Dec
20
Just some housekeeping here and there, while we get ready for our annual holiday visit w/School Girl’s other family in Da Springs:
After a lot of thought, and the impetus of BlogHer changing some of their policies, I’ve decided to remove ads altogether. Hell, I have AdBlocker myself; it would be wrong of me (and has been) to think that others wouldn’t do the same. The page loads a lot faster now, and I do mean a lot. Plus, with the huge readership I currently have (insert eyeroll here), it’s not viable to either me or BlogHer to continue to take up a space better used by another blogger with more readers/potential advertising revenue. I’m trying to decide what to put in its place…we’ll see. Probably I’ll decide to bore the hell out of everybody with my Ravelry progress/lack-of-progress bars.
I’m also thinking of redoing the template/layout while I’m at it. It’s possible I might even *gasp* break down and work out a version of Sandbox – assuming Sandbox plays well with the current version of WordPress. Again, we’ll see.
I did the same. I haven’t been keeping up with the blog well enough, lately, and I’ve always been a little iffy about the ads. When I really thought about how little money it brought in (just enough to cover the hosting bill, really), I pulled off the ads.
I wonder how many others did the same…
I’m sure there’s more than just us. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve even gotten enough ad revenue to cover my hosting. But this is a small blog, so I’m not quite sure what I was thinking at the time.