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- bonked, on 10/12/2007, -6/+40Well, some of us aren't completely insane enough to belive that anything that is advertised must be evil and have found quite relevant products and services at significant savings in time and money by using advertising found on the Internet.
Gee, an ad telling me that Store X is offering a deep discount on the product mentioned in the article I'm reading - I should ignore it since the company chose to pay money for me to hear about themselves, I'll just stumble around for four more hours wondering where the solution to my current need is.
Adsense makes perfect sense in blogs - much more than portals - since they are based on the content of the page and the page will likely be about a single topic instead of 80. - D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29Smart? No.
Cynical? Yes. - Smwbigboss, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26Irony FTW
- dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Digg shouldn't be a target for ad supported bloggers trying to get rich quick.
- Petrarch1603, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22when calling someone an idiot, use correct grammar...i.e. you're not your
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20Whats a banner ad? Adblock plus FilterSet G is your friend.
- dbug, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19S-M-R-T
- pasteler0, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18I don't think this is right. If you are thinking in earning some money with your blog, digg helps a lot. Not just that your website will have more views, but it's a good way to put your website on the "map". If you have a nice content, people will return and others will link to it. So with time it will bring some cash. But the best thing that digg does, is to promote your website. That's what happens with some of my posts like http://www.ovelha.org/pasteler0/2005/11/17/howto-external-winamp-control/ in which after digg, was on makezine, hackaday and other sites, and after that my blog get quite a nice quantity of visitors.
- Four20, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18The visitors of Digg.com just aren't the ones that you want to target when trying to pull in ad revenue from AdSense.
As they should know, we're just a bit too smart for that. - igraham09, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11personally, having run a website and game-server business, i know how much these ads can mean...
which is why i click on all of them every time i see one, the i just close all the windows that open up. and yes, i did click all of that guys adsense ads - titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8It's not why Digg is bad for your blog but rather, Digg users with adblock + filter G are bad for your blog.
- Vindstille, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Can I ask, Why?
The only thing you do, is to take money from small companies and give them to Google.
With other words: You are the opposite of Robin Hood.
You take from the poor and gives to the rich. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Someone go tell TechCrunch their advertising isn't worth 5 digits a month.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"pittyful" indeed..
- Jeebugorn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5for the win
- mt066, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I think digg is a more tech oriented crowd, whereas most ads try to bait people that have no idea what they are doing on the internet i.e: "free ipod nano!!!!" or "which rapper is eminem??? (picture of 3 black guys and eminem....hmmmm...). Your average internet user can't possibly be that bright. Take a look at the AOL search logs. When you attract the tech-oriented (read: on the internet a lot), we have already tried those ads once or twice when we were 13 or something and know that it's garbage. So no instant cash cow, I guess.
- satansbanjo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's not inaccurate, it's just something you personally don't agree with
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Digg had to say this, "Hey don't complain, the deadbeats don't click our ads either. We're living off ramen."
- 13tongimp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Digg is no longer tech oriented. It has been swamped by the filthy uneducated masses. Look at the front page and see what I mean. This place has become diluted by recycled crap.
- PsychoPNut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3www.microsoft.com and www.apple.com don't have any ads either
- bentracy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I never click on adds, my thinking is i trust my searching ability over what ads can suggest to me. If i am interesting in something i will search for it.
- socokoolaid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4That was my understanding as well. Because that point of view makes sense.
- SniperX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I wonder how many clicks he's going to get during this particular blog entry's digg effect.
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"I claim my site as the only site on the net, with ZERO banner ads."
That's about as true as claiming yoru site is the most popular one on the net. None of the sites we run at work have ads. Why should they? We're trying to sell a product, not make money from you looking at our sites. - dickeytk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3to me, this is good news, digg should be a place where people can get exposure for the sake of getting their name out there, not to make money, and that's exactly what this article says, he got his name out there, didn't make any money, but he made money, yesterday he had 8, today he had 12, and he got his name out, why is he bitching?
- deut, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"hotbeefman, your site just screams "I want to web 2.0!!""
...but fails miserably. What's with the ***** looking reflections? - Kaglan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I thought it was the job of the ad distributor (you, in this case) only to make sure people see the ad. I thought it was the job of the ad agency to make the ad clickable.
- dbug, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Indeed. Ads have became some kind of constant background noise, not only on the internet. Most people like myself overlook most ads and don't give it a second thought. But that doesn't prevent the advertiser to influence you on an unconscious level. You might have bought a lot of stuff due to ads without even knowing it.
- 2000, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7"...you are much better off with a small number of visitors who click on advertising links then [sic] a large number of visitors who don't click on advertising links..."
Look at this financial genius! - merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Nice icon.
- SteveMax, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I hope that people who just link stories to their damn blogs instead to linking to the real content read this. There is NO gain in having your blog on the front page; it only annoys the other diggers, and makes your expenses go up. Dugg, for teaching good behaviour to those who need to learn that.
- atingle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Thank you for the informative article – very interesting. I blog, but I don’t run any advertising and I don’t mind paying the hosting costs because, well, it’s my choice to do it and I enjoy it. I have been to a number of blogs that have nice content but – and it’s a big but – the sites have been swamped with advertising. I'm sorry to say this, but I never click on these ads and, if I feel overly bombarded I will tend to stray away a great deal faster. Just a personal opinion.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Fotograffiti
When's the last time a telemarketer provided you with FREE content that you enjoyed?
