After studying all your wonderful answers to my question about ads on my blog
And really thinking about one statement: “It’s not your blog, it’s your reader’s computer. Things such as settings, web browser, unintentionally added adware, cookies from commercial websites they visit (the worst for inserting ads), etc. Everybody’s visit to your blog will be different”.
Then I took a strong look into my very ‘fixed’ income.
I decided to make the ads a distant memory
So if you still see ads on my blog, please let me know. I purchased the expensive site that says there should not be any ads.
Thank you once more for helping me understand what you see when you read my blog.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
No ads today.
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Excellent! I know they can be annoying. Good morning, Marianne!
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That is so nice of you!!!
Katie
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A virtual hug to each of you!
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I did that with one of my blogs, so I don’t think your reader’s will be plagued with ads anymore.
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Good. Sometimes we just have to upgrade to make life a little easier.
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That was so nice of you, Linda. Hope it wasn’t too expensive. Ads are everywhere – But you are now the calm in the storm of ads. Thank you for being so sweet!
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Ads get so terribly annoying; I just wanted the visit here to get gentle and kind. Ads are counter productive.
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Thank you!
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You are most welcome, Shirley
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I didn’t know all this but i have never seen ads on your blog. I would read it anyway.
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Oh, thank you so much, Jan!
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It’s supposed to be about blogging, not the ads. So thanks for the simpler and more peaceful experience!
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You are most welcome!
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Ads are gone…
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Good! Thank you, Genevieve
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NO ADs and waiting to see BOOMER On here today.. basking in that sunshine love to you all
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Thank you, Merri! Hugs to you and yours!
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The only place I ever saw an ad on your blog was if I looked at it on my phone. So I checked my phone. No ads. It’s worked for me!
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Good! Thanks, Kate!
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No ads, but then I didn’t see any to begin with.
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Thank you, Denny!
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No ads here but I didn’t notice them before. I was here to read what you had to say.
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You are ever so kind. Hugs
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Chiming in late here, but you may want to look into a different blog platform. A blogger account is free and only has ads if you choose to do so. If you do have adsm they pay you for it (tiny amount, but something). If you post too many pictures, they will eventually make you pay for some storage space, but it is $1-2 a month.
I know changing blog platforms is a big hassle so maybe the fee is worth it, but just know that you do have options:)
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Thank you, Kris. That’s very good information to have.
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Which plan did you go with?
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The most expensive. I wanted to be sure there were no ads.
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Oh, GOD. Linda. Did you actually cough up $540 for eCommerce???
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Premium for $100 for a year. Is that a bad one?
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Ok. That is the one I have. If all you were looking to do was to get rid of ads, the Personal Plan for $5 a month would have done the same. But, with the Premium, you get more GB storage. That is a good thing since you are a photographer.
The Blogger Plan for $3 a month does the same but, that plan is for .blog extensions, apparently. I don’t completely understand why this one exists but…whatever.
Any ‘paid for’ plans removes ads. The funny thing is, with the Premium Plan and the two above it (Biz & eCommerce), you can monetize your site which, puts the ads BACK IN but, YOU get paid instead of WP. LOL!
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Good! I’m glad I got the right one. I was running out of GB storage and knew I had to do something soon, so now was as good a time as any.
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Yeah. This level is 13GB which is a lot. As many pix as I throw up, I’m only using 11%.
You did good. When you mentioned “most expensive”, I nearly choked.
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🙂 Sorry!
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😁
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J & D > No ads. They undercut the underlying message of your blog, which is non-materialism.
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I’m glad the ads are gone. 🙂
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no ads here. but, like jan above, i would read your blog anyway. –suz in NE ohio
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Thank you so much, Suz!
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I’m with everyone else. We’d all read your blog even with the ads, but I have to say I’m glad not to see them anymore. I hated that they did that to you as your blog is such a place of peace and tranquility…unless there are spiders involved ;-).
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I hope its a much better experience. I sure didn’t know the ads were there. Sigh
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The ads never bothered me and I am sorry that you had to spend money to get rid of them.
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Thank you, Ann. I do appreciate your kind words. Maybe without ads it will flow a little better. 🙂
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