Comments on: Web Designers Commandment http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-lessons/web-designers-commandment/ Malaysia website design blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Strizzt http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-lessons/web-designers-commandment/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Strizzt Sat, 09 Jul 2005 05:57:41 +0000 http://ThereareactuallymorethantencommandmentstogoodwebdesignbutIonlywanttospeakaboutoneofit.Thiscommandmentisdubbed;blockquoteThoushallstrongNOT/strongkillthywebsitewithads./blockquoteIwonderwho'sdoingthisrightno#comment-209 It's really funny how things have changed. Back then, I forked out the money to get myself hosting and domain name because I dislike having ads put up on my website courtesy of the free hosting providers. Now, everyone's rushing to put ads in their websites to earn revenue. It’s really funny how things have changed. Back then, I forked out the money to get myself hosting and domain name because I dislike having ads put up on my website courtesy of the free hosting providers.

Now, everyone’s rushing to put ads in their websites to earn revenue.

]]> By: dannyFoo http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-lessons/web-designers-commandment/comment-page-1/#comment-208 dannyFoo Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:01:43 +0000 http://ThereareactuallymorethantencommandmentstogoodwebdesignbutIonlywanttospeakaboutoneofit.Thiscommandmentisdubbed;blockquoteThoushallstrongNOT/strongkillthywebsitewithads./blockquoteIwonderwho'sdoingthisrightno#comment-208 If only everyone were a geek like you Chee Aun. LoL! :P I guess not only we need an objective as said by Hawk but we also need control of ourselves. Cheers. If only everyone were a geek like you Chee Aun. LoL! :P

I guess not only we need an objective as said by Hawk but we also need control of ourselves. Cheers.

]]> By: Lim Chee Aun http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-lessons/web-designers-commandment/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Lim Chee Aun Fri, 08 Jul 2005 08:28:51 +0000 http://ThereareactuallymorethantencommandmentstogoodwebdesignbutIonlywanttospeakaboutoneofit.Thiscommandmentisdubbed;blockquoteThoushallstrongNOT/strongkillthywebsitewithads./blockquoteIwonderwho'sdoingthisrightno#comment-207 Adsense? Ads? Where? What is that? Oh, I forgot. I'm using Firefox (with userChrome.css customisations to block them). So, to me, this adsense discovery thingie is not 'extraordinary' to me. :-D Adsense? Ads? Where? What is that? Oh, I forgot. I’m using Firefox (with userChrome.css customisations to block them). So, to me, this adsense discovery thingie is not ‘extraordinary’ to me. :-D

]]> By: Hawk http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-lessons/web-designers-commandment/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Hawk Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:46:43 +0000 http://ThereareactuallymorethantencommandmentstogoodwebdesignbutIonlywanttospeakaboutoneofit.Thiscommandmentisdubbed;blockquoteThoushallstrongNOT/strongkillthywebsitewithads./blockquoteIwonderwho'sdoingthisrightno#comment-206 I really hate ads.. AdSense is good that they are less distractive overall. However depending on how you place them, they can get very distractive. I kinda have experience in this area. I prefer to have ads as a secondary if forced, but guess what? They hardly make any money. On one of the sites i worked on, ads were placed at places where a reader will definately see them, but that didn't generate much. Then we tried several "optimizing" methods that made the ads tricky and deceptive so people would click on them. This increased the revenue from ads 10 fold. It was something i objected to, however the money had to be made somehow to support that site. To the manager of course the increase in revenue justified how distractive the ads were. Users weren't complaining so we stuck with that. It really boils down to what your objective with ads are. A secondary income, something to sustain the site or a way to make money. I saw an adsense owner making like 25K USD a month... I really hate ads.. AdSense is good that they are less distractive overall. However depending on how you place them, they can get very distractive.

I kinda have experience in this area. I prefer to have ads as a secondary if forced, but guess what? They hardly make any money. On one of the sites i worked on, ads were placed at places where a reader will definately see them, but that didn’t generate much. Then we tried several “optimizing” methods that made the ads tricky and deceptive so people would click on them. This increased the revenue from ads 10 fold.

It was something i objected to, however the money had to be made somehow to support that site. To the manager of course the increase in revenue justified how distractive the ads were. Users weren’t complaining so we stuck with that.

It really boils down to what your objective with ads are. A secondary income, something to sustain the site or a way to make money. I saw an adsense owner making like 25K USD a month…

]]> By: Edrei http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-lessons/web-designers-commandment/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Edrei Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:33:30 +0000 http://ThereareactuallymorethantencommandmentstogoodwebdesignbutIonlywanttospeakaboutoneofit.Thiscommandmentisdubbed;blockquoteThoushallstrongNOT/strongkillthywebsitewithads./blockquoteIwonderwho'sdoingthisrightno#comment-205 Well that's the problem isn't it. You would like your revenue, then again...you are still blogging for the same reasons you blog. It's hard to balance it both. I'm having a tough time trying to figure out the best place to place my Adsense without ruining the flow of my blog. It's going to take a lot of minor tweaking to make it look right though. Well that’s the problem isn’t it. You would like your revenue, then again…you are still blogging for the same reasons you blog. It’s hard to balance it both.

I’m having a tough time trying to figure out the best place to place my Adsense without ruining the flow of my blog. It’s going to take a lot of minor tweaking to make it look right though.

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