As in "was." Today was the afternoon I devoted to coming up with a system for putting some ads on the side of my page similar to The DECK. Not really a premier site I have, it was just gonna be less like advertising, and more like me putting up pictures that link to stuff I like, and acting like I was making hundreds of dollars per month with them.

That was until I saw that Joyent was starting an affiliate program. I was curious, of course, since I'm all about all things Joyent, and I scurried on over to see what all the hub-bub was about. A quick money-grubbing sign-up later, and I was an affiliate.

For those of you who wondered what the Google AdSense was doing in the sidebar the past couple of weeks, I was testing just how advertising would look here. Trust me, I'd love to make hundreds on Google AdSense, but it's just not going to happen until you people start clicking the ads (that are now gone)! What works out better are affiliate links.

These are more targeted ads, and they generally make more for the affiliate (in this case me). When you click the ads, you're sent to a page to get you to sign up for some good or service. Since it's an affiliate program, I could serve 8,000,000 page views, and never make a penny. Until you sign up for the service, I'm not making a dime.

For the advertiser this is a good thing. Serving up 10,000 ads and getting 7,000 clicks doesn't make him a penny, either. The advertiser is looking to convert the advertising into sales, and they're willing to pay others to send them good leads. That would be my job.

So, in keeping with the theme of MacStansbury.com, I sent out to steal from others for my own good. First off, I ripped off the images from Joyeur for each of four services. Then, I stole the concept of The DECK's ads and made my own versions. Then, in a style reminiscent of The DRECK, I begged people to click the ads.

Or something.

Wait, I don't make money with that. Dang...need a new plan.

The ads are served randomly, so as to display as many diverse pages as possible. Through my hoping and wishing, somebody will see something and sign up, say, a $100,000 USD datacenter, and I'll be rolling in mad blog money while you suckers are still reading SEO blogs. Losers.

Look for my ads in the sidebar on MacStansbury.com (at least until I get told to take them down or sued or both). Stupid laws and copyrights and stuff.

status: published
lastmod: '2006-10-31T22:10:24.000Z'
author: John Stansbury
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