{"id":1787979,"date":"2019-10-29T18:35:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T22:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787979"},"modified":"2019-10-29T18:35:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T22:35:05","slug":"ads-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/ads-and-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Ads and Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updates to Google\u2019s ad system did a number on the layout of this website, spraying ads everywhere, so I\u2019ve disabled ads until I can get that sorted out.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll probably have to come back at some point, because while I like the site without ads,\u00a0it does cost me money to host this site, and time to work on it. If you like what I do here, this wouldn\u2019t be a bad time to send a few dollars<span id='easy-footnote-1-1787979' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/ads-and-support\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-1787979' title='Euros, pounds, crowns, pesos, dinars, whatever.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> toward <strong>The Map Room<\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/donate.cgi?id=64\">hosting bills<\/a>, or to me <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/1526MT3A7ETDQ\">directly via Ko-Fi<\/a>. (Both methods use PayPal; minimum of $10 and $3 respectively.)<\/p>\n<p>As always, your support is not necessary, but it\u2019s greatly appreciated, and I do not take it for granted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updates to Google\u2019s ad system did a number on the layout of this website, spraying ads everywhere, so I\u2019ve disabled ads until I can get that sorted out. They\u2019ll probably have to come back at&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/ads-and-support\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1787979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","hentry","category-housekeeping","post_format-post-format-status"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1837473,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/03\/pledge-drive\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787979,"position":0},"title":"Membership Drive","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 March 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"We interrupt The Map Room for a pledge break. As you may know, I\u2019ve wanted The Map Room to go ad-free for some time. But much as I\u2019d like to get rid of them, Google ads represent something like 60 percent of my website revenue. 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This obviously led me to conclude that it\u2019s probably time to stop relying on ad revenue, and try moving to a model based on reader support. If you\u2019d like to understand how I came to that contradictory conclusion, read on; otherwise\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Housekeeping&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Housekeeping","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/housekeeping\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1845088,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/10\/ads-coming-to-apple-maps-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787979,"position":2},"title":"Ads Coming to Apple Maps: Report","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"26 October 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"An update on ads coming to Apple Maps. AppleInsider, citing a paywalled report from Mark Gurman\u2019s Power On newsletter: \u201c[T]he decision has been taken to move ahead with the project. The claim is that starting as soon as 2026, Apple will allow businesses to pay to have their entries in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1786541,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/11\/mapping-what-local-campaign-ads-focus-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787979,"position":3},"title":"Mapping What Local Campaign Ads Focus On","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 November 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Bloomberg maps what political ads are talking about in 210 local television markets, and finds some intriguing patterns in terms of what each party chooses to focus on in each local market. 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