An important update on ads

You may have noticed a new, premium ad slot at the top left of this page. Like those on so many other sites, this slot offers advertisers a wonderful opportunity to reserve the best real estate this blog has to offer - and for extremely inexpensive rates starting at only $45! A similar buy on other sites could cost in the hundreds or thousands of dollars, making a Hughes for America premium ad buy a great deal and a wonderful way to reach this site's highly educated, active and motivated readers.

Also, I'd like to introduce potential advertisers to a special type of ad the fine folks at blogads are launching - the "live link" ad. Like a regular blogad, these have the added benefit of live links to ten headlines from your site. Using the advertising's site's feed (technical description here), these unique ads update automatically every 15 minutes with the latest linked headlines.

Early indications from those at blogads signal clickthru rates at approximately three times the normal, and already high-performing, rate. To help illustrate the promise of these ads, I've created a new spot featuring As Ohio Goes, already an HfA advertiser. If you would like to try these intriguing new ads, I'm offering a buy one week, get the second week free deal! Buy yours today!