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Sun, 11 Dec 2005

Experimenting with Google AdSense

I'm curious to see how Google's AdSense works, so I'm trying this page out.

I'm not sure if this works better than the header block (which may or may not be in the version you are looking at right now). I might remove the image/text mixed ad block and put in a text block (like exists in this blog entry).

Over the next week or so, I'll try out a few different formats and see what is the least intrusive but still effective.

I'm not looking to be a professional blogger, but it would be nice to cover some basic hosting costs and maybe even pay for a toy or two. Google AdSense seems to be the most popular and painless way to experiment with this type of revenue ex blog.

However, since Google won't let anyone talk about how much money they pay out, I have no idea if this is a complete waste of time. But I thought I should at least let everyone know why the ads are appearing. Just an experiment.

I was on the fence until I saw this page which made it sound very simple... and it was.

What do you think? Is it hideous? Does it detract from the message? Annoy you greatly? :)

Seriously, let me know. If I get dozens of emails complaining, they can be removed quickly. I'll take silence as approval or indifference.

Jared

Update: Apparently the way that Bloxsom publishes it's headers has caused the entire blog the RSS feed to look like it was just published. (sigh). The actual blog retains it's orginal order and time stamps. Sorry about that.

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