Feedburner adverts
If you subscribe to my FeedBurner feed you may have noticed (or will notice) small adverts at the bottom of each article, which have appeared recently. I haven’t actually seen them myself yet, because the first ad appeared to be geographically targeted to US readers, but they are supposed to be appearing in the feed right now.
It’s a bit of an experiment, really. For one reason or another, I could really do with a little extra income right now (well, I could really do with a lot of extra income, but I’m not greedy or optimistic), and while I don’t want to put adverts on the site, I thought that having adverts in the feed might be less annoying for readers but bring in a little bit of money. Or it might really annoy readers, and bring in no money, I just don’t know yet. So I’m going to try it for a month or so and see how it goes. If you feel strongly about it, let me know!
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I heartily support earning income with your writing! When I added Google Adsense to some of my blogs, I had some readers complain but most were supportive.
I just got a cheque today, in fact. The cheques are relatively small, but they currently pay for my subscription to Publisher's Weekly, membership to writers' organization, and a few other perks.
So yes, I feel strongly about it and am cheering you on from this side of the pond!
by Debbie @ 04/07/2007 8:10 pm • Permalink •
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I tend to ignore unobtrusive ads.
In fact most ads on blogs that I read are far less obtrusive than the banners that some (generally younger or less mature) users plaster all over some forums I frequent.
So it won't bother me
by Mark @ 05/07/2007 3:45 am • Permalink •
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Just saw an advert in the feed, didn't bother me at all. Best of luck with them and I hope it brings in some extra income
by Adam Dempsey @ 05/07/2007 8:11 am • Permalink •
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Hard to say what will be, you may try... imagine... if money will fall from the heaven and will stick on you!
by Anabel @ 05/07/2007 6:24 pm • Permalink •
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Thanks for the support, everyone! I'll see how it goes.
by bsag @ 08/07/2007 5:33 pm • Permalink •
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