I’ve got some extra-fancy code serving ads on this blog. Which ads you see on the page depend on how you got to the page. If you arrived here from a major search engine (e.g., Google, Yahoo, Bing) in the United States or Canada, you are seeing ads by Chitika. (I keep wanting to call them “Chikita,” like chiquita, but it’s Chitika.)
Chitika is pretty neat; their ads only show up for search-engine-referred traffic, and not for any other traffic. So, for instance, someone who got here via a Google search for “celebrity lingerie” would see some Chitika ads all about celebrity lingerie. But the folks who just came here because they like the blog, or followed a link from somewhere else, will never see any Chitika ads at all. I like that.
For all the pageloads that don’t get the Chitika treatment, I’ve got a Google AdSense ad in the sidebar. The last time I used AdSense was quite a few years ago, so I thought surely it must be vastly improved by now: better controls and filters, easier interface. But no, it’s pretty much how I remembered it.
I do like how AdSense text ads can be customized to blend tastefully with my site’s design, but I wish there were some better ways to control which ads I will allow. (Yes, I can block ads from any URL I don’t like, but wouldn’t it be so much better to block ads for products or services I don’t want to advertise?)
And finally, for those occasions when AdSense doesn’t have any relevant ads to display, I fill the sidebar spot with my own house ads, such as for games I have made, or websites I like. These won’t show very often, so I’ll show you a couple now. These two are for games I made:
And these three are for games by my bestest friends at Pixelatrix Games:
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body forward from the waist, without bending the knees, and try to bring your head down between your legs. Of course, it will be impossible to bring your head all the
way down, but stretch your body as far as possible without straining yourself. Do not remove your hands from behind your head. Use your hands to help push your head
downfurther. When you have reached as far down as possible, return to the starting position. You will perform this exercise with more ease after one or two weeks.
Performthis exercise 5 times.