Yammer yammer yammer. If you like spyware and popups, have fun at Drudge. I don't. Let him find another way to make a profit...like maybe regular banner ads, sans popups and spyware.
Banner ads dont pay crap. I own and operate two websites, my most visited site www.theconservativerepublican.com operates with text and banner ads, so I can vouch there isnt much profit using text or banner ads. I average 20,000 hits per day on that site. Most text ads pay about 5 cent per click, NOT 5 cent per site visitor but 5 cents per click. Most banner ads generate about 0.00043 per visitor which isnt very much profit at all.