For disclosure purposes, The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything is ad-supported, if only to pay for the costs of maintaining the domain and hopefully get around to compensating me for all the time I spend working on this blog. I currently utilize a modest variety of advertising and revenue options and am always open to receiving direct offers from interested clients.
Display Advertising Networks
My primary advertising platform used to be Google AdSense, since (1) it's passive and requires minimal effort on my part and (2) it's from Google and I really love Google. But the program hasn't been working out amazingly great for me, so for 2011 I'm trying to expand my options.
This year I'm giving adBrite a shot to see if their alternative adBrite exchange marketplace model does better for the site than how Google AdSense has been performing. If you wish to have your ads display on the Geeky Guide, simply click the adBrite referral links that are part of the ads themselves.
Affiliate Programs
I'm currently a member of Amazon Associates affiliate marketing program as evidenced by the product links you can see in some of my pages. I haven't been too active in recent years and it's only now that I'm takings a bit more seriously.
I'm also exploring the more recent Google Affiliate Network as another source of affiliate marketing opportunities. It's too early to discuss how good or bad the service is, but I'll keep you posted.
Direct Advertising
The Geeky Guide has yet to engage in direct advertising offers, but we are open to discussions related to this. I am currently field testing the Google Doubleclick for Publishers platform to manage some of my advertising. This also allows me to offer ads directly on the site and the capabilities of the platform do seem promising. I'm also open to text link ads - just send the details to the email address below and we can discuss from there.
For short-term advertising requests, the immediately available inventory size is a 300x250 rectangle ad unit. If you wish to position other ad sizes, please get in touch with me directly.
If you wish to get in touch with me about possible advertising or affiliate marketing programs, or have related questions about our advertising policies, feel free to email advertising [at] geeky-guide.com and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
