Adverts
As you can (probably) see, I’m now running an advertisement at the top of the page.
I know it may seem that the site has become a hotbed of commercial activity lately, what with this and the sponsored posts, but adding this stuff isn’t a decision I’ve taken lightly.
I hate obtrusive, distracting advertising as much as the next person—all my browsing goes through a fairly strict set of Privoxy rules, and I’ve turned down a fair few offers from advertisers bearing not-terribly-pretty hideous banners.
The ads above come courtesy of Carbon, an invite-only ad network. I’m confident that they’ll serve up decent-looking, simple and unobtrusive micro-banners, because I see their ads every day when I’m searching on Duck Duck Go (and occasionally while checking mail in Sparrow Lite).
The ‘invite-only’ aspect of Carbon applies to advertisers as well as publishers. So hopefully you’ll only see ads that are relevant to your interests, for decent products and services. In fact, current advertisers in Carbon’s Dev/Code Circle include software I’ve linked to in the past and use myself, like Alfred and Kaleidoscope. In the unlikely event that you spot an objectionable or inappropriate ad, just drop me a line and I’ll talk to Carbon about it.
So, there we go. Boring announcement post over. Have a wee click around the site and I bet you’ll see an ad of interest!
Oh, and one final bit of housekeeping: I’ve tweaked the site’s design a bit to accomodate the ads, so you might need to force refresh the page to see the changes. If you spot any design wonkiness, do let me know.
