You may have noticed that I have added some "Ads by Google" to the site. This is an experiment: Given the traffic on this blog, I don't expect to make any money from it-Google only send me a cheque if the fractions of pennies per click add up to more than $100USD; in the likely event that the balance never gets that high (it's zero cents now), I'll never receive anything. I guess I am effectively providing free advertising- and subsidizing Google at the same time!
I'm curious about the business model of pay-per-click, so what better way to find about about it than with a real-world experiment!
By the way, I have no control over the ads that get posted. I can block individual ads that seem unsuitable, but I have better things to spend my time on.... like research and preparing lectures!
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Since April 19, 2007
- James Yetman
- Hong Kong
- I teach Macroeconomics at the University of Hong Kong. I use this blog to write about macroeconomic developments in Hong Kong, answer interesting students posed by my students, and discuss anything else that interests me and seems vaguely on-topic.
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- Why do Mainland students study in Hong Kong?
- Fairness, Dilbert-style....
- Globalisation and lower prices
- When is the economy in recession?
- Economic Relevance
- The Effects of Economic Growth....
- Hong Kong Education Reform
- The value of the US dollar
- More on Gun Control....
- Globalisation in the short run....
- Handicapped Minimum Wages Laws
- The Economics of..... massacres
- US Recession.... part II
- Google Ads
- US Recession?
- Hong Kong Macro Forecast
- Hong Kong vs. Singapore
- The Power of Government.....
- US tariffs: what's at stake.
- The Real Reason you can't use your cell phone when...
- Cyber Money
- Macau's Growth
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2 comments:
chinesekisses? this site sounds fishy...
I am curious about this google ads thing to, do I need to actually click on the ads so that you can make say, a penny?
Agreed. I have blocked the site you mention, but it can take 48 hours to take effect.... if there are a large number of such ads, I'll stop the experiment.
To find out how google adds work, go to https://www.google.com/adsense/
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