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	<title>Comments on: Adsense &amp; Blogs.  Ethical?</title>
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		<title>By: Giff</title>
		<link>http://elliottback.com/wp/adsense-blogs-ethical/#comment-2167950</link>
		<dc:creator>Giff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blogs do not earn money from adsense so this whole thread is kinda useless, and besides, I personally would like to see all blogs removed from the internet - they are just a complete waste....&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just say no to blogs</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blogs do not earn money from adsense so this whole thread is kinda useless, and besides, I personally would like to see all blogs removed from the internet &#8211; they are just a complete waste&#8230;.</p>
<p>Just say no to blogs</p>
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		<title>By: Zenith</title>
		<link>http://elliottback.com/wp/adsense-blogs-ethical/#comment-63</link>
		<dc:creator>Zenith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2004 02:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, my apologies Darren.  Guess I should check for recent updates before I open my mouth about these things.  ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, my apologies Darren.  Guess I should check for recent updates before I open my mouth about these things.  <img src='http://elliottback.com/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Darren</title>
		<link>http://elliottback.com/wp/adsense-blogs-ethical/#comment-62</link>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2004 02:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As the owner of the &#039;bad example&#039; I take your opinion on board - I serve different amounts of ads to different pages on my blogs depending on how helpful I find the ads served to be.

Yes I do have three ads per page, but I position them so that the content is still prominent. Perhaps they are more prominent than yours (although I try to make mine blend in as much as possible) but I think they are middle ground - I know of many sites that have virtually no content at all on most of their pages and the ads take up all the prime space above the fold on pages. 

In terms of &#039;is it ethical to have more than one ad per page&#039;? I&#039;m not sure ethics really come into that question - I think its about personal choice/taste. Why would it be any less ethical to have to ads rather than one?

I&#039;m a little perplexed by your argument to be honest - on one hand you say its ingenuous but on the other you run ads.

My personal feeling is that some blogs are better suited to running ads than others - not just that some have a higher earning potential - but rather that some perhaps some would be more suitable in terms of the ethical stuff.

In answering Zenith - perhaps you should re read Google&#039;s terms and conditions. About two months ago they changed them to allow up to three banners per page.

Anyway - just my two cents worth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the owner of the &#8216;bad example&#8217; I take your opinion on board &#8211; I serve different amounts of ads to different pages on my blogs depending on how helpful I find the ads served to be.</p>
<p>Yes I do have three ads per page, but I position them so that the content is still prominent. Perhaps they are more prominent than yours (although I try to make mine blend in as much as possible) but I think they are middle ground &#8211; I know of many sites that have virtually no content at all on most of their pages and the ads take up all the prime space above the fold on pages. </p>
<p>In terms of &#8216;is it ethical to have more than one ad per page&#8217;? I&#8217;m not sure ethics really come into that question &#8211; I think its about personal choice/taste. Why would it be any less ethical to have to ads rather than one?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a little perplexed by your argument to be honest &#8211; on one hand you say its ingenuous but on the other you run ads.</p>
<p>My personal feeling is that some blogs are better suited to running ads than others &#8211; not just that some have a higher earning potential &#8211; but rather that some perhaps some would be more suitable in terms of the ethical stuff.</p>
<p>In answering Zenith &#8211; perhaps you should re read Google&#8217;s terms and conditions. About two months ago they changed them to allow up to three banners per page.</p>
<p>Anyway &#8211; just my two cents worth.</p>
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		<title>By: Zenith</title>
		<link>http://elliottback.com/wp/adsense-blogs-ethical/#comment-61</link>
		<dc:creator>Zenith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2004 01:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t see anything wrong with your ads.  I like adsense, might put it on my blog one day.  It&#039;s totally inobtrusive as you say.

(Btw, that site you give as a bad example is actually breaking the adsense rules, you&#039;re only allowed to have one adsense banner per page).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t see anything wrong with your ads.  I like adsense, might put it on my blog one day.  It&#8217;s totally inobtrusive as you say.</p>
<p>(Btw, that site you give as a bad example is actually breaking the adsense rules, you&#8217;re only allowed to have one adsense banner per page).</p>
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