Ads

Recently I have been struggling with whether or not to put ads on my blog. I was intrigued by the idea of making money for doing something I would be doing anyways. On the other hand it seems particularly callous to capitalize on my family and friends' interest in my life. As I understand it, money from ads on your blog is generated my the number of visitors on your site, how often you write new entries, plus some other things I don't fully understand. If you guys can't have a share of the profits it seems kind of like ripping off your business partner. But on the other hand, why not take advantage of the 'free' money?

Then last night a solution came to me. I have decided to put ads on my blog (which they tell me will be appearing shortly), however if they are too loud or obnoxious I will unsubscribe myself. However, instead of keeping whatever profits these ads may generate I will donate them to a charity. This might end up being nothing more than a grand gesture because I have no idea how profitable ads really are, but this way I will have satisfied my curiosity and everyone will be helping raise money for a charity by visiting my blog. To date I don't really have a particular charity in mind so if anyone has a suggestion let me know.