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Who The Heck Is Clicking On Blog Ads?

Started by webomatica · 1 year ago

Just a question. Every once in a while I check out the consistent AdSense activity on this here blog, and it’s a consistent head-scratcher. Even on days where I post nothing of note, and garner zero comments, there are still a few clicks here and there. ... Continue reading »

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  • jcieplinski

    1 year ago

    Great post. Funny stuff.

    One more possibility you may want to consider—not that I'm doing this. But perhaps some of your readers click the ads because they like your blog and want to reward you with some revenue. It doesn't cost them anything, except a couple of clicks on the "Back" button.
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    No, that can't be true. :)
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  • w.d.watson aka megalar

    1 year ago

    It is true in my case. Once I decided I liked your article, I went and found the ads and clicked on them. I do this on every site that has a post I like without fail. Interesting content should be rewarded.
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  • w.d.watson aka megalar

    1 year ago

    In addition to that, I'm one of those rare uses that tries to go bookmark it on as many sites as I can. Dugg it, posted to del.icio.us, stumbled, diigo, FriendFeed, and posted it to magnolia. If Twitter was up I'd have sent a tweet about it.
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  • w.d.watson aka megalar

    1 year ago

    Damn, being a new Disqus user, I always forget that it has threaded comments. I should have put that under jcieplinski's comment. Bad megalar.
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    well that's cool, thanks. I guess I shouldn't be so cynical! :)
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  • w.d.watson aka megalar

    1 year ago

    Well, I wouldn't go that far. I do it because I'd like to encourage that behavior. I have a blog of my own after all. :D So you can't really call me noble.
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    Ha, that's neat. I went to go look at your ads, and noticed this:

    http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2310/whotheh...

    They should really get someone who can speak english to write these ads. :)
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    You make me curious what's on the other side of that ad, as it may be poorly
    spelled as well, and therefore entertaining. But I'll resist clicking.
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  • Ginger Makela

    1 year ago

    Good article. This is a major problem for bloggers, especially ones with tech-savvy audiences who are pretty much immune to advertising because it's poorly targeted and not that compelling. I think that's changing, though. And it needs to change so bloggers who have quality content (but maybe not that big of an audience) can make an ok living. And I think bigger brand advertisers are giving up their fear of venturing their media spend on blogs and seeing them for what they are: the place where influential people hang out. And actually, there was a Design Within Reach ad on the top of this blog post: http://skitch.com/ginmak3/prsf/who-the-heck-is-... It appealed to me somewhat and it's not a monkey to punch. So good job to the DWR and their agency for picking this blog to run ads on. Things are going to get better.
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