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2:21 pm
December 6, 2010
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Buck Inspire
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Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I'll definitely look into this now. 
moneysmarts said:
My feeling on this is to just add your ads (only 1 or 2 of them tops) from the start. My reasons?
1. Better to have them from the beginning so they don't look odd getting added in later on. If they're there from the start people get used to them, and don't question why you're "selling out" later on. :)
2. Even if you don't make a ton your first few months, you might make something: While i didn't make a ton, i was still able to cash out my adsense after 3 months on my first site. That more than paid for my hosting. My current site, smart on money, cashed out after 3 months as well.
3. Having adsense can help you to analyse what topics pay the best, and improve your earnings: If you have ads on your site you can see which articles and topics are getting the most impressions and clicks if you have it linked to google analytics. When you find those things out you can write more of the same and similar topics to make more money.
4. Regular and subscribed readers aren't the ones clicking your ads and making you money anyway: People who are your regular readers are pretty unlikely to be the ones clicking on your ads and making you money, so I wouldn't be overly worried if 1 or 2 people get offended at your ads. Search engine readers are your bread and butter. By the way, in 3 years of blogging I've had exactly ZERO complaints about ads.
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5:40 pm
December 7, 2010
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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I agree 100% with Jason. Put the ads up early even if you don't make a lot from them. Your readers might call you a sell out if you put the ads on after building a community
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5:53 pm
December 7, 2010
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Melissa (Mom's Plans)
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Jason@LiveRealNow said:
I'd recommend having some ads in from the beginning, just to make sure you are building a community that won't stomp off in a huff when you add ads 6 months later. Keep them discreet, but keep them there.
I completely agree. You run the risk of faithful readers thinking you have "sold out." If you have ads from the beginning, it won't make a difference to them.
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8:58 pm
December 13, 2010
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Buck Inspire
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Hey NarrowBridge,
I put up one. Don't want to be known as a sellout.  Funny thing, I kind of took it the other way. Now that I have an ad up, it almost feels more professional? Maybe it's just me…
NarrowBridge said:
I agree 100% with Jason. Put the ads up early even if you don't make a lot from them. Your readers might call you a sell out if you put the ads on after building a community
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8:59 pm
December 13, 2010
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Buck Inspire
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Cool deal Melissa, ad up. 
Melissa said:
I completely agree. You run the risk of faithful readers thinking you have "sold out." If you have ads from the beginning, it won't make a difference to them.
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7:46 am
December 14, 2010
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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I placed ads (actually just one single adsense ad under the title of the post) last week, after 8 months of blogging. I was waiting to hit a certain level of traffic before adding any. I thought ads early on will look unprofessional.
Anyway, i added them a week ago and will cross the cash out mark sometime this week if the trend holds up. Now I wish I added them sooner, so there, another reason to add them early on – you might be leaving some cash on the table
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