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How do you make money from ads on your site?

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memius
i'm going to launch a free web service, and wondering what method of getting paid for ads is best. i heard adsense is starting to yield diminishing returns these days.
brk
One thing to try is providing unique, high-value content with properly placed ads that are relevant to the topic being discussed.
memius
well, yes, but what method is best? google's adsense, yahoo's publisher network, or selling the ad space yourself?
rms
Try all of them... Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Adbrite. See which one works the best. It doesn't become economical to sell the ads yourself until you get bigger, at which point it is much better to sell the ads yourself.