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First, let me start by saying that I think that everybody who owns a legit blog should try and monetize it. If your writing style and the topics you choose are good enough to draw traffic and a following, you should be rewarded.

I have set my wife’s blog, Gaga For Lulu, up with a few zones that she has been running AdSense on. She has made $11.00 so far this month. Hey, she’s not ShoeMoney yet, but it’ll pay for the hosting. She’s experimented a little with AdBrite and some other smaller providers, but has decided to stick with Google.

Here is the frustrating part. The ads Google has been serving lately make no sense (or mabye no AdSense?) at all. I went to her site early this morning, and her top 468×60 banner was for a company that sells Vampire Fangs. Honey, is there something I need to know?

I had to re-read some of her posts to be sure she isn’t dabbing in the occult, although some would say she already is with all this mommy-blogging. My latest visit has found that the only ads showing on her blog’s home page is the top banner with the Hurrican Katrina ad, which is run as an alternative when Google can’t find anything better for your site. One question though, was the Vampire Fangs ad more relevant?

I’m writing this while debating whether to place ads here on my site. I may do it to test out some techniques for some other blogs that I either own or manage. But if I do, I may avoid AdSense.

Chad Randall recently wrote a guest post on Darren’s ProBlogger blog about why you should not use AdSense, and after the natives got a little restless, followed it up with more at his own blog. I think he is right on the money. Check it out!

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