After some thought I've decided to switch the advertising on the site over to sponsored advertising. If you are wondering what I mean, it looks very much like what they have over at Dendroboard.com - relevant advertisers pay a fee to have their banner shown on the web site, and the frequency of it showing is based on the fee they pay per time period. I hope to make this transition in the next 24-48 hours.

These would replace the google advert at the bottom of every page, and something similar would replace the tall google ad on the left over every page. There will be an ad banner on the bottom right of our site header (below the login box/logged in box) - as you can tell, I've changed the size of our logo and layout of the login/logged in box to make room for this banner space.

I'm taking this action for three main reasons:

  • It was always my plan to do it that way since before I opened the site
  • The Google Ads can be pretty cheesey at times (for example the "plenty of fish" ads)
  • Google ads generate relatively little revenue (about $30 in the last 3 months isn't exactly wonderful)

If you have any thoughts, I welcome them.