Sat 12 Aug 2006
Four days ago I started running ads on this site from Google, and in that short amount of time I’m already corrupted. Or at least I’m tempted to be.
So far none of you fair readers has clicked an ad, and judging by the ads I’ve seen and what I know about you I’m not surprised. I’m not interested in meeting Jewish girls either. What interests me is that the same category of ads has run for four days; ads related to my post about Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. Clearly Google found that post and matched it with advertisers interested in that subject.
Where does that leave me? Suddenly I’m not trying to think of something interesting to write about. Instead I’m trying to anticipate who might want to advertise on my site if I write something related to them. Like maybe I should have named the manufacturer of my new office furniture more prominently. Steelcase. There, let’s see if they take the bait. Or maybe if I discuss my burning passion for mortgage rates it will create some diversity. If I were 50% smarter I would have figured this out long ago and had several posts ready to go.
August 13th, 2006 at 9:02 pm
It’s not just you. When I ran AdSense for a few days, it never seemed to pick up on the fact that my site was about “Joomla.”
August 13th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
Be very careful. I ran AdSense on one of my sites about a year ago – it was a discussion forum. I voiced my disappointment that no one was clicking the ads. So everyone went click-happy. The Google police shut me down pronto – and forever. Click Fraud. I am so ashamed…