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Hungarian_Soda
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| Quote: | | Would it be a travesty of justice if the forums got the hookup with Google's AdSense? |
Well, my personal feelings aside, the thing about Google's AdSense is that you have to get approval from them first. They have a bunch of guys who look at applicant pages and see if they fit their characteristic criteria.
| Google Adsense wrote: | | In general, we do not accept personal pages, chat sites, or blogs into the AdSense program. However, if a site contains targeted, text-based content and/or provides a product or service, we may consider it for participation. |
My impression is that Loungenet probably wouldn't get approval.
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lanclos
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Aug 08 15:01 Post subject: |
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| If spammers can buy a domain and go all ape with AdSense, I don't see why forums would be exempt, but you're probably right. Nuts. |
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Argyle
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Aug 08 15:34 Post subject: |
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I suppose it's just as well. It would be weird to adblock our own website.
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True Mike
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Aug 08 15:40 Post subject: |
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Eh, free money's. I'd ad-block for that.
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Argyle
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Aug 08 15:45 Post subject: |
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| True Mike wrote: | | Eh, free money's. I'd ad-block for that. |
Except if you never download the ad, it never makes the impression and it doesn't count.
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bforsse
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Aug 08 15:50 Post subject: |
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| our auto racing site was approved pretty quickly. I think they shouldn't have a problem approving an active forum, they probably have a category just for that somewhere in google-land |
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lanclos
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| In the adblock sense, that brings up the age-old debate about whether text-based ads should be targeted by adblock the same way that flashy graphic ads are. I'm of the opinion that they should not, but apparently the two camps get very heated over this. |
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Argyle
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Aug 08 16:02 Post subject: |
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My opinion is that folks can block what they want.
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lanclos
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Aug 08 16:04 Post subject: |
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| Indeed. I just tend to believe that text ads are markedly less obnoxious than dancing graphic ones. I'm even willing to tolerate moderate graphic ads, as long as they aren't dancing... or singing. Singing is strictly forbidden. |
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Argyle
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Aug 08 16:10 Post subject: |
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Oh, sure. I don't mind them nearly as much. I don't even notice them on K5.
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ktabors
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Aug 08 16:33 Post subject: |
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I've been tempted to setup the iTunes affiliates program and link to songs. It seems like a good way to get free music. Free stuff is free.
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Mark
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| Posted: Sat 2005 Nov 05 17:43 Post subject: |
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| I'd personally not like having random ads or music advertised on the site. I'd actually mind less if google was used because it tends to be slightly relevant. |
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el samayo grande
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| Posted: Mon 2005 Nov 07 20:00 Post subject: |
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Like Kyle said, free stuff is free. I'm all for it.
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Luke
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| Posted: Tue 2005 Nov 08 08:49 Post subject: |
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Free shitty music? I'd rather not.
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Karzon
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| Posted: Tue 2005 Nov 08 10:24 Post subject: |
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Filterset.G plus Adblock Plus on Firefox means I've been getting zero ads. So do your worst, advertisers!
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