Google Ad ManagerI just switched the ad delivery program from Open Ads to Google Ad Manager a few minutes ago.

I have been testing Google Ad Manager on the forums and it has been working out well. So today, I had an hour, so I moved all the ads on the main blog to Google Ad Manager.

Why did I do this?

(1) So I don't have to host my own ad software.
(2) Less load on my server.
(3) No worries about patching the software.
(4) Slick reports
(5) It does what I need

I loved Open Ads, but numbers one through three are good enough reasons for me to switch. And it is free!

I am glad I wrote my Google Ad Manager Tutorial, because I had to reference back to it several times as I set up the news ads.

If you see any bugs, let me know...