AdSense, this blog ain't big enough for the both of us!

Posted: May 15th, 2009 | Author: Joaquin Baez | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »
Google es un diablillo

Google is not that evil, is it?

I have thrown away the ads from my blog;  not only for some of the reasons exposed on my previous post, but also because I came across, first, with a ridiculous ad that made me blush (something in the way of “Defeat the frat boy -drink more beers and get a free ring-tone”, really,  shame on them) and, second, with a really interesting post from Penelope Trunk’s blog that faced me with the harsh truth of reality.

Nevertheless, and not leaving Penelope’s blog, I found some relief to the anger I felt about the rough slap in the face her reality check felt like, reading about the reasons why I do must own a blog; and those are precisely (although I may not had ever formalize them so clearly in my mind, I did have the feeling blogging could bring such a collection of benefits) the ones that pushed me to create and maintain a blog.

Those are the reasons, and not the irritating presence of vulgar ads totally unrelated to the contents of the blog, wrapping my posts and annoying my guests.


Does AdSense make you look like a homeless?

Posted: May 12th, 2009 | Author: Joaquin Baez | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Right after opening this blog, I wandered around all the customizing options at blogger.com, from templates, fonts and styles to RSS feed configuration. Nevertheless, there is a mysterious tab among configuration options named “Monetize”; it refers to the possibilities of earning some cents allowing AdSense ads display on your blog. Obviously, I’ve signed up to that; after all, all it takes is some tiny little ads on a small sidebar on the right to the blog posts and one medium sized ad every 3 or 4 posts.

Let’s face it: AdSense payments programme is quite laughable, put aside it’s too complex for deep studying it, and this site, a site that’s 1 day old, scores low to make me a billionaire.

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