Inspired by the amazingly talented Jon Martin a ways back, I finally put Google Adsense on this website. Call me a sell out if you must, but if you had student loans sending you letters and were reading a bunch of financial books trying to figure out how not to be in debt forever while rationing the amount of OJ you drink because it’s expensive…you’d install something that could potentially make you an extra 30 cents off a month too!
For those who don’t know, Google Adsense is pretty sweet. You sign up (google it!) and decide what size, shape and type of ad you want to use (some examples below), and get the code to plop it where you want.
Because Google runs everything, it has a ton of data to figure out what type of content would be relevant to your site’s visitors. I actually like the ads it’s put up so far. I’ve seen ones for graphic design degrees, Brooklyn photo studio space, NYC Activity deals, self publishing a magazine, and social media marketing.
You get paid per page view, and more if people actually click the link.
I figured this would be a great way to get experience with yet another Google product, in addition to making another dollar a month maybe. Every cent counts! Don’t judge me!
