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 Dec 16 2005, 03:37 AM
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The Ghost in our Machine  Group: Retired Admins Posts: 166 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Unlisted Datastore Member No.: 52  |
Just wanted to post a head's up that we're going to be adding Google Ads to the forums within the next week or so. I know that most people (myself included) really dislike the clutter of ads and I'm going to do my best to keep the disruption to a minimum. That said, the simple fact of the matter is that this site consumes a pretty significant amount of resources at our hosting facility, for which we have been paying nothing. In the past 5 years I think we've made a couple of token payments that may have totalled $150 -- we've definitely gotten our money's worth many times over. I'm going to experiment with these ads to try and help defray the costs that our provider is incurring in hosting our site, and I welcome feedback about this as long as it's constructive.
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Neuron Basher Heads Up About Google Ads Dec 16 2005, 03:37 AM
Aku ya know, i have to say that it's been only a d... Dec 16 2005, 12:18 PM Neuron Basher Thanks.
In a side note, for those who really don... Dec 16 2005, 12:27 PM JongWK How do they help DSF? Pay-per-click? Dec 16 2005, 01:15 PM Neuron Basher Yeah, pay per click. Right now it's in the na... Dec 16 2005, 01:22 PM Aku this is a bit of a nitpick, but i just glanced ove... Dec 16 2005, 01:59 PM Tanka It's based on the text of the forums as they a... Dec 16 2005, 02:10 PM Zen Shooter01 And there is the fact that a lot of us do play D... Dec 16 2005, 02:23 PM Aku yes, thats true Zen, but the fact remains that it ... Dec 16 2005, 02:28 PM Neuron Basher We have no control over the content of the ads. G... Dec 16 2005, 02:38 PM Aku touche, i'll concede my point.
i was just so ... Dec 16 2005, 03:21 PM Elve I liked the first color scheme with mathced the re... Dec 16 2005, 03:55 PM Ryu Yes, the colour. Is it possible to make googles ba... Dec 16 2005, 04:01 PM blakkie QUOTE (Elve) I liked the first color scheme with m... Dec 16 2005, 04:01 PM Kagetenshi IMO, it ends up being extremely disruptive to the ... Dec 16 2005, 04:30 PM PlainWhiteSocks I clicked on one of the adds just to check it out.... Dec 16 2005, 04:35 PM Neuron Basher QUOTE (Kagetenshi)I'm not a fan. I understand ... Dec 16 2005, 04:48 PM Fix-it I clicked. all of them. twice.
well. that's ... Dec 16 2005, 05:09 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Fix-it) I clicked. all of them. twice.
we... Dec 16 2005, 05:55 PM Neuron Basher QUOTE (Kagetenshi)Any thoughts on sticking the ads... Dec 16 2005, 06:01 PM Neuron Basher Ok, I managed to finagle it into the header at the... Dec 16 2005, 06:11 PM Eyeless Blond Well it's been playing merry hell with *my* sc... Dec 16 2005, 06:28 PM Neuron Basher It seems to just fit at 1024x768, and honestly tha... Dec 16 2005, 06:33 PM Kagetenshi Much less intrusive, IMO, though the width issue i... Dec 16 2005, 06:42 PM Neuron Basher I have to force myself to think about resolutions ... Dec 16 2005, 06:47 PM Whizbang My 2 is that I like those ads better at the top ... Dec 16 2005, 07:00 PM Eyeless Blond QUOTE (Neuron Basher) It seems to just fit at 1024... Dec 16 2005, 07:11 PM Elve I like the top solution... But what about changing... Dec 16 2005, 08:02 PM Grinder I prefer the ads at the front of the page much mor... Dec 16 2005, 09:09 PM bclements The ads at the top are good, and I'll echo tha... Dec 16 2005, 09:16 PM Neuron Basher Yes, it's possible to move the control panel s... Dec 16 2005, 09:52 PM Ryu The top layout fits, the colours are acceptable to... Dec 17 2005, 09:39 AM Mr.Platinum Well now that i look at the top, i see the adsand ... Dec 17 2005, 11:45 AM JongWK QUOTE (Neuron Basher) I have to force myself to th... Dec 17 2005, 01:54 PM Neuron Basher Yeah, the 24" Dell LCD that is my primary dis... Dec 17 2005, 09:48 PM Tanka Bastard.
