Comments on: Arm in Arm

By: Caryn

Caryn — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:37:01 +0000

Cash in Neil, it’s the only way. Even if the blog clique pricks try to keep you down!!!!

I really need to start taking my medication in the morning, don’t I?

By: Jody

Jody — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:51:35 +0000

So are all the accountants and lawyers an anomaly for having blogs? What happened to reading and writing for pure enjoyment which is what you seem to do and which I truly enjoy? I’m in the faction (if there is one or maybe I am the only one) that believes that not everything needs to be turned into a business venture.

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:06:39 +0000

I know… I know… this post is boring, but I made another update to it.

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:32:37 +0000

Alexandra — I almost want to ask you, as a therapist, WHY you think advertising brings out such strong emotions?

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:18:18 +0000

I was surprised at the strong feelings that advertising on blogs brings up for some. I don’t mind them if they are at the bottom or fairly discreet, on the sides, and esp if they can bring in $ for a fellow blogger who can then work from home or more freely. Since I rake in a cool five hundred million a year from ads on my blog its hard not to support them but I do understand the arguments against. (BTW, some can’t see the ads on my blog as they are only visible to a certain portion of the population)

By: Dagny

Dagny — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:31:59 +0000

I don’t think they have a category for me. As it should be. I’m one of a kind.

And I have actually clicked on a blog ad before. At CAP. It was for this really cute bag to carrying your knitting stuff in. It’s a shame the thing cost $90. Just seemed a bit steep to be carrying knitting stuff in.

By: deezee

deezee — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:19:32 +0000

you could always opt for a tip jar and pretend you’re playing piano in a bar. or dancing…with a mop.

By: marcail

marcail — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:57:39 +0000

You are delightfully irreverent. You put me in mind of Christ castigating the merchants in the synagogue.

By: plain jane

plain jane — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:41:17 +0000

I will still read your blog if you put up ads, at least as long as it doesn’t cramp your (writing) style. But then I would pay a subscription for the privilege of reading your blog every day.

You write to amuse, and you do a good job of it, I have no problem getting paid for it if you want. If you want to write just to amuse yourself and get all the warm fuzzies that come from the blog community, that’s fine with me too.

You can always get a job at Taco Bell

By: laurie

laurie — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:10:31 +0000

It’s a myth, I think, that anyone is making big money off the blogads service, I make about enough to cover my server fees.

The people running the network are really great folks. Each person I’ve communicated with at blogads.com is really professional and wants their individual clients to succeed and make a little cash. At least that has been my experience.

No, they do not work on a click-through fee basis. It’s paid for a specific period of time and you get a cut of that (on blogads.com, I don’t know about other services).

I don’t know why people get so weirded out about ads on the internet. Ads! On the internet! who would have THOUGHT it??? heh heh.

I don’t really care if people think I have sold out or suck or whore out for advertising. That’s just silly. It’s just a webpage. It has cat pictures on it. I talk about laundry. It’s not like someone is paying me to place STD ads on a Picasso or something.