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Strazos
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on: April 28, 2006, 10:43:58 PM

(Please move/delete this if I missed the thread-in-progress)

It's a good idea. I know you admins need money to run this little place, as it's not a charity, but....

Is there a way to filter it or anything? Some very....odd, things are coming up.

- The front page was full of adverts for RMT. Two were for buying SWG credits.

- I'm currently looking at an add for planned parenting. Not sure what to think of that.

Again, I know you need the money, but there's some things that you probably don't need popping up in the ad box.

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Trippy
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Reply #1 on: April 28, 2006, 11:01:34 PM

There is a way to filter out objectionable ads but unfortunately it is the case that a lot of gaming ads are for IGE-type sales and other questionable stuff (capitalism at its finest). Google is still indexing the site so it's probably best for things to settle down before schild and co. decide who if anybody should be filtered out. Also since Google automagically figures out what keywords are "appropriate" for each page you will see odd things popping up like that planned parenting ad or this "survellience" software package I saw earlier (i.e. "spy on people through software!"). Also AdSense ads typically pay out on a per click basis, though some ads are bought by straight impressions. Click or don't click on the ads -- it's your choice -- just know that clicking on them, even if you don't care about what they are linked to, is what generates the money.
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Reply #2 on: April 29, 2006, 08:37:43 AM

... where are they? I don't see them, either on the front page or browsing the forums. Am I blind or somehow missing them?
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Reply #3 on: April 29, 2006, 09:02:24 AM


There is an advertiser blacklist. It looks like he's started using it as RMT ads on the homepage appear gone at the moment. adsblacklist.com has a blacklist of low paying advertisers you can drop in as well.

It's picking up some interesting stuff. EVE targeted crap in the EVE forum. It makes the site too wide on 1024x768 though.
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Reply #4 on: April 29, 2006, 10:52:46 AM

... where are they? I don't see them, either on the front page or browsing the forums. Am I blind or somehow missing them?

I don't see them ether, probably because all of them are from cesspools of filth like add.doubleclick.net that are 127ed on all of my machines.

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Reply #5 on: April 29, 2006, 11:47:56 AM

I just got one advertising hearing aids, on a site about youthful video games.  For fun we should start saving some of the more absurd ones and trying to figure out why google thinks the ads are relevant.  I mean they have thousands of engineers with PhDs working on this stuff.



On a serious note should we click on these from time to time or do you get paid regardless of site referrals?
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Reply #6 on: April 29, 2006, 01:36:10 PM

Oh man, this is great.  Now I'm going to run around just to see what it thinks is relevant to some of our more fucked up threads.  Also, I can use it to grief:

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Strazos
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Reply #7 on: April 29, 2006, 01:44:30 PM

You're amazing.

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Reply #8 on: April 29, 2006, 01:55:21 PM

On a serious note should we click on these from time to time or do you get paid regardless of site referrals?
Most AdSense ads pay out on a per click basis. Some pay out per (thousand) impression but those aren't as common.
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Reply #9 on: April 29, 2006, 02:00:30 PM

Oh man, this is great.  Now I'm going to run around just to see what it thinks is relevant to some of our more fucked up threads.  Also, I can use it to grief:

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No you can't, give it up.
WindupAtheist
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Reply #10 on: April 29, 2006, 03:05:59 PM

 cry

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Reply #11 on: April 29, 2006, 03:10:57 PM

If it makes you feel better, Google does not allow advertisements on NSFW pages as per their user agreement and they do not allow companies that would link to NSFW pages in their advertisers portfolio. Basically, all you did was ramble off some curse words. But hey, win some, lose some.
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Reply #12 on: April 29, 2006, 03:16:43 PM

Then I'll do the next best thing.  evil

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Reply #13 on: April 29, 2006, 03:18:48 PM

Don't let anyone say you aren't a philathropist.
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Reply #14 on: April 29, 2006, 03:33:55 PM

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Reply #15 on: April 29, 2006, 03:48:26 PM

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Reply #16 on: April 29, 2006, 03:49:44 PM

I think we might have the most comprehensive and easy to use gold buying tool ever.  It's sorted by game and server for God's sake!
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Reply #17 on: April 29, 2006, 03:55:30 PM

I must have this blocked in my hosts file as I don't see them with Mozilla or IE.  I'm missing all the fun.  cry

Hahahaha!  I'm really good at this!
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Reply #18 on: April 29, 2006, 04:42:10 PM

I clicked them about five times or so. Does it help? Cuz it's literally the least I can do.

