I despise the over-commercialization of the net. That said, I’m not sure what that really means. I mean, I’m an unabashed supporter of Capitalism… but, I think when consumerism and commercialization of things gets too heavy, it ruins things. On the one hand, I’m a dreamer. On the other hand, I’m a pragmatist.

So, I can get a fairly good number of visits on my sites, especially if I keep the content current. I never realized how much one could earn by putting ads on their website. I mean, nobody is going to accuse me of blogging since 1995 for the purpose of making money. Hell, no! But, am I doing myself and my family a disservice if, say, Google offers web advertisements, and I don’t put them on my site and thus lose an opportunity to maybe earn another couple hundred dollars a year? From what I’ve seen on some sites that don’t get the volume of traffic my website gets, Google AdSense can be lucrative.

So, I am thinking of giving it a try-out. Am I caving? Am I old and weak and giving in to the Dark Side? I don’t think so. But, I promise, if the ads are annoying or in the way, or at all distract from any possible message that I might someday possibly have on this site, I’ll get rid of them.

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