Tiebreaker - 9:36 am on Jan 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

I find it best not to mention anything about the internet or websites - very few people will understand what you do and in my opinion it is too risky for a variety of reasons ...

1 Some people will think you are into porn

2 Some will think you are a lazy bum who can't hold down a 'proper' job.

3 Some people (if they are smart) will go to your website and think about setting up in competition - or think they will do you a favour by clicking on your adsense ads a hundred times.

I find the simplest response is to say "I'm in the widget industry" (substitute widget for whatever niche you happen to be in)

If they press for further details, I just say I'm involved in the advertising or marketing side of things (which is true, because I do a lot more than adsense).

Simple.

Honest answer - and doesn't lead to further probing questions