Marginal Revolution's Google Ads

By Kevin

mr.GIF I'm probably late in noticing that the premier economics blog Marginal Revolution has purchased Google Ads. But if I'm late, maybe you are too.

Either way, I bring this up because we at T&B are wondering how to better serve our current readers, and how we can attract and keep new readers; advertising might help us do the latter in the short-run, but does not help us with any long-term goals.

Readers, what do you want from T&B?

What do you think is missing from the business, finance, and economics blogs?

-- January 8, 2005 10:13 AM |

Comments

s wrote:

Great content, not google ads.

-- January 8, 2005 4:56 PM ∞

Andy wrote:

Marginal Revolution and T&B are great econ blogs. But I would like to see more for the students and academics out there. Specifically, I'm interested in the economic analysis of law and public choice. There's enough of you George Mason folks out there.

I know you mentioned things that would make this blog more enjoyable-okay, more law and economics and public choice-but I would really like to see a blog devoted entirely to these things. Selfish, I know. But I think it would be interesting and very useful if done properly with a skilled group of people.

-- January 9, 2005 1:03 AM ∞

Andrew wrote:

Current events punditry is for the birds. So ephemeral, mostly useless in the long run.

What I want: Someone to basically do a rolling blog of an intro econ course, continually reaching new readers with the same basic ideas over and over. All it takes is a few insights to change the way people read the newspapers forever. Could do a lot of good in the long run.

What I want, part II: Someone to troll through a pile of the most relevant, most permanantly thought-changing journal articles in the literature, and summarizing them -- with real newspaper leads, transitions and simple language -- for noneconomists. I want to see more of what got me excited about economics as an undergrad.

If only my opportunity cost of time were lower...

-- January 13, 2005 11:39 AM ∞

Kevin Brancato wrote:

Andrew,

I say that FEE should get a blog; it would have a competitive advantage in doing the first thing you want.

As for your more intruiging second suggestion, I think that for it to come about we would need a worldly professor of econ. whose administration thinks such a blogging enterprise qualifies as "teaching"...

-- January 14, 2005 6:24 AM ∞

Ian wrote:

That's a fascinating thought, Andrew. And thanks for commenting on the site. (Since I, myself, often suffer from an inability to find time to blog, I understand your lack of posts. This, however, does not mean that I don't miss seeing regular content from you.)

I'd second Kevin's notion about the FEE. On top of that, and being the selfish bloke that I am, I'd recommend that Kevin offer his services to FEE (once the dissertation is done, of course -- say, why are you writing here, anyway? BACK TO THE GRINDSTONE with you!) and make T&B the official blogging arm of FEE. Of course, those unqualified pretenders such as myself would have to be weeded from the ranks, but so be it. At first, just have them cover hosting fees, use their name and prestige, and keep the google revenue for himself. More would undoubtedly follow...

Though I will say that, sometime in the distant future (as in towards the end of the year), I believe I'll find myself back in one of those basic econ courses you mention, and will consider following through on the suggestion.

As for the journals -- if I could find a way to get someone to pay me for the effort, I'd be all for it. Maybe a blog for the EconJournalWatch?

-- January 14, 2005 1:08 PM ∞

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