soudou - 12:32 pm on May 5, 2008 (gmt 0)

Well I'd say both avenues have merit to them, but which do you have time for? Anyone else I'd say go for whatever you want so long as both are done professionally and tastefully. But at the end of the day, as you say, you only have a month left for this project. You have to prioritise. It'd be very difficult to build up a loyal, dedicated and expansive readership *and* only then later try and implement relevant advertising *and* then tweak and test those adverts to earn the best... in less than 4 weeks... It can probably be done but as you're simultaneously also trying to deal with affiliate marketing from scratch which take time to kick into gear, I wouldn't really advise it for your particular situation.

There's merit to starting off how you intend to proceed too. Showing that a site *will* have advertising from the getgo means no surprised readers later on.

Also as far as I understand from prior research, this topic is somewhat null once you look into options for controlling how your ads are shown. Here are just a couple of methods for displaying adverts without them being seen by a loyal readership:

I'm sure theres a boatload of other methods and plugins out there for blogs and sites. Just have a Google and I'm sure you'll find various articles on it.

Therefore it seems there's no longer a real need for an either/or choice. So get stuck in!

[edited by: jcoronella at 3:52 am (utc) on May 25, 2008]