I originally added Google Advertising to this blog simply to have some more dynamic content on the site. The blog is cheap enough to operate that I don't need ad-supported revenue.
However, I dumped Google ads last year as I was seeing too many unscrupulous advertisements. I've now replaced the Google ads with Amazon Associate widgets. I'm using the "Omakase" type, which basically customizes the ad panel based on what you, the reader, have recently browsed at Amazon. Hopefully, this will create some meaningful, and less shady, content.
And for those of you who read via the RSS feed, the feed remains ad-free.