@ Neal – for sure.. that’s the main reason I opened it up because if you guys didn’t respond, or didn’t care – which I knew wouldn’t happen – than it would give me a good gauge to back up my initial feeling which is keeping things the way they are for the most part! lol

There is of course nothing wrong with offering advertising, but you need to keep it subtle as to not distract from your content. Those 125 ad farms annoy the hell out of me! Personally, I prefer the 468′s in the header, or one nice 300*250 in the side bar.

I like that you open this up to debate for your readers and think Jarret raised a good point in saying ‘try things out and see what works for you’.

I think if you do keep 125 ads, you should put them under the orange block. I totally lean to the left when I come to your site.

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If bloggers and Internet Marketers are the bulk of my visitors, I’d rather provide them with links to useful resources that they might buy/sign up to as opposed to selling ads to other bloggers.

I know it sounds odd, but SuiteJ is kinda like “my home”, and I feel like I wanna keep it nice and tidy. lol

That being said, I have no problem displaying my big head on a 125px ad on all your blogs. lol

Cheers!
Jay

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@ Tara – I really just wanted everyone’s input.. I like sparking conversation and even though I was planning to test out different mediums and formats from the get-go, I really wanted to hear what you guys think! So you getting a video post up?? I saw SuiteJ called you out at the end of his vid! You gonna let him put you on like that??

@ Joe – Come for the movement.. and the sammiches!

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For the people that come in that are not normals, the ad’s may be of interest to them.

You have nothing to lose on this one, so why don’t you run a trail and see how it does and what people say? Desmond is right, a test would let you see how well it goes over.

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I actually base my ads on things that I personally use and what I feel my readers may use as well. Beside the fact that I am a control freak, I’m afraid I would discriminate against some who may want to place an ad in a spot! Been there and done it already!

There is a very good plugin to make sure you do not alienate readers though, it is called “Who Sees Ads” (link) and you have the ability to show certain ads to certain visitors. You can even set it up so it will not show ads in certain blocks to those who have visited 5 times or more etc. A VERY flexible plugin.

If you revisit the 20 questions interview you posted on me a couple days ago and follow a link to my site, you will see that there is an ad block that ONLY shows to visitors from THIS site, and only 5 times. It is a “Welcome from The At Home Couple Site” message, with an invite to subscribe.

In regard t space, you actually have 2 unused areas above your fold on this theme, both of which can utilize a 468 banner if you chose.

In your header, above the Nav links, and in your sidebar, above everything… you could just div the about and sidebars down the 80 or so pixels it would take to put an ad banner in there.

Mark

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@ Desmond – All in all, I’m not concerned with gaining money from my regular readers, because you’ve all been here from the beginning. But monetizing for the new traffic that pops up on a daily basis is important. You’re right though, test and track.. it’s the only way to really find out!