Webomatica - Latest Comments in Link Sharing: 5/17/08

Re: Link Sharing: 5/17/08

flammable — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:07:10 -0000

They do insert ads into WordPress.com blogs, but very infrequently. I can't tell if I've even seen one, ever, because I've got an ad blocker filtering every site I visit, anyway. :)

As for the "possibly related posts" feature, it's more to keep people browsing other WP blogs. I don't really see the harm, especially if you're using WordPress.com instead of your own hosted install. But - it's easily disabled...see the comments on that post. The tradeoff is that if you disable it, your blog won't appear in other people's "possibly related posts" section.

Re: Link Sharing: 5/17/08

Colin @ Web3 Graphics — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:31:27 -0000

Yeah I'm not sure about that Adsense scheme - very impractical. Either I don't understand it... or you pay £5 a click in the hope that someone will click a advert, and that advert will pay out more than they paid??

Strange....

Re: Link Sharing: 5/17/08

webomatica — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:04:05 -0000

There was also Scoble as Cylon that I found funny, too.

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Sprague D — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:52:54 -0000

Jason, thanks for the shout out. I like the idea of Scoble as Susan -- but I could've lived without the LOLScobles...

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tunequest — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:31:55 -0000

I can't help but think that that wacky Adsense scheme isn't all the practical. The income from Adsense would have to be great that the cost of running the Adwords campaign to bring traffic to the site. Not every visitor who comes to the site is going to click an ad (a 25% CTR would be phenomenal). Presumes such a generous CTR, the Adsense ads would have to bring in at least 4X the Adwords cost per click just to break even.

Besides (not that it seems to stop anyone inclined to do it), the Adsense TOS strictly prohibit developing sites for the sole purpose of gaining Adsense income.

Re: Link Sharing: 5/17/08

Eric Berlin — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:03:46 -0000

That's a great description / dynamic, succinctly stated, about Digg's and Reddit's transition. Will ponder some more on that topic.... cheers, EB