rise2it - 7:02 am on Jun 10, 2009 (gmt 0)

"I know it's difficult for people to understand it these days, but there were actually quite a few flourishing web sites BEFORE AdWords. "

Yes, and before everyone fell for the Goto/Overture .01 bid stuff.

What changed is you now get to sell three times as much stuff to make the same amount of (net profit) money.

..and if I sound annoyed, I am.

I can live with the money aspect - but the TIME it takes to set up and track this stuff is a real negative.