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I'm Ryan Lowe, a Software Engineering graduate living in Ottawa, Canada. I like agile software development and Ruby on Rails.
I write this blog in Canadian English and don't use a spell checker. Typos happen.
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» Full-time with Rails since May 2005 » Former committer for RadRails (now Aptana) » I also have a few Rails side-projects in development: 1. wheretogoinTO.com Toronto nightlife 2. Hey Heads Up! TODO list and sharing 3. Layered Genealogy family history research 4. foos for foosball scoring 5. fanconcert for music fans (on hold) Hiring Rails developers? I can telecommute by the hour from Ottawa, Canada »» Email: rails AT ryanlowe DOT ca
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Google Payz Me
It's been a month since I started using Google's AdSense program and I'm satisfied with the results. While I can't divulge the details (it's part of the contract I agreed to) I can say that the Google AdSense program paid for my hosting this month -- not just for this site but all three of them. It's nice to be able to run a personal web site and not have to worry about paying for it. The ads aren't intrusive and are optional to click on, and I only get paid if people click. It's working out well for me so far -- as readers of this blog how do you feel about the ads? Posted at May 01, 2004 at 08:28 AM ESTLast updated May 01, 2004 at 08:28 AM EST Comments
It's impossible, unless you are clicking on them yourself. There aren't a lot of people who visit your blog and these people are also clicking on your ADs? I can't believe it. What's your third website (other than audioman)? Who is your web host? » Posted by: Gip at May 1, 2004 09:30 AMActually I had 5000 hits last month :P http://www.sitemeter.com/default.asp?action=stats&site=s17ryanloweblog&report=36 » Posted by: Ryan at May 1, 2004 09:36 AMAnd I don't click on the ads myself, that's against the AdSense terms of service. » Posted by: Ryan at May 1, 2004 09:39 AMI still can't grasp the fact that there are people out there that click on these ADs. » Posted by: Gip at May 1, 2004 10:11 AMI personally think they are an eye sore on any site that has them, but hey, if it pays and you don't care, I say go for it. I too can't believe that people click on these links. » Posted by: itsy at May 1, 2004 12:06 PMHehe, my site is an eye-sore without these links. ;) » Posted by: Ryan at May 1, 2004 12:20 PMThe three web sites I have are: http://www.ryanlowe.ca I use AdSense on my site as well. The more integrated the ads are with the style of the site, the better. Another good thing about AdSense ads is that they usually link to sites that at least appear to be reputable. » Posted by: aharden at May 3, 2004 10:26 AMRyan, Did you hire Indians? http://slashdot.org/articles/04/05/03/1832233.shtml?tid=126&tid=95&tid=98&tid=99 » Posted by: Gip at May 3, 2004 04:53 PMUh, no. That would also be against the terms of service. » Posted by: Ryan at May 3, 2004 05:26 PMDo people make bots / spiders that just go around and simulate ad links being pressed? I can see some kid making something like that just for fun... » Posted by: Jim at May 4, 2004 08:45 AMJim: yes, Google mentioned that they monitor for that. » Posted by: Ryan at May 4, 2004 08:52 AM |
