Finding the right balance on ads 💰️

I’ve been experimenting more with Google Ads. Where to place them, how to have them without interfering too much with my blog’s messaging and content. While the Google Auto Ads would splash them all over, including over content and pop-ups, that’s a bit much too me. I was hoping to keep them all in the sidebar, but the occasional one stuck in the middle brings in surprisingly a lot of revenue, as does the end of page ads, even though it’s not all that common that people scroll al the way to bottom, but they’re big and therefore valuable to advertisers..

Blogs ads aren’t getting me rich, but they do cover the cost of the domain and hosting and provide a little extra spending cash in the summer. They give me an incentive to develop new and interesting content including maps, knowing every two months or so I’ll be getting a hundred or so dollar deposit in my checking account. And I think placed in the right location, they can bring in revenue without being too commercial. I don’t like advertising, but I think I can live with it for now.