Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Ads

I kept getting recommendations to include advertisements on my blog. I do get a fair number of hits per day, so it seemed logical that I try to generate some money from all of the essays and photos that I post here. I figured the ads wouldn't be that intrusive, and some of my favorite blogs have them.

 So I added them.

 Then I saw a couple of ads for items that not only wouldn't I buy, but things that are offensive to me.

 So I killed off the ads.

 Don't worry. They won't be coming back.

 So what if I don't make any money from my essays? I don't care. Every now and again I will get inquiries about rights to use some of my photos and I have earned some money from the blog that way. And I often use this place as a writing exercise for works that I later sell. That's payment enough for me. I can do without ads for obnoxious things--some of them downright vile.

 From here on out...just the essays and the photos and occasional jots of works-in-progress.

Brilliant color in Kumbrabow State Forest in West Virginia in October of 2011.

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4 comments:

  1. Kirk G - The Thrifty Rocketeer9:48 PM

    What was offensive? I applaud your stand, but nothing made me wince. Maybe I missed it.

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  2. MarkGelbart12:28 PM

    Don't these ads only pay a few pennies anyway?

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  3. James Robert Smith1:43 PM

    Depends on how many times people "click" on them and which ones. First day I earned $2 because someone watched a video that was linked from my site. A couple of days I earned about four cents.

    Then the ads started popping up for shit that bugged me. So I killed off the option.

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  4. James Robert Smith9:20 PM

    Kirk: It was an ad for gun products. I don't want anything to do with guns in my life. I'll be damned if I'll allow them to be promoted on my blog.

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