Comments on: A One Day Break From Arrogance

By: headbang8

headbang8 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:25:57 +0000

I really want to champion my content. So please send twelve one-hundredths of a cent every time someone reads this comment, OK?

I put Google AdSense on the bottom of my blog, just for a lark. The blog’s subject matter is so esoteric and unsellable, that only one ad appears with any regularity. That of Oliver Steinhoff, Germany’s leading Elvis impersonator.

I clicked on the link, once. Oliver has earned much acclaim as an Elvis. But I should really refund the twelve-one-hundredths of a cent that he had to pay me, since I wasn’t serious about booking him for a birthday party, hen’s night, or corporate function. He’s available.

I also get a few pray-the-gay-away ads. Which only goes to prove that AdSense may read your blog, but it doesn’t always understand it.

By: leah

leah — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:25:21 +0000

tis’ the curse of a pisces, swimming in opposites directions at the same time. you may need to find a balanced libra to make the choice for you

By: anymommy

anymommy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:48:22 +0000

Your over analyzing angst is so endearing Neil. I mean that. You have one of the strongest, most honest voices out there, which is why we visit, which is why you should post some ads and see what happens. Few things in life are this easy to try and discard. Ads disappear with the click of a delete button. Can you think of any other decision you’ve agonized over that is that easy to reverse?

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:19:11 +0000

“The High Road is for Suckers” — I love that quote.

I like your confidence, Anna.

By: anna

anna — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:00:51 +0000

You’re crazy not to try to get advertising! You’re only hurting yourself. The high road is for suckers. And my blog is the greatest in the history of forever, so I’m not sure where you got your information, but whatev.

By: Charlene in Arkansas

Charlene in Arkansas — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:32:48 +0000

LOL my shrink that i have seen since 04 made a comment to me yesterday how much i had improved since he changed my meds 2 months ago~~i didn’t tell him the improvement that i have made since june is because of blogging, not him or his meds~~i think since the drs have said my dad is going to die between 2 and 10 days, i still need my meds RIGHT now, but in a couple of months, i’m going to “step down” again!

By: Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas

Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:26:38 +0000

Neil – you’re not arrogant. That’s probably the last adjective I’d use to describe you. Thoughtful and pensive to a fault – now we’re getting a little closer. That said, it’s empowering to take action. Throw caution to the wind a bit and embrace the consequences, whatever they may be. But advertising? Really? You’re obsessing this much over ads? If it’s that much of a moral dilemma, then don’t do it. I don’t have them on my personal blog, but the blogs I get paid for does have them. It’s not that ads are bad. It’s just a matter of personal taste. Some of us like writing for magazines and others are novelists. It takes all kinds.

By: Mrs. G.

Mrs. G. — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:28:53 +0000

Not having ads these days makes you an Outsider and a Maverick…wink wink.

By: Chag

Chag — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:05:00 +0000

Come to the dark side, Neil.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:51:16 +0000

You’re not boring me.

I admire your approach to decisions.

You don’t come across as someone who has a sense of entitlement re: advertising on your blog. I think you should throw the “hang-ups” out the window and give it a try. Like G. Savant says, “you’ve still got something to sell.”