Comments on: Pros and Cons of Google AdSense http://wpgarage.com/tips/pros-and-cons-of-google-adsense/ wordpress tricks, hacks, and tips Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:26:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Green http://wpgarage.com/tips/pros-and-cons-of-google-adsense/comment-page-1/#comment-59080 Jim Green Fri, 22 May 2009 11:25:43 +0000 http://www.wordpressgarage.com/tips/pros-and-cons-of-google-adsense/#comment-59080 It is an eyesore. I spent a lot of time re-coding a blogger.com template to get it to look the way I wanted. I was hesitant to put Adsense ads on my blog for one of the same reasons you mentioned... it would cheapen the blog. Of course it does.  Regardless of whether or not it's utilized properly, it's an ugly addition to any blog and it makes the author's articles seem disingenuous. Readers don't click and clicker's don't read. It is an eyesore. I spent a lot of time re-coding a blogger.com template to get it to look the way I wanted. I was hesitant to put Adsense ads on my blog for one of the same reasons you mentioned… it would cheapen the blog. Of course it does. 

Regardless of whether or not it’s utilized properly, it’s an ugly addition to any blog and it makes the author’s articles seem disingenuous. Readers don’t click and clicker’s don’t read.

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