Advertising Rates

• Graphic ads that fit in the right or left column (~160 pixels wide x 120 high - if you want something taller, talk to me), displayed on every page: €50 or $78 (at June, 2008 exchange rates) per month. Per my agreements with BlogHer, graphic ads must be "below the fold" (viewer must scroll down to see them).
• Text link ads in right or left column, displayed on every page: €25 or $40.
• Text link ad on a single page: depends on the popularity of the page, currently a very popular page is worth $10 per month. To see which pages are popular, download the Google Analytics content report for Q1 2008 (pdf).
• ...or you can purchase ad space via Google AdSense (click that link to go directly to a page where you can purchase advertising on THIS site).
• Link exchanges? Rarely, and only when I think the linked site is really likely to be of interest to my readers. To be blunt, a link from this site is worth something (that's why advertisers are willing to pay me a monthly fee), so you'll have to make a damned good case for me to give you for free what others are paying for. I have a kid to put through college!

Attempting to put spam links in my comments (which are moderated) will only annoy me.

If you have read the above paragraphs closely and wish to make an offer that you think will truly interest me (I'm open to suggestions), you can write to me.

Why Buy Advertising Here?

Site Statistics & Comparisons

• Google index of pages on beginningwithi.com
• Visitors, visits, and page views
• Most popular pages
• Monitored by SiteUptime
• download the full Google Analytics dashboard report for Q1 2008 (pdf)

What's My PageRank?

Depends on the page. Install the Google Toolbar for your browser and you'll see PageRank for every page you visit, on my site or any other. Information about my site's traffic is available here.

To My Readers

So far, there has never been a solicited or paid review on this site (except the one about JohnChow.com, for which I was paid in a link back); any such thing to appear will be disclosed. All the restaurants etc. I have reviewed have not been told I planned to review them (though I do sometimes tell them after the fact; sadly, so far this has not resulted in any free meals!).