My first dime from Ad Sense!
If I'm going to direct traffic to Full Body Blow Dryers, Pregnancy Announcement e-Cards or Controllable Flushes I might as well get something from it, right?
So I asked Chris to help me put Ad Sense on my individual entry archive pages. I have to say, beyond the (lack of) income, I've not been very impressed with the suitability of the ads that come up. Never mind advertising tasers on an entry about Jim Jim -- that's just plain horrible, but it's sort of unusual that I write about anything that grim (if it wasn't, I certainly wouldn't be adding ads, give me that much credit). But how about advertising "experienced adoptions" on my entry about Pregnancy Announcement E-Cards? And nothing comes up at all for Human Waste Shaped Key Hiders? Come on! I've actually had a few people come here looking for those! Is the Poo-Shaped Key Holder industry too cheap to buy Ad Words??
On the other hand, I love the fact that a Free Lawn Mower Robot is advertised with No They Do's CD, and that Disney Fairy Tale Weddings are advertised along with a picture of Superfund graffiti (no guarantee you'll get the same ads, of course).
So, at the very least, this will be a source of more self-referential entertainment, like google analytics. And I think I'm going to add them to more archive templates, if I can figure out how.
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