On a fine July day, a local man runs into a neighborhood bar carrying a stack of pamphlets, and wearing the hat announcing a new service. His beaming smile and easy attitude made the rest of the patrons want to listen to him.
“I have seen the greatest new thing in the history of our species,” [...]
The Loss of Blogging Voice, or Why I removed the Ads from my Blog
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11 Aug 2009I have had advertising on my blog for as long as I can remember. Except for the period of time when I hosted the site at Wordpress.com, I have always had AdSense, Chitika, or some other ad services content being contextually presented to my visitors.
Frankly, I found having ads up on my site extremely hypocritical, [...]