Advertisements?

[Scrubosaur]

I don't remember banners across the top of the forums.

[yevea]

use a better browser and install adblock

or, let them display so admins can earn a tiny revenue from the few seconds it takes you to notice it. which in turn allows them to continue hosting / curating this sandbox they let us play and shitpost in

[Rogean]

Originally Posted by yevea [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

use a better browser and install adblock

or, let them display so admins can earn a tiny revenue from the few seconds it takes you to notice it. which in turn allows them to continue hosting / curating this sandbox they let us play and shitpost in

^

Mostly supports hardware costs, which have been out of my pocket for the last several years.

Donations are typically set aside for the monthly data center costs, only used for hardware once or twice.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by yevea [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

use a better browser and install adblock

or, let them display so admins can earn a tiny revenue from the few seconds it takes you to notice it. which in turn allows them to continue hosting / curating this sandbox they let us play and shitpost in

this. also if you ever sign on from an internet cafe, library, etc... *snip* the shit out of those ads [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Scrubosaur]

Originally Posted by yevea [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

use a better browser and install adblock

or, let them display so admins can earn a tiny revenue from the few seconds it takes you to notice it. which in turn allows them to continue hosting / curating this sandbox they let us play and shitpost in

Or....turn it off for people that are logged in.
Or....turn if off for people that donate via paypal.
Or....turn if off everywhere but the RnF forums / the post that is getting all the hits.

[quido]

How well does Adsense pay just for pageviews? I've never monetized a site but had been thinking about it. I read you can get up to a dollar per thousand pageviews, but I assumed this would only be true when it's a thousand different people. I get like 1500 pageviews a day on the leaderboard so it's not really worth it, but the TMO website gets 5k to 10k pageviews per day, granted it's from the same handful of people. I sort of figure that when the same crew of 100 people are generating all the traffic and not clicking anything that you don't really get paid jack for it. Something with P99's amount of traffic, though, maybe you do?

[Argh]

Originally Posted by quido [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How well does Adsense pay just for pageviews? I've never monetized a site but had been thinking about it. I read you can get up to a dollar per thousand pageviews, but I assumed this would only be true when it's a thousand different people. I get like 1500 pageviews a day on the leaderboard so it's not really worth it, but the TMO website gets 5k to 10k pageviews per day, granted it's from the same handful of people. I sort of figure that when the same crew of 100 people are generating all the traffic and not clicking anything that you don't really get paid jack for it. Something with P99's amount of traffic, though, maybe you do?

Average google adsense cpm (cost per 1,000 views) payout is under $3.00 for display ads, less than that for text. Getting higher cpm depends on the relevant content on your site, the category of ads you display, and your conversion rate.

And on a different note, really who gives a fuck about seeing these ads here? They're in the most unobtrusive spots possible, they help raise money, and it's not like these forums were a paragon of beauty without them.

[yevea]

Originally Posted by Scrubosaur [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

cater everything to my wonderful opinion. it's your job, admins. how dare you try to not pay for the site out of pocket i deserve better treatment, do you know who I am?

ftfy

But seriously thanks for being a brat, I wouldn't have known there were ads I needed to allow on this domain.

[Joyelle]

Originally Posted by Scrubosaur [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or....turn if off everywhere but the RnF forums / the post that is getting all the hits.

I don't think that would fly. If you look at RnF right now, almost every post is in violation of AdSense's content policy. Not really sure how these forums are allowed to use AdSense right now anyway seeing as how the main draw is technically adult content.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Joyelle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't think that would fly. If you look at RnF right now, almost every post is in violation of AdSense's content policy. Not really sure how these forums are allowed to use AdSense right now anyway seeing as how the main draw is technically adult content.

I dunno, look at the Sev thread last week... nothing in there but a lot of people arguing like kids over a toy, screaming at each other and to their parents for having it taken from them.