I've long been wary of including paid advertising on this site. First, I probably don't generate enough traffic to make it worth anyone's while. Second, I've always been quite fond of that story of Jesus chasing the merchants from the temple, and this blog is my sort-of sanctuary.
I have given a small amount of ad space out to friends who have books and sites to promote (and will continue to do so as requested), and there are the pseudo advertisements for the various social networking sites to which I belong. So, I'm not completely "commercial" free.
All that said, I am curious about Google Ad Sense, and I'd like to get some real-world feedback regarding how, and whether, it works. To you fellow bloggers out there who use it, please leave a comment about your experience. To everyone lese, please let me know what you think of those sites that you visit that have it, and whether you even notice.
My biggest fear is that it will promote content I don't approve of. And I've heard tell of pittances for payouts, which wouldn't justify my taking the chance.
Speaking of self-promotion, I'll have a new drawing up soon ... I promise.
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Francis, when I started with my blog on blogger I didn't know anything about ad sense or advertising, I have just seen the option that was advertising for itself on the blogger's dashboard. I have never consider it to be such an issue the one I should give some kind of a bigger importance. I realize now, after roughly one year of bloging that too much ads is not so good looking so I am also in temptation to remove all the advertising from my site.
I with J.C. with the little that I have gotten from using ad sense I am in two minds whether to remove it or not
I would have to agree with the opinions of these other bloggers.Unless you have thousands of quality hits every single day it really isn't worth the space it takes.
That being said.I hope you are doing well Frances and I wish you a Happy safe New Year.Take care.:)
I've had Google AdSense for months and only made pennies. I'm about to get rid of it. I've had Project Wonderful for a few weeks and made about $3 so far -- it's much more worth it to me.
I Don't make much with addsense, but maybe some day it will pay for a new book. I don't think it hampers my blog any, some of the other widgets do though. I have to keep checking which ones are slowing things down.
Francis...it's not worth it. Trust me.
~JD
I have been with adsense one month after I created my blogs and to date, I have $ 18.96. Probably because I don't follow their instructions of experimenting on the placement of my widgets. I have three ads in my writing blog and a lot more in my other blogs. If it's not too many it could add attractiveness to your blog. especially if you opted for pictures only.
I earned more by posting paid reviews, from $ 9 to $ 25 per 200-300 words review, and I can also select or reject products I want to review.
And Francis, Helium, triond and associated content are good writing sites which could feature your pool of articles. The good thing about it is I do what I love-writing- on any topic , anytime I wanted to. The readers count is increasing and the I get paid per page view-for life.
It's a good feeling when someone pays you to do what you enjoy, and that's what I get from these writing sites.
I'm not saying this so I could get you as a referral(lol) You can go directly to the site and sign up. I'm saying this because I believe more people should read what you write and your amazing drawings.
I hope you visit the sites and join. There's no harm in trying.
I wish you all the best.
I've heard the same views expressed in several quarters .
I had AdSense on a blog for several months. As soon as I approached the payout, they yanked my account and kept the money. I've heard they do this a lot.
I have since gone with Project Wonderful. I can't recommend them highly enough. Their ads are non-obtrusive and attractive. I haven't heard of the same shennanigans that AdSense pulled.
Good luck!
I've had adsense much longer than Project Wonderful which has well overtaken adsense for income generation. Still laughable amounts, but you it only takes a few seconds a day to deal with.
This is something I've been wondering about, too! SO many schemes and memes and distractions from the reasons we start our blogs in the first place: to share our passions and interests, and communicate about life and our lifestyles.
I'm glad you asked the question, Frances, and after reading the responses, I think I may go with Project Wonderful, if I do anything.
Happy New Year to you!
I have adsense, but I pay no mind to it and I think most regular readers don't notice it. Adsense works best on a self-hosted wordpress site because it's easy to control keywords--but it took a lot of understanding in order to actually earn money. I average $70.00 per month--it pays for my hosting and I donate the rest to charity.
Overall, I hate advertising on blogs but will leave mine up permanently as it seems to work well for me. I don't care about money and certainly don't blog for it. I literally despise how to make money sites...hahaha!
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