by Calculated Risk on 3/06/2007 11:45:00 PM

For a variety of reasons, I've decided to take advertising for Calculated
Risk. I've really enjoyed being advertising free. Lately I've found myself spending more time with this blog, and I've also been spending a few more dollars on phone calls, subscriptions and research. So I've been on the fence.

However, over the last couple of weeks, some CR readers have sent me links to two sites scraping CR posts, and presenting it as their own content - and then running ads. This has pushed me over the fence!

When I asked Tanta for her opinion, she responded:

"I hate advertising. I also hate doing the dishes."

To minimize the intrusion, I'll only be adding side-bar and RSS advertising (no animated pop-overs or sound). I might also be adding some side-bar banner ads if anyone wants to advertise directly with this site.

Thanks to everyone that visits this blog, and a special thanks to all the wonderful commenters.