I'm happy to hear this here because I finally got rid of Adsense on my site in favor of direct-sold banners. My main reasoning was that the retargeted/network p

I'm happy to hear this here because I finally got rid of Adsense on my site in favor of direct-sold banners. My main reasoning was that the retargeted/network purchased ads were not relevant to my content or not of the quality I want associated with my brand. When I think of my favorite magazines (which cost money and have ads) the ads are almost a part of the content and I want to look at them. So I wanted to try and create that sort of ad quality for my readers; relevant, nice looking ads that aren't creepy.