No ads???

[yoda313]

Hello,

There aren't any ads today????? Is that planned or is there a glitch???

Kevin

[Baldrick]

Planned, but only for us that are logged in to the forum. Don't tell everyone...or I might have to change it...

[yoda313]

Hello,



Gotcha.... Your secret is safe

Kevin

[Cobra]

Nice one!

[Capmaster]

He's a crafty Swede

[mats.hogberg]

I had most of 'em blocked using the adblock plugin for Firefox, so I didn't notice at first, byt now that you mention it (I use to see the small "place holders") - Gone! I've clicked some of them by mistake now and then - do these (any web banner ad) really ever generate any sales? I never click on them!

/Mats

[Capmaster]

Sure they do Mats. If from nobody else, from the mods here.

Baldrick has instructed us, in addition to spending a minimum of 23 hours a day moderating, to spend an additional 20 minutes a day mindlessly clicking the banner ads over and over so he can pay the bills and make a tidy profit as well He's got it all figured out, that guy

[Cobra]

(clutches poor, twisted index finger)

[yoda313]

(clutches poor, twisted index finger)

Hello,



Thought of getting voice activated software to ease the pains????

Kevin

[mats.hogberg]

clicking the banner ads over and over so he can pay the bills

I don't doubt that, but do the advertizers get any sales? I mean, what's the view/click ratio, and what's the click/actual sale ratio? If I'm anything to make calculations from, getting hit by a meteorite in the head twice in the same day is far more probable than that showing me a banner ad will actually make me buy anything.

/Mats

[Capmaster]

clicking the banner ads over and over so he can pay the bills

I don't doubt that, but do the advertizers get any sales? I mean, what's the view/click ratio, and what's the click/actual sale ratio? If I'm anything to make calculations from, getting hit by a meteorite in the head twice in the same day is far more probable than that showing me a banner ad will actually make me buy anything.

/Mats

Me too. But I was just kidding about us doing that. I think Baldrick gets a kickback for each click-through, but he could fill you in on the details.

I don't mind the banner ads a bit if it helps keep Videohelp afloat

[lordsmurf]

This site does not use pay-per-click, it uses "impressions" model (at least, as I read it).

Dictionary:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212334,00.html

[Capmaster]

This site does not use pay-per-click, it uses "impressions" model (at least, as I read it).

Dictionary:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212334,00.html

Thanks Smurfie

[gll99]

Are the ads gone for good?
I clicked on some a few times cause I thought it brought some pennies to the site. It would be good to know how it works.
Anyway it sure unclutters the front page.

[Baldrick]

The ads aren't gone. They will only dissapeare while you are logged in to the forum and we logged in are today only about 1% of all impresssssions. But you can still visit our sponsors in the left menu and on the front page.

[Baldrick]

This site does not use pay-per-click, it uses "impressions" model (at least, as I read it).

Dictionary:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212334,00.html

Mostly cpm but some cpc also.

[mats.hogberg]

we logged in are today only about 1% of all impresssssions

Wow! I thought "the regulars" made up a much larger group.

/Mats

[Baldrick]

we logged in are today only about 1% of all impresssssions

Wow! I thought "the regulars" made up a much larger group.

/Mats

No forum impressions included cause I don't have any banners in here.

[thecoalman]

I had most of 'em blocked using the adblock plugin for Firefox, so I didn't notice at first,

/Mats

Ad Blocking software is evil...... The filters that I have seen (haven't used firefox) are too broad. The one for norton will block images solely on size alone. So if you use a bunch of images that have common sizes related to common ad sizes they will be blocked. Personally as a siteowner I find any software that will intentionally mutilate my site as I want to present it reprehensible.

No forum impressions included cause I don't have any banners in here.

I was wondering what all this talk about ads was

[mats.hogberg]

Firtefox adblocking is on this image only, or "block all images from this server" like "adserver.dontwannasee.com" Very cool feature.

/Mats

[thecoalman]

Firtefox adblocking is on this image only, or "block all images from this server" like "adserver.dontwannasee.com" Very cool feature.

/Mats

I'm not sure exactly what you mean, does it just block ads from certain sites? What about folders?

The reason I ask is Norton Ad blocker was blocking images from my site based on the folder they were in. I have images on the top of all my pages that are used for the page title. They were in a folder named banners, bad choice I guess ..... Norton actually changes my html code and removes the image. The user isn't even aware that it's supposed to be there. Needless to say I was really pissed when I found this out.

[mats.hogberg]

Without any plugin, I can right-click on your sig tag, and select "block images from nepaldigital.com" (God forbid!). Then I'll never see your tag again (if you don't move it to another server).
With the adblocker plugin, I get the full URL of the image, and can insert a wild card anywhere in the URL to block just this image, or anything from a certain folder at this site, or every image from the site.
Actually speeds up browsing on my humble 512 kbps ADSL connection at home. Yahoo mail is significantly faster - their ad servers must be slow, cause now that I don't have to wait for their ads to load, checking the mail is much faster.

/Mats

[thecoalman]

Well that's a little different because it's user initiated. With Norton users (especially if they don't know shit) it can block almost anything as it did for my site and they would never know the difference. I still start popping veins when I think about it.