Comments on: Click Through Advertising – The Evil Truth http://creeva.com/2008/02/04/click-through-advertising-the-evil-truth/ My life unfolding and being told online - 1 byte of information at a time. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: creeva http://creeva.com/2008/02/04/click-through-advertising-the-evil-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-17038 creeva Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:22:00 +0000 http://creeva.com/2008/02/04/click-through-advertising-the-evil-truth/#comment-17038 I totally agree, but the blogs that make the most money via click through advertising are link bait generic blogs. I don't agree and I don't play in that game. I don't even use any revenue sites for my blog anymore (I may need to check if I'm using them on another site). Regardless it is not a way to make money and get rich. You should be writing for the love it. Now if the argument is how to gain regular readership and return visitors, well then I agree with you. A focused blog gains those things, a generic blog makes more revenue. Is it fair, no not at all. I don''t believe in the gold rush mentality that the web will make you rich. Even if you use Amazon you become a type of shill - which for the right things I don't mind - but it also makes me uneasy at times. So my blog has been mostly revenue free for a couple years now. The question is on the interesting blogs that you normally go to, do you click the advertiser links and actually make a purchase? I totally agree, but the blogs that make the most money via click through advertising are link bait generic blogs. I don’t agree and I don’t play in that game. I don’t even use any revenue sites for my blog anymore (I may need to check if I’m using them on another site). Regardless it is not a way to make money and get rich. You should be writing for the love it.

Now if the argument is how to gain regular readership and return visitors, well then I agree with you. A focused blog gains those things, a generic blog makes more revenue. Is it fair, no not at all. I don”t believe in the gold rush mentality that the web will make you rich. Even if you use Amazon you become a type of shill – which for the right things I don’t mind – but it also makes me uneasy at times. So my blog has been mostly revenue free for a couple years now.

The question is on the interesting blogs that you normally go to, do you click the advertiser links and actually make a purchase?

]]> By: Trek Together http://creeva.com/2008/02/04/click-through-advertising-the-evil-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-17037 Trek Together Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:49:00 +0000 http://creeva.com/2008/02/04/click-through-advertising-the-evil-truth/#comment-17037 As for click-through ads being ineffective means of income, I would have to agree. Nobody clicks on Google Adsense ads. A better alternative would be to arrange with specific web companies, such as Amazon.com or Conjunction Junction to advertise real products and services. That being said, I disagree with the overall moral of this article. I have found that the most interesting blogs and websites that I go to are also the ones that are the most specific. Being connected to a billion people has allowed me to find strong communities in niche topics. It's also where I find the most passionate authors. Readers wouldn't stay at a general, generic blog or site. I would say go with your passion. As for click-through ads being ineffective means of income, I would have to agree. Nobody clicks on Google Adsense ads. A better alternative would be to arrange with specific web companies, such as Amazon.com or Conjunction Junction to advertise real products and services.

That being said, I disagree with the overall moral of this article. I have found that the most interesting blogs and websites that I go to are also the ones that are the most specific. Being connected to a billion people has allowed me to find strong communities in niche topics. It’s also where I find the most passionate authors. Readers wouldn’t stay at a general, generic blog or site. I would say go with your passion.

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