Donation Buttons on Blogs?

Jeremy Wright has a good post answering the question - Why I Don't Have a Donate Button? His answer ... Because: my users already donate to my well being by simply reading this blog and clicking on various ads. I already trade against my reader's goodwill by displaying ads. To me, having a donate button on top of that is very ucky. I'm already making money off of your attention, so making money off of your goodwill seems to be "double dipping" to me.' Link: Andrew Sullivan and ProBlogger is probably the one that would be most successful at the donation model because its repeat reader factor is higher than the others). It is difficult to sustain a donation based income stream - One of the things I've observed from a number of people using this strategy is that it can be difficult to maintain a support base over a number of years. You run the risk with this approach of disillusioning your readers if you're constantly mentioning your donate button - some like to give a one off donation one year to cover future years - and some donators are dependent upon what stance you're taking on your blog (ProBlogger.net, a blog about the many ways of adding an income stream to blogs.