The deal with ads?

[actorz_inc]

Yep, I've been wondering, so I'm going to talk about ads.  Not the stupid ads, the obnoxious ads, the ads that fool the unwary with get-rich-quick schemes or give you viruses.  No no!!

Some ads give website owners a cent or two just by being on the page, and so just by visiting the page (albeit probably a thousand times) the financial strain of an

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[tiggerallyn]

I've thought about monetizing my blog and putting, say, Google ads on the page...

...but then I realize, I don't see them. I have really stringent ad blocking in Opera. I'd feel hypocritical; I'd put ad code on my website, but I'd be actively avoiding ads, too.

The interesting thing is that the website layout I'm currently using I picked specifically because it has some ad management features. I can put up an ad banner at the top, I can have ad boxes in the sidebars, and I don't even need to fiddle with code.

If you get the sense that I'm ambivalent, it's because I'm, well, ambivalent. Yes, I recognize that a website owner's gotta do what a website owner's gotta do to pay the bills. But I also recognize that a lot of people tune out website ads. I don't know if they're as effective as they could be. *shrug*

[actorz_inc]

I've got them, but yeah, unless I "allow" them, I don't see them. Which is actually good- the companies like Google don't want you racking up hits by yourself.

Now that I'm hosting, I can put my ads where I want, and I try to make them unobtrusive- not as good financially, but not as annoying too, especially without the obnoxious ads that come with free sites.

But yeah, I think most people tune out ads, which is why I'm curious as to, say if someone was buying something anyway, if they'd use an ad. I mean, I put up Amazon ads for new movies like Star Trek 11, and sometimes the latest ST novels I read, in part just to promote things I like.

I'll be interested, now that my stats won't be interfered with, if my stats will change...