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If you belong to the second group, then maybe you’re wondering why I sent such an ad to Problogger. Darren and I have been “AdSense IMing” each other with Google Ads. I started it, Darren replied. The above ad, which is running on Problogger, is in reply to Darren’s John Chow Loves Me ad that is running on this blog.
Now I don’t mind giving Darren some money. After all, he runs a great blog and should be rewarded for it. I’m also very flatter that he is running ads on my blog. I guess that makes us even since we’re spending money on each other. I know Google is very happy about it and is praying that this “love fest” continues.
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