Don't mind me, I'll be over here... Dec 17 2005, 10:30 PM bclements QUOTE (Neuron Basher) ...24" Dell LCD...
... Dec 17 2005, 10:53 PM BishopMcQ I've been clicking on each new ad that I see, ... Dec 18 2005, 04:51 AM Kagetenshi Google does track IPs, it being a vital part of pr... Dec 18 2005, 08:03 AM Neuron Basher Kagetenshi is exactly right, but if you do have in... Dec 18 2005, 03:05 PM Shadow Well we like the sight so of course we want to sup... Dec 18 2005, 05:51 PM Tanka Did Google change the way their ads display? I... Dec 21 2005, 06:59 PM Kagetenshi Due in part to talks with AOL, Google now does gra... Dec 21 2005, 07:11 PM Neuron Basher Google has indeed recently started doing some grap... Dec 21 2005, 07:11 PM Jrayjoker Wow, I haven't even noticed the ads. How cluel... Dec 21 2005, 07:58 PM Neuron Basher All the forum pages, at the top next to the DS log... Dec 21 2005, 08:00 PM Jrayjoker Hmmm, I see nothing at all in IE or Firefox. Could... Dec 21 2005, 08:03 PM Neuron Basher If you have Javascript disabled you won't see ... Dec 22 2005, 01:53 AM FrostyNSO Wouldn't those ads that pay for just showing u... Dec 22 2005, 01:56 AM Kagetenshi If the click-through rate is truly abysmal, possib... Dec 22 2005, 03:22 AM Neuron Basher Yes Frosty, you're absolutely right, which is ... Dec 22 2005, 03:31 AM Weredigo I've no problem with adds from search engines.... Dec 24 2005, 08:28 AM Neuron Basher You will never (ever ever ever) get popups from th... Dec 24 2005, 01:43 PM Tanka QUOTE (Neuron Basher)You will never (ever ever eve... Dec 24 2005, 01:52 PM Shadow Well thats not entirely accurate Neuron, the PM... Dec 27 2005, 10:58 PM Aku Hey, would it be possible to force the clicks to o... Jan 5 2006, 04:34 PM Tanka If you're on Firefox, either hold CTRL and cli... Jan 5 2006, 05:03 PM Aku unfortunately,theres alot of things like that. I b... Jan 5 2006, 05:29 PM Tanka I think it's hardcoded by Google. It's an... Jan 5 2006, 05:44 PM mattness pl I'm with you, Neuron Basher.
If it helps DS, I... Jan 6 2006, 03:53 PM knasser This thread is very old, but this is the first tim... Oct 22 2006, 01:22 PM Tanka Google ads is keyword- and match-based. When I... Oct 22 2006, 02:16 PM Bull QUOTE (knasser) This thread is very old, but this ... Oct 22 2006, 06:37 PM knasser Yeah. I've clicked it though I'm not a bik... Oct 24 2006, 09:33 PM Tanka Maybe it's telling you something... Oct 25 2006, 03:25 AM Moto42 Again I've gotten to the point where I don't eve... Nov 2 2006, 10:58 AM BishopMcQ Out of curiousity, how are the ads doing for DS? ... Nov 25 2006, 07:48 PM bishop186 I actually didn't even notice the ads until ju... Nov 25 2006, 11:07 PM Neuron Basher The great ad experiment is over, at least for now.... Dec 22 2006, 04:58 PM eidolon No sweat man.
I know that the company I work fo... Dec 22 2006, 06:15 PM Kagetenshi They appear to work pretty well for Google.
~J Dec 22 2006, 06:35 PM eidolon Heh. Yeah, what with the whole "business mod... Dec 23 2006, 01:10 AM Adam Man, the header looks so ... empty, now. Dec 27 2006, 09:41 PM Konsaki Make a banner for NERPS or something then? Dec 27 2006, 09:45 PM ThatPaolo QUOTE (Neuron Basher) The great ad experiment is o... Jan 4 2007, 04:43 AM
bishop186 Y'know, it's weird not seeing the Google a... Jan 4 2007, 05:36 AM  |
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