2022-01-18 UTC
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[Joe_Crawford] At one time a person could slap Google Ads on a page that was interesting in some way and rely on a steady flow of money from it. For a while, maybe 15 years ago, I had one page which generated $50/month with views and clicks for a side banner that just sat there on the page. The monetization model is continuously evolving. A lot of of it seems, now, to be based around making the reading experience as intruded upon as possible: