Naive question: Are our ad-blocked web sessions killing the small guys?
My morning routine starts with:
• loopisight.com
• daringfireball.com
• marco.org
• verynicewebsite.net
• inessential.com
and with some exceptions, posts these days are just links to podcasts (which I don't have a desire to listen to). I've been told that it is because podcasts are an actual source of income, whereas blog posts are not so much a way of earning a living.
Makes me wonder if it is that podcasts are more lucrative, or that blog posts are no longer lucrative.
Edit: And did ad-blocked loss of advertising play a role in MacNN's demise?
> I've been told that it is because podcasts are an actual source of income, whereas blog posts are not so much a way of earning a living.
The expectation that a person could start a website, fill it with advertising, and make money has made the internet significantly less valuable as a resource for finding information, IMO, so I don't have a big problem with this.
I have nothing but respect for the gentlemen running the above websites, and cast no blame on those that prefer podcasts (indeed, it would be strange if marco in particular didn't have a podcast). None of the aforementioned sites are filled with advertising.
Perhaps I am a too-small demographic nowadays such that I prefer to read my commentary rather than listen to it.
My morning routine starts with:
• loopisight.com
• daringfireball.com
• marco.org
• verynicewebsite.net
• inessential.com
and with some exceptions, posts these days are just links to podcasts (which I don't have a desire to listen to). I've been told that it is because podcasts are an actual source of income, whereas blog posts are not so much a way of earning a living.
Makes me wonder if it is that podcasts are more lucrative, or that blog posts are no longer lucrative.
Edit: And did ad-blocked loss of advertising play a role in MacNN's demise?