Well, here is a courtesy from Seth that I have been using once in a while, to bloggers that write posts that are very useful to me. I leave a small ‘tip’ by clicking on an ad next to their post – it has to be something relevant to me, but if I see one, I will click it.

That is to say to the author: ‘Thank you for taking the effort to provide such useful content for me – here’s a few cents from your advertiser’. Once in a while, I actually take action on the landing page, but my conversion rate is probably below half a percent.

Instead of saying “I’m too smart/busy” to click on ads, consider helping the person who took the effort and helped you with the information you received. Don’t overdo it – but just do it once in a while.

Have you considered tipping your fellow bloggers?