Yup. The types of sites that run on the Deck (design, culture, etc.) find the cleanliness a plus anyway. Another thing to consider is the people reading those s

Yup. The types of sites that run on the Deck (design, culture, etc.) find the cleanliness a plus anyway. Another thing to consider is the people reading those sites aren't your "everyday surfer" and probably completely tune out Adsense and other ads, which hurts conversions massively. I ended up removing Adsense from my site completely, because the small amount of money didn't justify making the site uglier (I made up for it with increased donations).