Ads

If you do not run an adblocker, you may have noticed ads at the bottom of my posts. Unfortunately, I only just found out about them this evening because they do not show while I am logged into WordPress and, even if I were, my adblocker would hide them. There is nothing I can do about them beyond paying a yearly $30 fee to have them removed and I would not have that sort of money to throw away even if I was working.

I have been happy with WordPress from the beginning, long before I started this blog, and I have recommended it time and time again to those looking to get into blogging and those looking to make the switch from a different free host. WordPress has some quirks, mostly based around strengthening security, and it makes it hard to do some things that I would like, but I have been able to create a blog that I felt looked good (at times, yes) and at least somewhat uncluttered and semi-professional. These ads do a lot to take that away–they are big, take up a good bit of space at the bottom of the page, and about as far from discreet as one can get.

Those who follow me on Twitter and were alive when I found out about this knows that I am not in the slightest happy about this. This is probably not something worth getting annoyed about, after all, a lot of people have adblockers these days. But, that’s the thing. I found out about the ads because people were clicking on them. I am not comfortable with having random ads pop up on my blog, I am less comfortable with the fact that I did not know they were there in the first place because they were hidden from me. All the quirks kind of add up and become frustrating. This just adds a cherry to the top.

I don’t have the money to pay for their removal and, if I had the money, I wouldn’t pay for it. Not sure what to do… kind of afraid of switching over to a host like Blogger and losing the few followers I have (or just being a massive pain in the ass for those with RSS feeds).

If you are seeing ads, I am sorry. This blog has enough useless content without adding ads to the equation.

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