Your analogy is way off. - norbiu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This thing also applies if you have a frame killer for Google Images. I have noticed since I installed it my CTR has dropped from $6-$10 to $2-$3.
I couldn't find out the reason, but now I know! Great article. - dbug, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Good thing from this is that I learnt a new word.
salivate.. mhmhmm - ciphex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ Advertising Discussion in comments above:
Advertising is here to stay. Instead of condemning all advertising why not support effective advertising? Not all advertising = Spam. It's actually pretty easy to tell the difference just by reading a few words into the ad (if it happens to catch your attention. if not, no harm done.).
The businesses who pay for thier spot in the Google AdWords system do so because they want to. I feel no remorse for "the little guy" when I click on one of their ads and go check out the product.
And I don't hold anything against Google for making lots of money.
I really hate this stupid hippie talk that damns a corporation for being profittable.
Go sell your commie ***** somewhere else.
@ the topic of the actual story... interesting read. Dugg for content + irony. Even if the authors assumptions are kind of incomplete and flawed. - bpapa, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5You're too smart to look at advertising for things that you are reading about? Even if it's like, oh I don't know, at a discounted price?
Sounds pretty ***** stupid to me actually. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Not to burst your bubble, but you're actually either:
1) Making that person some money
2) Having Google filter your IP out as it's seeing you click many ads within a short time
3) Wasting your time
4) All of the above
In other words, you are a total idiot trying to come off as a jerk but in fact doing no harm whatsoever to anyone. It takes more than one person clicking on a few ads to get someone banned from Google. - treyjp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3so, you're saying every linked blog posting on digg is solely for the ad revenue?
real bloggers don't post for money. - Rell812, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Dugg for irony.
- netburnr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4In reply to myself since I've been dugg down again for stating my point of view.
In this case, his blog is advertising crap:
"Blog On Technology" -Read Top Stories from the Tech Industry. Sign-up Free Online!
"Free Laptop - No Joke" -Answer our 5 question survey and we'll ship you a free laptop!
"What Type of Mom Are You?" -15 fun questions that will show you what type of mom you really are!
"A story like no other"-Creating the most unique story ever written, and you can contribute.
"Blog" -$300 - $1,100 Every Day Deposited Daily Into Your Bank
Now tell me how that is usefull and you expect people to click those.... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Insane.
My primary motivatition for my blog is "just to blog". there is one Google ad, it's placement low in the sidebar shows that it's "just for show", and I learned a long time ago that ad revenue isn't anywhere near worth sweating about. I'd be happy if my blog were dugg every day, as long *nervous gulp* as my server held up, if only to get the feedbacks on my droll little topics.
But the people who see my work and find my portfolio and hire me for freelance work... ah, now we're talking revenue! - merkle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This wins the ironic award.
- aeoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1While short term you may see your revenue drop, just like that guy says, long term you have a chance to get more dedicated audience. This is only true if the content is good enough for that to happen. However, if the content is good enough to support the growth of dedicated audience, after the digg spike is over, you should see your click through rate remain about the same (if it's not based on cheating in the first place, and is thus very skewed due to a small number of dedicated visitors who constantly click on the ads to support the site), while the volume of traffic grows due to dedicated audience growing. So the total revenue should grow in the long term.
So, short term it may be very bad, but long term it should be good for you. - opusagogo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i have not and will not ever purchase anything ever advertised on the internet.
// been using the net since 1993 - waverider1899, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well it looks like the "Ramblings from the Marginalized" guy is not going to be so marginalized this weekend afterall.
He can look forward to champagne and cavier (if he enjoys eating fish eggs) because I also just clicked all of his adds!
Personally I would recommend he just sip the champagne (and skip the embryonic fish). But that's just me.
On to the next Digg article I go... - Fotograffiti, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1mrFREEZE, most people don't consider banner ads and such "free content that they enjoy." Maybe some people enjoy ads being thrown in front of them all day long, but I am perfectly capable of finding something if there is something I need.
- demidog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Not everyone blogs to generate ad revenue for Google.
I blog for my own amusement. So far, even after posting my blog articles here, I find I probably am the only one amused.....
Whatever trick there is to getting 10k hits, I sure don't know what it is. I haven't found that I get more than 4 or 5 diggers show up after posing. The rate of submissions is so high, that my articles drop past page 5 or 6 in a matter of hours. Who reads past page 2 of either upcoming or new? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2He's leaving out alot of the benefits that come from being linked on sites like Digg. You get traffic from other sites as well once they pickup your story, which in turn can lead to a higher PR if you get linked enough. I wouldn't look at the immediate gain from a Dugg story (the immediate AdSense revenue) and would instead learn to realize the other benefits in pure traffic, recognition, and more you do gain in the long run if you get your blog Dugg more often.
- apex32, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think the only way Digg is bad for a blog is that everybody leaves comments on Digg instead of on the blog, leaving the blog looking empty and unpopular when in fact it has been seen by many.
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