Why I Don't have ads on my blog

One of first blogs I started to read was blog of Seth Godin. His blog started 2002 and has been ad free since the beginning. Godin has written that ads are the new online tip jar, by clicking an ad on the blog you say thanks to the writer and writer gets few cents from the advertiser. Godin has also written that the best advertisement is remarkable product, you have to earn the right to contact the readers and undesired ads are noise that disturbs the reader.

How much could you earn with ads? Blog downshiftaus calculated the possible earnings with TradeTracker affiliate links. With 2000 weekly visits which means 100 unique visits per day could get 11 sales per year. With product of 15 euros it would mean yearly income of 165 euros. Rather modest income I would say. Seth Godin makes a good point and the modest income is not a good reason to turn your blog into a billboard. Therefore I have decided to keep my blog ad free since the beginning.