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I have not accepted any compensation for anything I’ve done on this blog. But folks keep offering to pay me to put their ads on this blog. I wonder: am I being too prudish? Presumably the more money I make blogging, the more I’ll blog.
So let me ask you all: how many readers would think less of me or my writings if had a special Ads sidebar, but promised that ads would not influence what I blogged? How selective should I be; am I implicitly “endorsing” the advertised products? And how much should I charge?
OB Ads?
Now that you bring this up, I would actively encourage garish ads here on OB if we got unintended, humorous juxtapositions on a consistent enough basis.
Robin, now that you've asked, I'd only really care if ads significantly hurt your page load time and browser stability. By this I mean: please, please use flash sparingly. Please.