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I have never been found of Adsense or the other monetization solutions.
First of all, the ads are a distraction to readers.
They are often creepy and intrusive.
They deface your website.
Worse, your website may be used to promote products or services that you do not endorse, or even contents that you find objectionable.
Simply put, I think it's not worth it if you are not making good revenue. If it's making you $15/month in revenue I say forget it. Waste of traffic. Keep your traffic to yourself or be more selective.
And if it's your primary source of revenue you have another problem: you are completely dependent on Google (or whatever competitor), which is not a healthy position.
I understand that bloggers need money to maintain a site that is otherwise not profitable. But if you are using a website to provide professional services, putting unnecessary layers of advertising is bad taste, a distraction, and makes you look cheap. (Just imo).
You might even end up promoting competitors...
Now consider this:
I am not prude, actually I find it funny but I wasn't expecting that. I don't think it projects the image of professionalism you would want.
@OnlineDomainCom
First of all, the ads are a distraction to readers.
They are often creepy and intrusive.
They deface your website.
Worse, your website may be used to promote products or services that you do not endorse, or even contents that you find objectionable.
Simply put, I think it's not worth it if you are not making good revenue. If it's making you $15/month in revenue I say forget it. Waste of traffic. Keep your traffic to yourself or be more selective.
And if it's your primary source of revenue you have another problem: you are completely dependent on Google (or whatever competitor), which is not a healthy position.
I understand that bloggers need money to maintain a site that is otherwise not profitable. But if you are using a website to provide professional services, putting unnecessary layers of advertising is bad taste, a distraction, and makes you look cheap. (Just imo).
You might even end up promoting competitors...
Now consider this:
I am not prude, actually I find it funny but I wasn't expecting that. I don't think it projects the image of professionalism you would want.
@OnlineDomainCom