Internet Explorer’s previous model, upgrade now. It doesn’t hurt. I know you can see that spiffy Javascript drop down designed by Save the Developers. Click it. Read about how much better the other browsers are. Make the switch. Stop wasting your time on a shoddy browser. In five minutes, I guarantee you’ll have a better browsing experience if you upgrade to Firefox, Safari, Opera, or even IE7.

I’ve mentioned a few times that Contented Niche has undergone some changes over the years, and most of you probably have no idea what I’m talking about. To the masses, it seems as though this site is as fresh as a newborn baby–but that is really not the case.

After graduating from college and tiring of my job as a medical writer, I moved into freelance copywriting for a little extra income. The pay was OK, but I wanted more, so I came up with the original idea for Contented Niche. The site was designed to be a place for people who needed content for their niche sites.

The site went live in 2006 and my small team of writers and I worked on creating numerous article packs, ebooks, and other goodies for the would-be internet entrepreneur. Over time, we branched out to other projects, mainly custom content as opposed to pre-written niche packs. The name stayed the same, but the idea behind it began to morph into something different.

And that leaves us where we are today. The old Contented Niche has passed on to make way for something new. Instead of a small team, it’s now a one man show. Instead of pages filled with pre-written articles, I’ve come back to the roots of what I wanted Contented Niche to be. A site designed to help make the internet a more interesting place.

And Contented Niche is finally reborn in it’s new stylish, Wordpress powered blog form. Beats the hell out of static pages, I’ll tell you that.

So what can you expect to see here? Well, for starters, I suggest that you check out our About page. There you’ll find everything you ever wanted to know about what we’re up to here.

But what about the stuff that’s not on the about page? Well, if you’re looking to know more about me, you’ll find out over time. I’m not going to give everything about me away just now.

As for the site, expect three or more posts a week. And yeah, none of those lame Twitter length posts that some bloggers put up there just for the sake of updating. I’m talking long, in depth posts that are sure to make you want to stick around. Well, maybe I’m not so sure, but hopefully you’ll stick by me.

Oh, and the site may be a little flakey for the next week as I work out any underlying bugs. But everything will be up and stable in no time.