Thanks for sending those over! I've updated to include those edits.

The thing is, there is another way - paying for content. Many sites offer paywalls that allow you to access the site ad-free for a fee. Or, you can go old school and buy a cookbook. Rather than take a limited mindset and say this isn't going to support me, I encourage those who don't wish to scroll through the ads to take a different route, rather than digesting content that takes hours to make and is provided for free and then complain about the cost of obtaining it for free. I don't say that to be rude, just to level the truth of the situation. If its not for you, that's ok!

Also, yes, if it weren’t for adblockers, I’d unabashedly never visit most of the internet. I understand people need to get compensated for their energy output, but it’s simply unmanageable to read with ads flashing, popping, and intruding. Another way needs to be devised, or maybe it needs to be accepted that this job just isn’t going to support you monetarily.

Thank you Colleen - I appreciate that more than you know!

@Jessica, your recipes are fantastic! And I don’t mind ads at all when I’m getting something you’ve worked so hard to develop and publish on line - FREE to me! Thank you and I hope the ads bring you the revenue you deserve for all your work.

Hi Lydia,

Thanks so much for stopping by. I'm glad you've been able to make this decision for yourself. By purchasing a cookbook, the person who wrote those recipes gets paid to provide them to you. As food bloggers, we only make money off the traffic to our websites - and one of the few ways we can monetize that is through ads. This can be difficult to understand if you don't work in the field, but often times it is how we can afford to run the food blog in the first place, which is actually quite costly.

Your complaint isn't an uncommon one, and we recognize that having to view ads while getting recipes for free isn't for everyone. The recent incident with Mindy Kahling spurred a large discussion over it, and I think those bloggers can give you additional insight if you are so inclined: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/03/30/mindy-kaling-complained-about-stories-in-online-recipes-and-the-food-bloggers-let-her-have-it/

Enjoy your cookbooks!