If you have a Blogger blog, you may have noticed recently
the ads disappeared. Why? Because Blogger has tied themselves into parent Google's AdSense program to provide bloggers
a chance to make some dough. As Biz Stone explains it in a
posting at Blogger Knowledge,
You may have noticed that we recently removed our ads from Blogger powered blogs. We were making money from those ads but you weren't getting any of it. Now, we're inviting you to set up your own Bloggerized AdSense account so that you make the money. What's the catch? We're going to take some of the action. Based on what we have learned from AdSense so far, this will work out very nicely for both of us. Please note that this program is optional and that it is not required for you to have a Blogger powered blog—all bloggers are invited.
The ads will display on a blog much like they would on any other website. Those desiring the technical details can read about here.
This is an interesting idea…allowing bloggers to get a little bit of profit for their work. Not enough to keep your car bill paid probably, but hopefully at least enough to buy some candy now and again.
1. What percentage of blog accounts never reach the $100 minimum to get a check? I imagine it's a decent amount. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but you should be able to close your account and get a check sent to you.
They are also in for a whole lot of new problems (more fraud, breaking of TOS, etc).
It's a great idea though, I'm surprised it took this long to get going.
Posted at 4:40AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Steve