Get APLawrence.com by RSSHating Ads?
Yeah, I know.. but we need to pay the bills somehow, so we run ads. But.. we don't run them on new posts, so if you are a regular reader here, you won't find any ads at all on the most recent additions. As posts get a few days old, the ads get put in. We think that's a fair compromise: every post is ad free for at least a few days, but we still get to make money on the older pages when you find them through Google or from following a link. Fair enough? We hope so.
By the way, yes I did try PayPal donations. Barely got anything. Feel free to restore my faith:
Fri Apr 18 13:36:46 2008 anonymous
Pay your own fricken bills, I got my own to worrry about lol. Since when
is it the visitor's responsibitly to pay your hosting fee, especially since
today web hosting is very cheap. Sounds like pan handling to me, everybody
knows the real reason websites have google ads, its to steal some cash.
If you are on the net then you should pay to be there, cost of publishing
your rants.
Fri Apr 18 15:42:02 2008 TonyLawrence
Good web hosting isn't cheap, son.
Maybe you can run some little site that nobody reads on
cheap or free hosting, but once you start getting real traffic, that
doesn't work.
And what about my time? As I said, I made what I think is a good compromise
here: no ads on the most current posts, ads after that.
Sun Apr 20 13:44:23 2008 I blocked your adds but... anonymous
I've now unblocked them (for your site) because you asked so nicely. They
do provide you with the money to keep the site up.
As long as they are not annoying pop-up/-under, noisy flash or other irritating
types of adverts they will stay unblocked...
Sun Apr 20 16:04:25 2008 TonyLawrence
Well, you didn't need to do that.
But it does point out something I've said over and over again here:
if you really can't stand ads, it's easy enough to block them, no matter
what your browser.
And if for some reason you can't, you can read almost all pages here through
the "Printer-Friendly" link - that strips ALL ads.
It's really silly to complain about advertising when it is so easy to block!
By the way, sometimes (often) the ads are very relevant to the article
subject matter - we tend not to get annoying drug ads and the like - it's
much more tech stuff, computers, hard drives, electronics - things you just
might be interested in!
Wed Apr 23 15:59:01 2008 Support Blogging and Advertising RWBerg
Thanks for leaving a note about why your ads are up. People don't appreciate
the content they are abusing on a daily basis. I've enjoyed some of the
discussions you've sparked and hope you are raking in money with advertisements.
That's the business model, and that's what works.
If anyone else reads this, realize that this content doesn't write itself
and it DOES cost money to host. Any small inconvenience you have in scrolling
by an ad wouldn't be an issue if you never visited the site to read the
content.
Fri May 9 20:13:24 2008 anonymous
You don't have to apologize for a little box that nobody reads half the
time anyway.
Fri May 30 00:09:17 2008 Free content, free ads BenjaminBooth
http://www.benjaminbooth.com
Paid content, no ads. It's a basic unwritten law of economics in media.
When I get a little peeved is when I pay for content and *still* get ads.
Not cool. Otherwise, ads make the information flow. So, good on ya!
Wed Jun 18 14:51:54 2008 anonymous
As long as your ads aren't resource hogging flash banners, noisy animated
gifs or annoying pop-ups, you'll hear no complaints from me.
Thu Jun 19 23:55:31 2008 anonymous
Once you get your own ad supported website, you don't mind others =)
Mon Aug 4 01:17:03 2008 anonymous
As a webmaster myself, I hate when people tell me I shouldn't have ads
on my site. Whether or not it is to pay for the server fees or to make some
extra cash, it is your website and you decide how you run it.
The ones complaining about the ads are probably also complaining about
ads on the radio and on TV. Guess what? DEAL WITH IT!
You're providing a free service, I enjoy it for free and me looking at
the ads doesn't cost me anything so I don't complain, just like when I listen
to free radio or watch TV...
Mon Sep 8 18:31:06 2008 Derrick
This is your site, so I say put whatever you want on it. If people get
annoyed by what you deliver, they can dig somewhere else. As for me, I've
been digging through the internet and www for so long now, I just don't
notice them anymore (even the blinking/following/dancing ones), so I'm happy
you took the time to post something I find worthwhile and applaud your use
of adds to fund your operational cost (or even your future vacation get-away
: ).
Sun Oct 12 12:09:23 2008 Hosting ads is a good thing amysteriousstranger
You pay for your web hosting, and people who have ads pay you to host them,
anyone who thinks it's so bad should just block them, or go somewhere else.
I mean, you have to make some money, so you can actually continue living,
and then your time isn't wasted, and is in fact worthwile.
Using time+money--->Getting more money than you put in, enough to compensate
for the time loss. That way you actually gain from what you do, instead
of trying to be selfless, which is impossible.
Tue Dec 16 22:15:31 2008 anonymous
Sharing knowledge is its own reward...what good does it do if it dies with
you?
On the other hand, one may not want to share certain types of knowledge
-- browsing history, identity, etc. Ads are *ONE* thing, but when you have
disreputable companies like doubleclick trying to take our online anonymity
& privacy from us it's quite another.
(Google them, and see what they tried to do back in '98)
That being said, one has only to use PeerGuardian/moblock, AdBlock Plus+NoScript
(for firefox), and spybot to keep out those annoying pests.
Tue Dec 16 22:18:05 2008 TonyLawrence
Absolutely true and I've told that to the "whiners" many times..
Sat Feb 28 21:55:36 2009 AndreK
Ads are normal today.. no need to excuse.
But some ads do really suck.. flickering, anoying things.. you know..
your ads are really fair, and don't hurt like flash..
Thu Apr 9 22:44:38 2009 Todd
http://www.image-smart.com/
I appreciate that note about ads. I found your article and revelant ad
had pointed me to very interesting site. Not intrusive ads are good. Thanks
for your site. :)
Mon Apr 27 10:12:05 2009 anonymous
good
Mon May 18 14:18:28 2009 anonymous
its your site, so if you want to put ads in it, its your decision.
i clicked on the link because i though it was an interesting teaser.
i do think... that you should make your income public...
and share all the profits proportionally with the people you are annoying
with your ads
:-) nah.. just joking
i hope the ads help you prosper!
Mon May 18 14:25:47 2009 TonyLawrence
Well, they do help although the amounts have decreased quite a bit over
the past year. I used to see $800 a month or so from Google but that's now
down to about $600. Chitika (the other ad publisher I run here) usually
is about $100 a month and that hasn't changed. Book sales (my ebooks) are
down from a high of $200 a month to half that. Everything else runs $100
or so. All told it's about $1,000 a month but has been on the weak side
of that recently.
Of course the site also brings me a lot of other opportunity for consulting
and sales, but advertising is an important part of my overall income.
Sat Jun 13 00:07:35 2009 MikalD
http://www.sonitusmedia.com
just to address anyone who thinks the adds are for panhandling or stealing...
Why in God's name would you expect someone to work their ass off and provide
you with great content without being compensated in some way? To those who
would bash anyone for capitalizing on their strengths of coding/administration,
look up script-kiddie and you'll probably find your true self.
Thu Jun 18 13:09:21 2009 anonymous
It's alright maannn .. everybody gotta eat. do your thang !!
Thu Jun 18 16:06:41 2009 TonyLawrence
Thanks :-)
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