Comments on: Webmaster Stuff: Design http://flametoad.com/2007/webmaster-stuff-design/ Words of wisdom from a combustable amphibian. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James R. Rummel http://flametoad.com/2007/webmaster-stuff-design/comment-page-1/#comment-3208 James R. Rummel Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:30:53 +0000 http://flametoad.com/2007/webmaster-stuff-design/#comment-3208 "One thing that I’d like your opinion on is whether to monetize the site." I considered putting ads on my own blog some years ago, but rejected the idea. The reason I started blogging in the first place was to provide a place where the students from my charity self defense course could ask questions and receive unbiased advice. Since I wouldn't have been able to control the content of the ads, it seemed that I would be advocating or endorsing products and services that I might not agree with. But you don't have such constraints. I think that blog ads might not do any good so far as added income is concerned, but they certainly wouldn't do any harm. James “One thing that I’d like your opinion on is whether to monetize the site.”

I considered putting ads on my own blog some years ago, but rejected the idea. The reason I started blogging in the first place was to provide a place where the students from my charity self defense course could ask questions and receive unbiased advice. Since I wouldn’t have been able to control the content of the ads, it seemed that I would be advocating or endorsing products and services that I might not agree with.

But you don’t have such constraints. I think that blog ads might not do any good so far as added income is concerned, but they certainly wouldn’t do any harm.

James

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