I run Google’s AdSense ads here.
Just for the record, since I started it in June 2004 …
… I have had 80,876 page impressions register with Google.
… I have had 112 clicks on ads.
… I have netted (hypothetically) $20.33.
I say “hypothetically” because Google doesn’t send out checks for under $100.
On the one hand, it probably represents a slow-down of page loads that’s not worth it. On the other hand, there have been over a hundred instances of visits here where someone thought an ad looked interesting enough to click on, not to mention the mild amusement of seeing how Google slots a particular post for ads. So I’ll probably keep ’em around, for at least a while longer.
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Tsk, tsk, tsk… you’re not supposed to talk about the AdSense stats in public. ESPECIALLY how much you’ve “earned”. Expect a nasty e-mail from Google.
The first rule of AdSense Club is…
Actually, they just changed their TOS. It’s okay to talk about it now.
More discussion of that here.