tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post4743013138748337016..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Metapost - A question to those who use feedschris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-63002287987303693982012-08-20T04:19:18.461-04:002012-08-20T04:19:18.461-04:00My feeds get squashed down to plain text, so Googl...My feeds get squashed down to plain text, so Google ads are just random extraneous URLs sprinkled through the article.<br /><br />I think your click rate is about the same as most sites. Ad revenues have been going down for at least the last ten years, and the small guys get less <i>per click</i> too because hey, "don't be evil" looks really good over the door but "make lots of money" works too.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-68469231430155527292012-08-19T20:14:06.373-04:002012-08-19T20:14:06.373-04:00How many pennies do you have to get before they...<i>How many pennies do you have to get before they're more than theory? One hundred? Five hundred?</i><br /><br />Nothing so attainable. The pennies aren't, I think, in danger of disappearing in the same way the larger amount I get for clicks is if the clicks are determined to be somehow illegitimate.<br /><br />But to actually be paid anything is going to take a whole lot more pennies. You don't get paid until you've earned 10,000 pennies. Clicks and non-clicks combined I've earned 1,399 since I started having ads. So, you know, at this rate it'll be ten times* this long before I'm paid anything.<br /><br />-<br /><br /><i>Though I could whitelist you if it'd make you feel better.</i><br /><br />On the one hand, it might, but you'd have to determine whether it's worth it for you since the ads do seem to range from strange to annoying. (For this post I'm getting Special K breakfast cereal in a language not-english, and four ugly looking links.)<br /><br />-<br /><br />* Technically 7.14796283059328091493924231594 times this long, rounded up to the end of the month, then an additional 30 days. I think.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-6746340451280226772012-08-19T19:16:06.045-04:002012-08-19T19:16:06.045-04:00You have ads? Hmm... *turns off Ghostery* Oh, ther...You have ads? Hmm... *turns off Ghostery* Oh, <em>there</em> they are. (There wasn't even a big obviously-blocked blank spot.)<br /><br />Given this, my answer is "Go ahead and do it. I probably won't even notice the difference." (Which isn't the <em>most</em> positive of answers, really. Though I could whitelist you if it'd make you feel better.)<br /><br /><em>I have earned, in theory, one penny.</em><br /><br />How many pennies do you have to get before they're more than theory? One hundred? Five hundred?Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034585577015417306noreply@blogger.com