I still use Blogger for my Mom's Kitchen Weblog (although after all the problems I've been having with "page not found" when I tried to publish today, I may be changing that soon) and every time I log in I see their promotion for Google AdSense. I was considering applying for AdSense...and had even begun updating that blog more often so it would be more likely to be approved just in case I decided to apply.
At this point it was just something I was thinking of as a possibility...I wasn't sure that I really wanted ads on my blog or Website. Besides, would it really be worth it? Although I get decent traffic, it's nothing spectacular and would it be worth it to me, Google, or their advertisers for me to display their ads? Apparently someone thought so.
Before I had a chance made up my mind to apply, they contacted me. First by email (I didn't reply) and then by phone. They asked me if I would like to put AdSense on my Mom's Kitchen site. I agreed to give it a try.
I'm not getting rich but there have been some click-throughs. I don't expect to earn a lot of money through it and to be honest it's the flattery of my site getting noticed and them contacting me that's been the biggest payoff.
I still haven't added AdSense to my cooking blog (Blogger wasn't cooperating this morning) and have only put it on some of the pages of my Website so far. I am satisfied with the ads that are showing - one of my concerns while I was still considering doing this - the ads are relevant to the content and may be useful to my visitors.
Posted by marybeth at March 28, 2005 02:52 PM InternetWow. I didn't even know about that site. Learn something new. Ads didn't bother me. Hmmmm.... wonder if I could come up with a cool site that they would put ads on it and give me money? hahahah. Yaaa... sorta like I will have time to do more than 30 minutes of blogging a day. bawahhah
Posted by vw bug at March 30, 2005 04:06 PMThe site predates my blogging time and I haven't done much updating on it in the past couple years or so. Having the ads there sort of gives me the feeling that I ought to be doing more upkeep. I hadn't given much consideration before I agreed to this as about how I would feel if what was once a hobby becomes a chore.
Posted by marybeth at March 31, 2005 06:29 AM