Advertising on my blog
If you have been following the development of SEO by Chris you have noticed the Google Ads all around. So are you annoyed by them? I am too, but the truth about them is that hopefully they will offset the hosting fees, which I might add are only $3.99 a month. I bought the cheapest hosting package I could find. I landed at www.1and1.com for a low monthly hosting rate and included a couple perks to go along with it.
The point is to explain the advertising. Google Ad Sense pays a commission to post content specific ads on websites. It is a great service they offer to help aspiring Internet marketers. There are several problems with advertising this way. On my page you can see ads for other SEO companies, search marketing, hosting providers, and all kinds of other goods and services. It is obvious to most people why this is a bad idea… I am advertising for other people. A flashy ad as opposed to my long-winded articles? Isn’t it obvious why this could be a bad idea? That still doesn’t take away the fees I have to pay every month. So until this blog can become profitable without the sponsored ads I will have to let others advertise.
If you asked me if you should put advertisements on your website, I would recommend not doing it.
Hey Chris,
If you login to your Adsense account, you can block competitive sites from being listed in the ads displayed on your blog.
Adsense Setup -> Competitive Ad Filter
I’m sure you will be getting huge Adsense checks in no time
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@ Web Design Blog - Thank you for the heads up.