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                                 AdSenseless

I've been doing the Google AdSense thing now for ten months [1], even since
they requested to be here, and in those ten months, I don't think I've made
enough to get a Venti® White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino® Blended Coffee [2]
from Starbucks [3] (not that I like coffee mind you).

Now, perhaps that's because the ads are (or were) “below the fold” and
therefore not seen. Or perhaps it's because most people read this site via
the RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication Feed for The Boston Diaries) [4] so
it matters not where the ads are.

But I'm guessing that by moving the ads up (as you can see), I might see an
increase in ad revenue, but I'm not going to hold my breath on this. Also, by
moving the ads up, my Obligatory AdSense Snarks are more visible and as far
as I can tell [5], making snarky remarks about AdSense is okay (but telling
people to click on the ads is not okay).

I'm also planning on making a change in that space in the next few days as I
finish (okay okay, start) a feature [6] that will hopefully have a much
better return on investment than this silly Google AdSense [7].

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/03/21.1
[2] http://www.starbucks.com/retail/nutrition_beverage_detail.asp?selProducts=33
[3] http://www.starbucks.com/
[4] https://boston.conman.org/bostondiaries.rss
[5] https://www.google.com/adsense/terms
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2006/01/29.2
[7] https://www.google.com/adsense/

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