Comments on: How To Kill Your Credibility with Google Ads http://www.chadbarr.com/how-to-kill-your-credibility-with-google-ads/ Chad Barr, President, CB Software Systems, Inc. Helping individuals and organizations with their technologies Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Richard Martin http://www.chadbarr.com/how-to-kill-your-credibility-with-google-ads/#comment-75 Richard Martin Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:06:05 +0000 http://www.chadbarr.com/how-to-kill-your-credibility-with-google-ads/#comment-75 You are right about adds. The Love Button? That's a joke right. I have used some of Dan Janal's services, and this approach to raising a few extra bucks definitely runs counter to the type of service he is running. Just think of the demographic of his readers. Would they really be interested in such adds? How do the adds add (I know. That is redundant.) anything to the blog? I think a key is to ask oneself if the adds provide a service to the blog reader. If not, or if they are likely to detract from the overall message in terms of content and image, then they shouldn't be there. Conversely, I see nothing wrong with having an affiliate message with Amazon, because it is a useful service for the blog's readers. Whether the proceeds are donated to charity or not, is not really relevant, but that's just me. If you provide a useful service, then there is nothing wrong with getting paid for it. Rich You are right about adds. The Love Button? That’s a joke right.

I have used some of Dan Janal’s services, and this approach to raising a few extra bucks definitely runs counter to the type of service he is running. Just think of the demographic of his readers. Would they really be interested in such adds? How do the adds add (I know. That is redundant.) anything to the blog?

I think a key is to ask oneself if the adds provide a service to the blog reader. If not, or if they are likely to detract from the overall message in terms of content and image, then they shouldn’t be there. Conversely, I see nothing wrong with having an affiliate message with Amazon, because it is a useful service for the blog’s readers. Whether the proceeds are donated to charity or not, is not really relevant, but that’s just me. If you provide a useful service, then there is nothing wrong with getting paid for it.

Rich

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