A quick word to the wise.

If you've been meaning to put a web site online, something quirky and full
of interesting free content -- your analysis of Carpathian cornices or
Hudson Valley Italianate scrollwork or Maltese baseball players or antique
screwdrivers -- now is the time.

Get your stuff together, write your text, scan your photos, find a server,
and get your labor-of-love online for others to share.

The economics of this kind of enterprise has changed radically in just the
last few weeks.  As long as your site is heavy on content, and light on
sex/crime/death/disaster, it is now possible to cover your expenses, and
more, just through placing a few unobtrusive text ads.

Due to the secretive terms-of-service, I can't discuss exact numbers, but
let's just say I'm pleasantly astonished, and so are many other web site
owners I know.  Suddenly, content sites, which were a financial drag on
those unlucky enough to be obsessed with building them, pay quite
handsomely.  Not enough to make you rich, or let you quite your day job,
mind you, but nothing to sneeze at.

The era of those annoying, blinking ad banners is over.

See http://www.google.com/adsense for details.

                              Larry

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com
Polygon, the Dancing Bear, http://potifos.com/polygon
Mailing address: P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106

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