Trying out AdSense
In a vain effort to try to monetize all of the incredibly witty things that I do and say on this ridiculous excuse for a blog, I've started experimenting with Google AdSense mixed in with some of the content on the site. They don't insert themselves into the RSS feeds (as far as I know) and they only show up for anonymous users to the site so I'm willing to bet that the majority of where my traffic actually goes won't be affected.
Unfortunately, since Slide has infected me with this weird disease where I obsessively watch numbers, I'll most likely be obsessively watching a large number of zeroes in the coming weeks. That said, you could totally screw with me by clicking around on a lot of the advertisements...seriously, that would totally irritate me...you should try it.
What was the comedy where the main character made a fortune by sending the fractions of pennies left over into their account? That's AdSense. It'll take years before most small sites earn the threshold amount required before they ever see a check. In the meantime, in aggregate, across thousands of such sites, it amounts to real money. It's friggin' brilliant. I just wish I had thought it up :)
Phil
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Submitted by Anonymous on February 3, 2008 - 8:01pm.You're talking about Office Space :)
~Tony
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Submitted by Anonymous on February 4, 2008 - 4:04pm.