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June 29, 2023, 12:44:24 AM Last edit: June 29, 2023, 02:55:26 PM by Freedom4All |
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My current mindset:
I don't want to advertise for Google Programs or Amazon. I am fundamentally against that. I aim to educate people about bitcoins, privacy, and security. That's our target audience.
We don't want to be part of global corporations. Our goal is to be as decentralized as possible. That is the essence of our website, and these are the kind of people we attract.
Did I use AdSense? Yes, but much too late and reluctantly so. I have a distaste for these large corporations. If I had started back in 2020/2021, given the average of 50k page views per day we had, and even exceeding 100,000 on some days, I would probably have made tens of thousands of euros with AdSense. Especially considering this is a Dutch platform.
We experienced days with around, and sometimes over, 100,000 visitors. However, at that time, I wasn't focused on making money. I was genuinely worried about the world, and I created the website without any prior knowledge. I only started with AdSense last year, and it brought in around €250 per month. But because I simply can't stand them, I removed the ads. The goal wasn't money.
Now that we've come back down to earth, I've learned a lot and now, I do want to monetize my website. I didn't realize what I had in my hands. I had no experience. I wasn't a blogger. I wanted "to save the world".
Not literally, but I wanted our voices to be heard and to write about what the media was censoring. Can you understand why I have such an aversion to these figures and big tech?
Last years were strange. But if I keep on eleborating about it, i can write a book.
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