The other day, an article appeared in Search Engine Journal suggesting webmasters monetize their sites using Google AdSense. While the article neglected to mention an alternative webmaster advertising program offered by Yahoo Search Marketing, the idea of using one’s website as a commercial medium (if possible or practical) makes good sense and can provide a minor side-income. Such minor side-incomes are often the first ingredients in making the gravy craved by all small business owners.

Since the advent of Google’s AdWords grassroots distribution program, AdSense, several webmasters have built businesses out of taking content off of other people’s websites and using that content to build pages designed specifically to attract ad-clicks.

Read more about the “adsense blog” trend athttp://news.stepforth.com/blog/2005/10/splogs-scraping-adsense-fraud.php.