source : cbox! i’ve been using cbox chatbox eversince i started blogging. Since i am using FireFox… all pop-ups are automatically blocked not until… 5 of my friends complained about this adserving.cpxinteractive pop up advertisement popping up everytime they visit my blog. So, what i did was… i clicked TOOLS > CONTENT > then un checked ” block pop-up windows ” just to verify and yea there it is… popping! so i deactivated all my plug-ins and checked again…its still there!

So, i did a bit of digging… opened my C:\Documents and Settings\(Windows ID)\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and i saw the adserving.cpxinteractive.com opened the file using text editor and i i found this :

Before, i really find CBox very good coz you can easily match it with your blog’s theme and make it look like how you want it the way you want it. But the pop-up advertisement compromises it. Not unless you are willing to pay $2.00 / month which is gonna be a bit heavy for starters. As for me… yea i earn quite a bit from my blog but as you can see… aside from the domain name renewals & hosting… i am also paying for my NeoCounter amounting to $25.95 / year.

And another thing, some money earning website services wont approve what ever it is that you are applying for if they’ve detected that you blog / website has any kind of pop-ups. Perfect examples are Google Adwords. With adwords, they wont let you promote your blog / site using their services as long as it has pop-ups and with Google Adsense, they wont approve or let you earn money if your blog / website isn’t free from pup ups as well. Same thing with Blog Explosion.

For now, i am using ShoutMix. I find it a bit crappy and useful at the same time. It’s crappy because… i get spam / advertising messages from time to time, i can’t move the ” upgrade your shoutbox ” thingy at the bottom and i really find it hard to customize the looks. Useful because… you dont have to open another window to log in and delete spam messages & its FREE!