I’m not sure how this will sound to someone looking in from the outside, but the decision was made for the integrity of my own writing. Being familiar with the way adsense works and having multiple sites, I’m familiar with what subjects I can write about that will increase the income this site generates. Although I don’t believe that I ever wrote toward earning money, I found myself stopping and thinking from time to time when I had two good ideas which one I should do first and how that would effect the site’s earnings.

I simply felt it was time to step back and remember the joy of writing and doing whatever seemed to appeal to me. Adsense was only bringing in a couple of hundred dollars a month because we had not optimized it well on the old style site, so it wasn’t near as hard of a decision as it might appear from the outside.

I think we may consider adding them again months down the road as long as the writing remains a fun activity and I know there is no question that I am writing exactly what I want to write.

Any motivation you want to share for removing the AdSense?

However, the bug that I mailed you about previously has returned. When you type the secret verification word into the input field and hit TAB to begin typing the message, it jumps up to the Search box at the top.

As for the AdSense, I don’t care either way. You’ve got a right to get something in return for taking the time to write all this stuff, as it certainly does not write itself! It’s amazing to me how many people get indignant over the AdSense placements and expect loads of quality posts for free. It takes lots of time for each post and they get pissy because you want to make a nickel or two for your efforts.