Monetizing content
This is a blog about advertising.
So it may surprise you to learn that the one thing I hate seeing on blogs is advertising.
Endless columns of tacky Google text ads really lower the tone I think.
I don't mind seeing them in a Google search. In fact I've clicked on more than my fair share of the ads in the right hand column of a search.
But when it comes to blogs all I wanna see is the thoughts and opinions of the blogger.
Which is why I was surprised to see a new link had appeared in my blog dashboard.
Yes. You guessed it. I'm talking about the monetize link.
Suffice to say I won't be clicking it.
posted by Stan Lee at 8:32 pm
3 Comments:
That's a really interesting choice of word. Monetize. I picture naive bloggers clicking the link and expecting a Blogspot deposit into their PayPal account a few days later. "They want to pay me, just for having a blog!"
Seems a rather old-media way of thinking on Blogspot's behalf, doesn't it?
Agree completely Andrew.
I noticed the tab, clicked on it and then left. All in about 10 seconds. I agree that advertising on blogs just makes everything look tacky and cluttered. There's a place for advertising but it's not on blogs.
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