Affinity Click: A Refreshing Change in Pay-per-Click

AffinityClick, my sponsor for today's post, is a new pay-per-click ad network that looks interesting for two reasons.

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Affinity Click: A Refreshing Change in Pay-per-Click

AdWords and a Real Estate Sponsor

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Today's first sponsor is a service directory for people buying homes in the United States. They provide local quotes on home appraisal and pest inspections, as well as a closing cost calculator. It seems odd that I'd attract such a sponsor, since I've never posted about real estate before, but a posting job's a job.

Maybe part of the reason I'm attracting such sponsorships is that I'm now on AdWords, and am telling prospective sponsors so. Yes, you heard right: Google offered me a free trial coupon for AdWords, so starting last night, I've been trying to use it to help Life User reach its full potential as an engaging, widely-read and financially successful blog.

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AdWords and a Real Estate Sponsor

Bringing the Ads Back

When I decided last month to stop running ads on Life User, the decision was based on two assumptions that turned out to be wrong.

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Bringing the Ads Back

No More Google Ads on Life User!

Good news if you don't like banner ads: now you don't have to see any on Life User.

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No More Google Ads on Life User!

Policies for Manually Reviewed Ads

These are the policies to which ads I manually review for approval (such as AdBrite ads below the posts) will be subjected. They will be updated from time to time.

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Policies for Manually Reviewed Ads

Disclosure of financial interests (update 12/31/09)

I'm not trying to make a living writing Life User, much less become a millionaire at it, but I am trying to graduate from university with a little less debt. This article will explain what I'm doing to that end, and how it may affect the content and presentation of the blog.

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Disclosure of financial interests (update 12/31/09)

Investment ads: an open letter to Google

It's good that unlike Bing, Google takes sufficient precautions to prevent illegal pharmacies from advertising with AdWords/AdSense. However, I think I speak for all webmasters who care about visitor loyalty, and most web surfers, when I say that AdSense ads would be much more relevant and much less tempting to block if the same high standard were applied to ads for investment advice and investment tools.

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Investment ads: an open letter to Google