But frankly speaking sites dealing with serious issues can do with some less advertising or rather say less graphical advertising.
Just my 2 cents.

Also, in terms of the content of the cancer blog it is done by my mother who is a cancer survior and caregiver (she is nurse practitioner).

best j

best j

If he doesn’t want to be accused of creating blogs that look like Burger Kings…well, he should probably stop creating blogs that look like Burger Kings ; )

-Cary

It’s a dilemma I’m faced with. Most of what I blog about is not life-and-death in the sense you talk about: pianos, apple tiger, family issues (important, though), and so on.

My wife has started a blog on stress – she is a mental health occupational therapist so very qualified to talk about it, and though she does use news stories, she has her own experiences and knowledge to back it up.

We thought about putting AdSense on that site, and at the moment we are running just one ad down the left hand side. We’ve not seen any questionable ads so far, but we are leaving an open verdict for the time being.

One of my other sites is more faith-based and I think I’ll feel uncomfortable putting contextual ads on that, as I don’t have confidence in appropriate ads coming up, and in any case it’s more writing purely for passion rather than any monetary reward.

I couldn’t see the example you quoted, but unfortunately it wouldn’t surprise me.

Considering that elevated glucose levels are well-known to fuel tumor growth, I think his decision to run a prominent ad displaying Coke & Pepsi cans is ignorant at best. (see http://www.thecancerblog.com/)

I don’t have any issue with blogging for money, but when it comes to terminal illness, I don’t think a person should be blogging about it if they have no personal or professional interest in it. The lack of seriousness with which he treats the subject (by way of creating a blog that looks more like a billboard,) is truly reprehensible.

Sorry about the rant.