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It's a good essay, and while I totally agree with "don't just slap adsense on there," for some people monetization is the hobby, or at least part of it, and eve
by morisy 17y ago
It's a good essay, and while I totally agree with "don't just slap adsense on there," for some people monetization is the hobby, or at least part of it, and even if it isn't there's nothing inherently wrong with putting up ads.
Being prescriptive and saying "don't try to cover your costs" is a little like saying "don't click coupons" or "don't shop at sales" if you're buying stuff you like but don't need. To go back to your baseball analogy, sure, you won't put ads on your jersey, but you very well might agree to store the bats and helmets at your place in exchange for the team waiving your fee. Why is it wrong for people to take a generally accepted method and save a few bucks if they want?
- MicahWedemeyer 17y agoA good point. In my experience, if you're going to do anything more than AdSense, it will require a decent time and effort investment. Building the infrastructure to allow people to give you money is surprisingly difficult. If you're only trying to get a couple bucks a month, then the ROI may be worthwhile for learning, but horrible otherwise. Browsing and clipping coupons takes maybe 20 minutes. If you can get a monetization scheme set up for your site in that time, then it's totally a great idea. I'd kill for something that could be monetized that fast. That might make a good article: How to monetize in less than 1 hour. I'd definitely read it if someone were to write that up.