Should There Be Advertisements In Blog Feeds?

Published: August 3, 2007, 11:00 pm

Advertising via feed articles is a reality. Services now exist that will allow blog authors to publish advertisements in their blog feeds. If you're a blog author, should you jump on the bandwagon and publish them in your own feeds? If you're a feed subscriber, would something like this cause you to unsubscribe? If a blog's feed is set up with FeedBurner and the blog meets their conditions, the blog author will be presented with an opportunity to join the "FeedBurner Ad Network" (FAN). Their advertisements are placed at the tail end of each feed article. The Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) is still in beta status but is accepting applications. With their service, blog authors can not only replace or augment Google AdSense advertisements, they can have feed advertisements as well. Blog authors can also include advertisements from text and image-driven sources (not JavaScript) by using a plugin such as the Feed Footer WordPress Plugin from Blog Clout. They can

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