May 23, 2013
by Neil T
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Last week, Ed Bott announced he had removed advertising from his personal blog. It’s worth reading the whole thing but this quote stands out: The advertising industry, on the other hand, seems to be engaged in a race to the … Continue reading
December 7, 2012
by Neil T
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Several times over the past few weeks, the pictured advert for Zoosk, an online dating site, has appeared in my news feed on the Facebook mobile application. These ‘suggested posts’ are Facebook’s way of monetising its mobile platform, which doesn’t … Continue reading
July 5, 2012
by Neil T
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Around 3 weeks ago I made a change which meant that, for the first time, image (or banner) advertising would sometimes appear instead of text-based advertising on the blog. This is mainly due to the fall in earnings that the … Continue reading
June 17, 2012
by Neil T
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I’ve made a few changes to the site, and thought I’d share them with you. WordPress 3.4 It’s probably of little surprise that I upgraded to WordPress 3.4 upon its release last week. Not that there are really any useful … Continue reading
March 2, 2010
by Neil T
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In October 2005, I earned around £175 from Google Adsense advertising on this site. In February 2010, I only earned £12.
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August 22, 2007
by Neil T
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If you’ve visited any tech-orientated web site recently you may have heard about Why Firefox is Blocked, a campaign by some webmasters who obviously got out of bed on the wrong side one morning and decided to ban all Firefox users from their sites. Their reasoning? Firefox users can install an extension called AdBlock Plus which blocks all internet advertising on their sites.
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June 4, 2006
by Neil T
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As you know, I run Google Adsense adverts on this site. These usually pull in at least £100 per month, which amply covers the cost of running the site and leaves money left over.
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October 2, 2005
by Neil T
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Last month I earned over US$300 in Google Adsense revenue.
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May 8, 2005
by Neil T
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I got my first Google Adsense payment via Electronic Funds Transfer a few days ago, which despite being in ‘beta’ means it actually works.
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November 10, 2004
by Neil T
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You may have noticed that adverts have magically appeared on some of the pages on this site.
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