As far as the ad placement goes, usually the very top isn’t a good click-through place–the middle or left side is generally the best for that sort of thing. However, with Stripe Ads, they grab the users attention they has the same look as the Internet Explorer warning bar.

Anyways, I think it is a little ‘dirty’ because of this, and some visitors won’t like it. I don’t like them any longer, but then again I am not the average visitor and haven’t heard anything bad about them from others. JohnChow tried it and sold out his ad inventory rather quickly. Engadget uses it along with many others. So right now it is pretty much the thing to do.

Question… while you were using your own script, did you ever have anyone complain about the ad up top? What were your experiences with using that area for ad placement?

Great post!