What I learned in ten years of blogging

Re:What I learned in ten years of blogging by ghaff on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @12:07PM (#18717155)

I really question that. I can't believe that in this day and age anyone thinks that having AdSense on a blog site is some indicator of superior quality. And affiliate links at least raise the possibility of conflicts of interest.

Way back when I experimented with ads and links but I came to the conclusion that the money was pretty trivial in the scheme of things and it took away from the otherwise non-commercial nature of my site.

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Re:What I learned in ten years of blogging by ta3216 on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @09:53PM (#18722129)

Firstly my readers would have no idea what Adsense even is. But if they see accompanying ads like Swarovski, Nordstrom, local restaurant, then yes, I believe it would positively impact their impression on an intuitive level. If they actively thought about it then no. I can see how it wouldn’t appeal to other sites though.

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