Apparently the WordPress.org guys have been scaming google‘s AdSense program by optimizing their site to pick up only high paying ads about cancer and mesothelioma. Apparently lawyers are paying as high as $40 per click for those keywords. I can’t help but think they would have been better off just called up Google’s marketing department and asking for help to support their hosting costs or maybe moving their site to SourceForge. I’d be suprised if they had a hard time getting some financial support from companys out there.
I wonder if theres a site that keeps track of the top 50 most expensive keywords on Oveture and Google AdSense. Maybe I should figure it out and start blogging about mesothelioma or some other high paying keywords. Heck at $40 a click I could make some real cash on those adwords you see above 🙂