Chow has risen as a well known blogger, for whatever reason, so I have to give him that. But, I hadn’t been on his site for some time. You got me curious, so I checked it out, and yes, the ads do detract from the content.

Funny, but I searched John Chow and ended up on John COW com. That had a lot of ads too, but the author uses the same premise…make money online. He has a higher position than Chow, so he’s used SEO and Chow’s name, to his advantage.

I guess if you have a high readership, adding more ads may be acceptable to loyal readers, but might it be a turnoff to new ones?

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So Barbara, you’re saying DON’T use John Chow as a role model?

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It is ironic though, that you were thinking about this.

I’m glad I asked the question, and have loyal commenters who are willing to share their experiences.

Isn’t blogging a great medium to share valuable information?

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Opal, congratulations on making it to $100/week! That’s over $5000 year, and that’s a wonderful stream of passive income. I did some research, and it seems Google only yanks adsense if you’re suspected for a lot of invalid clicks. They tend to send an email about that before they do anything rash. I’d be interested to see links to those stories you mention, though.

Anyway, you’re readin’ my mind, Barbara! Thanks for answering a question before I asked it!

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When I was looking at my Google account, I noticed this, and decided to raise the question. Now, I am glad I did, as you know first hand of how some have lost their earnings.

Catherine,

Hopefully you can track if, indeed they sent you a check. For new bloggers, it’s a great reminder to keep good records, not only of Google earnings, but earnings from any advertising medium.

Ian,

I have no knowledge on main site sponsors vs Google. That may be a question Opal could answer. Personally I have only done a small amount of monetization, (more on my other blog). Then, in order for it to really work (make money), I would imagine visitor counts have to be pretty high.

Hunter,

There is no “rule” as to when you can/should monetize a blog. I would say, throw a few AdSense ads on your blog, but just don’t clutter it with ads. (and the content gets lost) The choices they offer are many, so you could do anything from a small rectangle or square, to a large “skyscraper” (large vertical ad).

If you do any research on AdSense, you will get lots of opinions. It seems like I read that ads that compliment your text, work the best. Whether that is true or not, can only be found out by experimenting on your own blog.

Nez,

Welcome to my blog. And…you’re welcome!

It’s great to see you join in on the discussion.

You have a great attitude about blogging. You’re are concentrating all of the important aspects of blogging.

I see a bright future for you in blogosphere!

And…to my loyal readers/commenters, thank you for welcoming Nez, by visiting his site and dropping a comment or two. Let’s remember to “pay it forward”.

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