As many of you know, I have two blogs: this one and The (New) Legal Writer. Until today, I had a widget on each blog that was a mini-RSS reader tracking the other blog. The idea was to integrate the content of the two blogs while keeping the blogs themselves separate.
Today the widgets are gone. Why? Because I noticed that they started carrying little pop-up advertisements—for which I was getting paid zilch. I’m not against advertising on blogs, but I resent having advertisements smuggled onto my blogs without my knowing about it or getting paid.
I don’t make money from blogging; instead I pay TypePad for the web space. As long as that state of affairs exists, these blogs shall be ad-free.
p.s. In place of the mini-RSS-reader widget, I’ve installed a less fancy feature, listing only the headlines of the other blog’s last five posts. It’s not as fancy as the widget, but at least it’s ad-free.
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