Something must have changed with Google AdSense. I put a handful of ads on my sites, the three or four keyword type, and all of a sudden they're averaging a buck more a day than they were before.
I really wish I could afford to only use Google ads, because they're relatively non-intrusive. The problem is that they have a very low click rate on the coaster sites because there just aren't a lot of interesting ads to click on.
Does anybody intend to click on ads? I'll just never understand how a stupid, uninformative, intrusive ad that jumps around your screen and makes an obnoxious noise makes marketing sense. Any company that resorts to such tactics is not going to get my business.
Yeah, I figured they must work. I just can't imagine it. I guess two things are going on: I am far from typical and people really are pretty stupid.
Afterall, how else to explain the obsession over the cola wars?