Ads are often given as a projected revenue stream for some websites. It seems to me that this relies on there being sites which make money getting custom from sites which generate content. It would be pleasing if this model was self sustaining. In an effort to see if it works I am putting Google’s AdSense onto my site for a bit, mainly to get a feel for the numbers.

It would be far more profitable no doubt for me to place ads for my own projects but that somehow seems wrong. Hopefully the Google ads will blend in nicely, whereas if there was any chance of making money I might be tempted to go for primary colours.

I have a sneaking suspicion that I am not allowed to reveal ad revenue as per Googles T&Cs but time will tell. Perhaps I can channel all ad revenue into ads for my own site?

…the Liberal Democrats. According to the poll at Who Should You Vote For The Lib Dems would be my preferred choice, but not far ahead of the Greens. As these results show:

Labour: -21

Conservative: 6

Liberal Democrat: 31

UK Independence Party: 3

Green: 27

What was more surprising was how poorly I performed at Chris Lightfoot’s 2005 General Election Estimation Quiz. Embarrassingly I got only 35, which is rated as ‘badly’ here.

In other news there are lots of people willing to help you choose how to vote, as opposed to telling you how to vote. There are also sites which hope to let you get closer to the action. This is a quick list that recently came to my attention:

• http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/election.php – the one minute quiz to find out how you should vote.
• http://www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com/ – more detailed analysis of you and your politics.
• http://www.politicalsurvey2005.com/ – now find out how you compare to the rest of Britain.
• http://www.notapathetic.com/ – say why you’re not voting (if that’s what you’ve decided to do), and make yourself heard.
• http://www.writetothem.com/ – a site for contacting your representatives, local, national and European.
• http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/election.php – compare your views to those of your MP.
• http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/ – look at how your MP has performed.

Shame I can’t vote really.