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Well, I forgot to mention it, but I emailed Google awhile back about their\nrejecting my site for\nGoogle ?AdSense. They got back to me and let me in the club, which is\ndemonstrated by the skyscraper ad to the right. So far, I seem to be on the\nroad to earning free hosting for the month, if my clickthroughs keep up,\nwhich is more than I'd hoped for. I only hope that if everyone's seeing this\nkind of performance, that Google makes some money at it and doesn't have to\ncancel the program.

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My only complain now is this: Can I get some ad rotation? I'm not sure what\nyou're seeing, but I've been looking at the same 4 ads for backup solutions\nsince I first plopped the code in. At first I thought it was neat, since\nI'd been talking about backups at the time and the ads seemed an intelligent\ncomplement. But that story's long since scrolled off the page, and nothing\nelse interesing has come up since. Maybe this is by design, but I expect\nmy clickthroughs to stop pretty soon.

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Now, I have no ambitions to get rich quick via Google. If they happen to\npay out enough to cover my hosting costs, I'm abso-frickin-loutely\necstatic. So, I won't be spending\nmuch time obsessing over search terms and \"borrowing\" public domain works to\nboosting my ?AdSense revenue,\nbut it seems like the service could use a little freshening.

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Am I missing something?

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Update: Heh, funny thing. No sooner do I post this and visit the site to\ncheck out how things look, the Google ad appears to have rotated.\nIs someone watching? Heh, heh.

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shortname=google_ads_monotony

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\n\n\n", "body": "Well, I forgot to mention it, but I emailed Google awhile back about their\r\nrejecting my site for\r\nGoogle ?AdSense. They got back to me and let me in the club, which is\r\ndemonstrated by the skyscraper ad to the right. So far, I seem to be on the\r\nroad to earning free hosting for the month, if my clickthroughs keep up,\r\nwhich is more than I'd hoped for. I only hope that if everyone's seeing this\r\nkind of performance, that Google makes some money at it and doesn't have to\r\ncancel the program.\r\n

\r\nMy only complain now is this: Can I get some ad rotation? I'm not sure what\r\nyou're seeing, but I've been looking at the same 4 ads for backup solutions\r\nsince I first plopped the code in. At first I thought it was neat, since\r\nI'd been talking about backups at the time and the ads seemed an intelligent\r\ncomplement. But that story's long since scrolled off the page, and nothing\r\nelse interesing has come up since. Maybe this is by design, but I expect\r\nmy clickthroughs to stop pretty soon.\r\n

\r\nNow, I have no ambitions to get rich quick via Google. If they happen to\r\npay out enough to cover my hosting costs, I'm abso-frickin-loutely\r\necstatic. So, I won't be spending\r\nmuch time obsessing over search terms and \"borrowing\" public domain works to\r\nboosting my ?AdSense revenue,\r\nbut it seems like the service could use a little freshening.\r\n

\r\nAm I missing something?\r\n

\r\nUpdate: Heh, funny thing. No sooner do I post this and visit the site to\r\ncheck out how things look, the Google ad appears to have rotated.\r\nIs someone watching? Heh, heh.\r\n\r\nshortname=google_ads_monotony\r\n\r\n
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\r\n ", "parentPath": "./content/posts/archives/2003", "path": "2003/07/29/google-ads-monotony", "summary": "Well, I forgot to mention it, but I emailed Google awhile back about their\nrejecting my site for\nGoogle ?AdSense. They got back to me and let me in the club, which is\ndemonstrated by the skyscraper ad to the right. So far, I seem to be on the\nroad to earning free hosting for the month, if my clickthroughs keep up,\nwhich is more than I'd hoped for. I only hope that if everyone's seeing this\nkind of performance, that Google makes some money at it and doesn't have to\ncancel the program.\nMy only complain now is this: Can I get some ad rotation? I'm not sure what\nyou're seeing, but I've been looking at the same 4 ads for backup solutions\nsince I first plopped the code in. At first I thought it was neat, since\nI'd been talking about backups at the time and the ads seemed an intelligent\ncomplement. But that story's long since scrolled off the page, and nothing\nelse interesing has come up since. Maybe this is by design, but I expect\nmy clickthroughs to stop pretty soon.\nNow, I have no ambitions to get rich quick via Google. If they happen to\npay out enough to cover my hosting costs, I'm abso-frickin-loutely\necstatic. So, I won't be spending\nmuch time obsessing over search terms and \"borrowing\" public domain works to\nboosting my ?AdSense revenue,\nbut it seems like the service could use a little freshening.\nAm I missing something?\nUpdate: Heh, funny thing. No sooner do I post this and visit the site to\ncheck out how things look, the Google ad appears to have rotated.\nIs someone watching? Heh, heh.", "needsBuild": true, "prevPostPath": "2003/07/28/desktops-rock", "prevPostTitle": "Desktops are better than laptops?", "nextPostPath": "2003/07/30/mm-central-works", "nextPostTitle": "Macromedia Central and Deja Vu?" }