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I hope the links are helping to defer the cost of running this site.
That's the plan. So far, it appears it will do exactly that.
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Does it help you financially if we click on a link occasionally, or does it just benefit Google?
Each click seems to throw anywhere from 5¢ to 50¢ my way (the former being most typical). So far I've raked in $8.87 in only five days! Already planning to tear down the bungalow and build a mcmansion.
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Do you have any knowledge of the heuristic used to pick the ad links?
No... it's a well-kept Google secret. But obviously it's looking at the words on the page, and reacting according. Seems to be doing a reasonably "intelligent" job much of the time -- although, in context, some of the offerings are pretty funny.
Posts: 1342 | Location: Glen Ellyn, IL USA | Registered: March 21, 2003
There's a bit of a learning curve... I probably invested 2-3 hours to set it up (largely because different pages with my G.E site required different HTML scripts). But ... if I had to do it again ... knowing what I know now ... I would probably take 20 minutes.
Posts: 1342 | Location: Glen Ellyn, IL USA | Registered: March 21, 2003
The details of Google's ad algorithm are a trade secret... but I know sponsors can specify keywords. Meaning, if a Naperville-based business buys the keywords "Glen Ellyn," "Wheaton," "Lisle" etc., their ad will appear whenever one or more of those keywords appear on a page.
Ain't moderne science wonderful.
Posts: 1342 | Location: Glen Ellyn, IL USA | Registered: March 21, 2003
