{"id":333,"date":"2009-04-30T11:34:51","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T15:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/?p=333"},"modified":"2009-04-30T11:34:51","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T15:34:51","slug":"un-googleads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/archive\/2009\/04\/30\/un-googleads\/","title":{"rendered":"Un-GoogleAds"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you hadn't noticed, I did away with Google ads on my blog pages and the Amazon advertising on the archive. I really only make money from the ads on the Fat Burning Soup Diet Results<\/a><\/strong> page that I made back in 1996. It apparently attracts people who like to click on ads, occasionally buying stuff, so pretty much all the ads will live there. That, and a few friends [well, as best I can tell, just Jan]<\/em> click through the Amazon link to buy stuff.<\/p>\n

I'm not trying to be a cult follower by mentioning this again, but this stems directly from Chris Guillebeau<\/a><\/strong>'s book, The Art of Nonconformity: 279 Days to Overnight Success<\/a><\/strong>. He mentions that novice Internet users believe that you have approved all links on your page — and the majority of the readership is novice Internet users. This is a kind of perfect storm disaster: it sends your readers off your site, and with good odds that it will be an unpleasant experience which they attribute to you giving bad advice. I have been cautious to place ads, but I had confidence that Google would provide good ads.\u00a0 However, their ads have been at best mediocre and at worst irrelevant.<\/p>\n

I'll continue to link to Amazon when I mention book titles because I think that — despite the commercial purpose of the site (and their occasionally very questionable business practices) — Amazon is a good resource for reviews and information about a media title. Not to mention, I get a cut if anyone buys a copy … although so far, I don't think anyone has actually purchased a linked book or movie.<\/p>\n

So hopefully JayceLand will be a better experience — especially for those who are not reading the comments in the style sheets. [Hint: nobody wins on that quip for there is nothing interesting in the style sheets, and the vast majority of users have no idea what I'm talking about anyway.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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