Adsense
You may have noticed I have ad-ed Adsense… I did this out of curiosity moreso than anything else, I heard so much about it and wanted to see how easy it would be to implement. Typically, like all of Google’s fantastic apps/service, it was a cinch, I had it up and going in 20 minutes once I was allowed to use it (I had to wait until I was verified to use it which took 3 days!)
Although I thought I may as well add some subtle advertising I was very aware of not to overdo the thing…my personal hate is a site overladen with screaming ads and the last thing I wanted was to add my site to that list. So, I have used them sparingly on this blog and on the main site, I have stuck to just using a referrer which has the added bonus of promoting the king of browser, Firefox.
The problem with using Adsense on my main site is that, as it chooses to displayed ads relevant to the page they are being placed on, Adsense displays adverts for other web design companies which is kinda shooting myself in the foot to an extent…
Adsense is never going to make me my first million, on this site anyway, but if over the course of a year, it manages to pay for even half my hosting, it’ll be well worth it…
