Several weeks ago, I installed a new design at Consumerism Commentary. Theoretically, this was going to be a good move, from a fluid table-based design to a static CSS-based, compliant design. The fixed center column for text required that I rethink the placement of my AdSense ads, however.
I moved the two large almost-square [...]

It was late last year that I realized I could potentially make a living writing for the web. It was today that I knew that this was true. I make a modest (but decent) income at the box factory. But for the last week, my web income has equaled my income from my real job. [...]

After thinking long and hard about this, I decided to remove some of the Google Adsense blocks from FiveCentNickel and Raising4Boys about ten days ago. All of the positions were performing reasonably well, but I wanted to unclutter things a bit. Thus, I decided to tackle the weakest performing slots. I removed the right sidebar [...]

I received an invitation from Google to try out AdSense Video Distribution, a new advertising delivery format. The video content is provided by The Wall Street Journal in my case, and advertisements are placed between clips. Other content providers are available.
Google is providing a wide selection to match various types of [...]

At the beginning of the year, I lamented about the decline of my AdSense income towards the end of 2006. January has turned out to be a better month for me in this respect, but I’d like to see the trend over a few months before I declare the blog advertising bubble burst.
Total internet [...]

AdSense is becoming a smaller percentage of my website income. The following chart includes the LinkWorth (red) and Text Link Ads (green) portions, which have been steadily growing since they’ve been implemented. Most Text Link Ads advertisers are locked into low rates, so the only chance to improve income from that service is [...]

My below average AdSense income I mentioned last month is indicative of a lowering trend for me. As I’ve spread my AdSense account across new websites, the total amount has been slightly decreasing since the peak in August.

Other advertising services have outpaced AdSense at this point. I’ll look at my 2006 income from [...]

My AdSense statistics have been well below average the last few days, despite above average traffic. If this trend continues, December will be the fourth month in a row to see a decline from the previous month. I wonder if more blogs are competing for the same advertisers.
If the number of [...]

The Federal Trade Commission has released an official opinion about word-of-mouth marketing, those endeavors where people endorse products or services and are paid to do so by the company. The FTC believes that these practices are deceptive and any affiliate relationship should be disclosed.
As of right now, this is an opinion and not the [...]

For several months, I have been using Google AdSense’s Competitive Ad Filter to screen ads that may be objectional to my type of audience. Google officially suggests not using the filter to block low-paying ads, but Ads Black List says doing so can increase income significantly. I’m experimenting.
As of a few days ago, [...]