I’ve recently started drafting a plan to start my own blog, and even though it’s very (very) early in the planning process, I wanted to get a better understanding of setting up a monetizing plan with banner ads. 

When I say very early planning stages, I mean we’re still drafting the name, buying a domain, and setting up design concepts. We’re nowhere near actually drafting content for the blog. I am however, writing the plan for Phase III, which won’t happen for at least a year or so, assuming we have enough site traffic by that time to corroborate our advertising offerings. 

My question is this: Does WordPress support a plug-in for running banner ads? I’m assuming Google Analytics would be the best option for tracking impressions, clicks, etc.

Would someone be able to provide any personal insight, or a tutorial they can rely on? Anything would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

@luftherz I think this topic is going to be helpful to many people, I am glad you started it, hopefully a lot of good ideas appear.You could have a look at ‘BudURL’ to see if they offer what you require re tracking.