When Should New Blogs Display Ads?

TechZilo recently wrote an article talking about why new blogs should not display ads. Since I recently reached the one month mark I have thought about all the ways that I could put advertising on Blog Scrutiny without bothering the readers but I am not sure whether or not it is too early.

I haven’t had too much luck asking my readers things but I’m going to keep trying.

When is it time to put ads on a blog?

I believe that doesn’t have anything to do with the age of the blog but everything to do with how much traffic you get.

If I do decide to put ads on this blog they will not be adsense or any other PPC advertising (at least not yet) but will probably be affiliate links in one of the sidebars. Let me know what you all think in the comments and maybe I’ll do a follow up post.

September 6, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Advertising 

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3 Responses to “When Should New Blogs Display Ads?”

  1. Schanie Ken on September 7th, 2007 8:13 am

    It is very imprtant to concentrate on traffic in the early stages. Even if you advertise the returns will be very poor.

    A couple of affiliate links or google referrals are worth injecting. But do not hope for any results that can count.

    Min traffic threshhold to start sdvaertising may around 50 unique visitors daily or at least 500 page views daily.

  2. Ashwini on September 9th, 2007 1:22 am

    Text Link Ads referral could be a worthy option for a new blog

  3. Technojuice on September 12th, 2007 9:17 pm

    The key is aesthetics, you need to strike the right balance between content and ads. Ads should be visible but not in your face.

    Its now carved in stone that fewer ads perform better.

    And I feel there is no difference between a new blog and old blog when it comes to ads considering most traffic comes from search who don’t know your popularity !

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