Comments on: Removing Ads

By: easy reverse license plate lookup

easy reverse license plate lookup — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:12:55 +0000

Infomrative article, I have a question on reverse lookup businesses. Can you create an online business specifically on reverse license plate lookup? I’ve noticed tons of traffic for this service. Maybe i missed something but I don’t see a way to make money from this? Any suggestions? How would you start a business like this?

By: Promotional Dude

Promotional Dude — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:25:18 +0000

I would stay away from sponsored posts, site reviews, and anything that could be interpreted as link selling. I don’t have a problem with ads on yours or any other blogs that I read. I also think you have the right idea w/ content is king. In looking at the difference between the rock stars and an up and comer, they have managed to create buzz, been top moderators at the big forums, and speak at conferences. You do that, everything you post will be read, your link love will be great, and you will be a rockstar. Plus you still have to have the content that is king. Yep, it’s hard work, but that’s how almost all of them did it. I chose not to myself, instead I chose to focus on building a world class website. I must say however, Alan Dick has done both very successfully.

By: Lorna

Lorna — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:26:43 +0000

I always felt that ads are more suitable for a niche web site — I’m sure yours is one but money-making blogs are very much a saturated market nowadays.

You may not like my idea, but maybe you should try sponsored posts. There are WordPress plugins that can filter those content from appearing from certain parts of your site and your RSS (check out my site for an idea). Also, once you get the money pouring in, you can share your money making strategy in your posts, while growing your efforts into other methods. And yes, I think building content is important, too.

Hard work, eh? Good luck.

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:13:51 +0000

I think this is a good move. If you’re making a lot of money on ads, obviously they’ve got value. Otherwise, you’re probably better off without them.

By: Shantanu

Shantanu — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:31:57 +0000

While I don’t have intentions of making money through my blog, I hate ads that are intrusive. I would normally not go to sites where info was hidden between loads of ads (the especially bad ones are the ones before and after every post).

Banner ads I prefer (mostly the ones that are pictorial and therefore don’t confuse you by almost merging with the real content).

By: J.D.

J.D. — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:42:59 +0000

Don’t worry about ads scaring people away. If you’re giving the reader enough useful content, as long as you’re not being annoying about thrusting ads into people’s faces, nobody will care.

And as an added bonus, with contextual ads especially, you can pull in a few dollars.

You don’t have enough ads to worry about overloading the reader. Relax.

By: Todd Harrison - LA Headshot Photography

Todd Harrison - LA Headshot Photography — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:31:07 +0000

I think it’s a wonderful idea just until you get traffic going. This can stop people in the beginning. any case I’ll still visit with or with out adds.
Todd

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:50:35 +0000

I had the same dilemma last time cause I can’t be sure whether ads really scare of people.

By: Gerri

Gerri — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:53:54 +0000

I would never totally remove ads from a site. Perhaps place them more strategically, make them blend more, but not remove them. People are getting over the notion that everything on the web is free, slowly but surely. I would think that if you have 0 ads then build a readership and all of a sudden there are ads, you would turn people off by doing that and lose some readership.

That’s my 2 cents anyway

By: Bubs

Bubs — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:03:07 +0000

I just did the opposite of what you did. I have a blog that had no ads to building a new one with ads. Even though I don’t get the visitors yet its always good to be ahead of the game.