He's at least a year or two later than everyone else that built sites around asbestos and mesothelioma for similar reasons. Actually, the AdSense and asbestos idea has come up dozens of times on webmaster boards and marketing blogs before. Some of us even wrote our own original content back when we gave it a shot (mesothelioma). So I guess I'm wondering why a rehashed idea is so deserving of all the clicks he gets?
My house was built in 1900. There is no insulation in the walls, none under the floors and only about R12 in the attic. I spent the day at the hardware store looking into insulation options and crawling around under my house with a staple gun.
I plan to spend about $300 to bring our attic up to R42+ (they say 45% of heat loss is through the attic). Does that make me a green snob?
Being environmentally conscious/friendly isn't about being hip and it doesn't require spending a fortune. It's pretty easy, really.
If it does come down to social status for some, I'd rather have green homes and hybrids than monster mansions and Hummers, or even big houses and Dodge Rams...
Building costs vary from state to state, county to county and even city to city. Portland, being Oregon's major city, may have higher building costs than the rest of the state, and quite possibly higher than where you are in Texas.
800 sq feet isn't huge, but is plenty of space for an individual or couple without kids and not planning any straight away. At $117k, the mortgage would be close to average rent with lower bills and, unlike rent, payments would be building equity. Sounds like a nice little place to me...
I'd like to give you a violent wedgie and beat you with the resultant elastic and underwear mess.
You know absolutely nothing about online advertising, nothing about the reality of online publishing and not much about anything else that I can dicern from your post.
Your average greedy publisher isn't displaying an ad on your machine, but rather on THEIR site. They wrote it, they hosted it, they pay the costs, why, oh why, should they sit back and pay for your sorry ass to visit it?
As to your assertions, CPC (cost per click) is not where most online revenue is derived by your average publisher. Google, Overture and a handful of others make a fat pile on CPC and partner out a smaller piece of that to publishers. The crap part is they leave publishers entirely in the dark about what they're actually making.
The rest of the ads you see are generally CPM (paid by views) or CPA (fill out a form, buy something, etc). CPM is rare anymore and purchases aren't as common as you might think. Block half the ads and where do you leave your average publisher?
Yes, we're greedy bastards for working to monetize our efforts. Shall we serve you pudding in bed instead? The next time you think about asking for a raise I hope you meet someone just like you, someone that wants a free lunch every day...
Forgive me for saying so, and potentially bursting a few bubbles, but scietific funding quite often comes down to politics, as does the direction of scientific research. Poking fun at that and our current administration is hardly inviting a flame war, just making light of two unfortunate situations...
Should I have said more than a reasonable margin...?
The point remains the same, he wasn't just handing 'em out for free. It sounds like he makes a comfortable living doing what he loves to do. That's pretty cool.
All NASA needs to do is find some evidence of materials that could be used in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction and we'll have Rovers all over the red planet.
Of course the new Rovers will be contracted out to the biggest campaign contributors and NASA will quickly be integrated into the Department of Homeland Security and tasked with finding fossil fuels throughout our solar system...
While it's great to hear about this man and his creative pursuits, it's also nice to hear that he was able to make a living off of his creativity.
$2 per radio made out of a matchbox, some wires and a set of headphones, in Afghanistan probably allows for a reasonable margin. If he patented the things and the adoption rate was high, he'd be a pretty wealthy man.
Kudos for not putting cash over community, but also kudos for not going broke in the process.
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Why...?
He's at least a year or two later than everyone else that built sites around asbestos and mesothelioma for similar reasons. Actually, the AdSense and asbestos idea has come up dozens of times on webmaster boards and marketing blogs before. Some of us even wrote our own original content back when we gave it a shot (mesothelioma). So I guess I'm wondering why a rehashed idea is so deserving of all the clicks he gets?
Please explain.
Thanks.
My house was built in 1900. There is no insulation in the walls, none under the floors and only about R12 in the attic. I spent the day at the hardware store looking into insulation options and crawling around under my house with a staple gun.
I plan to spend about $300 to bring our attic up to R42+ (they say 45% of heat loss is through the attic). Does that make me a green snob?
Being environmentally conscious/friendly isn't about being hip and it doesn't require spending a fortune. It's pretty easy, really.
If it does come down to social status for some, I'd rather have green homes and hybrids than monster mansions and Hummers, or even big houses and Dodge Rams...
Maybe if they included a small oil stove? Crude oil of course...
Are they talking about Texas...?
Building costs vary from state to state, county to county and even city to city. Portland, being Oregon's major city, may have higher building costs than the rest of the state, and quite possibly higher than where you are in Texas.
800 sq feet isn't huge, but is plenty of space for an individual or couple without kids and not planning any straight away. At $117k, the mortgage would be close to average rent with lower bills and, unlike rent, payments would be building equity. Sounds like a nice little place to me...
I thought all these new computers in third world countries were anticipated as part of rebuilding efforts after Bush bombs the crap out of 'em...
I'd like to give you a violent wedgie and beat you with the resultant elastic and underwear mess.
You know absolutely nothing about online advertising, nothing about the reality of online publishing and not much about anything else that I can dicern from your post.
Your average greedy publisher isn't displaying an ad on your machine, but rather on THEIR site. They wrote it, they hosted it, they pay the costs, why, oh why, should they sit back and pay for your sorry ass to visit it?
As to your assertions, CPC (cost per click) is not where most online revenue is derived by your average publisher. Google, Overture and a handful of others make a fat pile on CPC and partner out a smaller piece of that to publishers. The crap part is they leave publishers entirely in the dark about what they're actually making.
The rest of the ads you see are generally CPM (paid by views) or CPA (fill out a form, buy something, etc). CPM is rare anymore and purchases aren't as common as you might think. Block half the ads and where do you leave your average publisher?
Yes, we're greedy bastards for working to monetize our efforts. Shall we serve you pudding in bed instead? The next time you think about asking for a raise I hope you meet someone just like you, someone that wants a free lunch every day...
Oh, free software... For a minute there, I thought you were talking about Voom...
Forgive me for saying so, and potentially bursting a few bubbles, but scietific funding quite often comes down to politics, as does the direction of scientific research. Poking fun at that and our current administration is hardly inviting a flame war, just making light of two unfortunate situations...
Cheers!
Should I have said more than a reasonable margin...?
The point remains the same, he wasn't just handing 'em out for free. It sounds like he makes a comfortable living doing what he loves to do. That's pretty cool.
All NASA needs to do is find some evidence of materials that could be used in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction and we'll have Rovers all over the red planet.
Of course the new Rovers will be contracted out to the biggest campaign contributors and NASA will quickly be integrated into the Department of Homeland Security and tasked with finding fossil fuels throughout our solar system...
ANWR, hell! We got Jupiter!
While it's great to hear about this man and his creative pursuits, it's also nice to hear that he was able to make a living off of his creativity.
$2 per radio made out of a matchbox, some wires and a set of headphones, in Afghanistan probably allows for a reasonable margin. If he patented the things and the adoption rate was high, he'd be a pretty wealthy man.
Kudos for not putting cash over community, but also kudos for not going broke in the process.
Okay, how about the real question...
Will they be bringing back Pirates?