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Reply #19 on: April 29, 2006, 04:46:04 PM

I clicked them about five times or so. Does it help? Cuz it's literally the least I can do.
If it's a per click ad it does. Just don't spam click them.
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Reply #20 on: April 29, 2006, 04:51:42 PM

Buy your SWG Gold!

125 million credits on Naritus for $39.95

Character Leveling by our veteran staff at a reasonable cost.

Heh, no need to pay Google when I have a captive audience here  cool
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Reply #21 on: April 29, 2006, 05:07:32 PM

All you guys have done is made the ads on this thread relavant to AdSense.  I hope you're happy, Britney, Tom, K-Fed and Katie all are crying.

Edit:  In fact, this is like a nifty new game.  What bizarre ads can show up in threads?!  For example, in the "Hostel" thread, there's an ad for Gay and Lesbian TV!.  Entertaining!
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Reply #22 on: April 29, 2006, 05:18:48 PM

I've seen a lot fewer "BUY BLAH BLAH BLAH GOLD" ads than I thought I would. Not that it matters. I've no problem with gold farmers paying me. They probably pay adsense more than they pay their own workers. I'd call it sad if it weren't such sweet sweet revenge.
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Reply #23 on: April 29, 2006, 05:33:57 PM

Unblocked.  Let the fun commence.

I cannot believe I just purposefully unblocked an add site.

Hahahaha!  I'm really good at this!
WindupAtheist
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Reply #24 on: April 29, 2006, 09:30:18 PM

I'm going to start posting like Kevin Nealon's old Mr. Subliminal character:

I can't (gambling) believe that you (poker) unlocked an advertising (IGE) website either.

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Reply #25 on: April 29, 2006, 09:32:24 PM

Heh. I'd rather you didn't. But the alternative seems like a lot of UO stuff. I don't know what to say.
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Reply #26 on: April 29, 2006, 10:04:52 PM

I'm going to start posting like Kevin Nealon's old Mr. Subliminal character:

I can't (gambling) believe that you (poker) unlocked an advertising (IGE) website either.

Sorry, dude... all inoccuous ads.  In fact, last page load had four "donate to charity" ones.  Google is smarter than griefers.  Can't wait for mmog.google.com to enter beta.

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Reply #27 on: April 30, 2006, 12:43:47 AM

Quote from: Schild
Heh. I'd rather you didn't. But the alternative seems like a lot of UO stuff. I don't know what to say.

I'll quit living in the past as soon as the future invents an MMO with actual fun in it.  And hey, my latest UO thread is actually rational and contains something resembling news.  You yourself even held your nose and made an on-topic post in it.   :-D

Quote from: Yegolev
Sorry, dude... all inoccuous ads.  In fact, last page load had four "donate to charity" ones.  Google is smarter than griefers.  Can't wait for mmog.google.com to enter beta

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Reply #28 on: April 30, 2006, 03:45:39 AM

Ok, the nasty box around them is gone and it's been made smaller for people browsing on computers that were built prior to 1867.
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Reply #29 on: April 30, 2006, 04:15:21 AM

It's showing fewer ads that way, though (2 x 1 instead of the 3 x 1).
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Reply #30 on: April 30, 2006, 04:24:32 AM

A few people complained that the old box hung over the edge of the forums in their browser. Which it might have, at 1024x768. I'm not particularly happy with the idea of cutting the ad number in half though and we don't seem to get the Dell ads near as often now. I may make the f13.net logo smaller to accomodate. Not sure about a solution yet.
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Reply #31 on: April 30, 2006, 04:38:53 AM

Yes I was one of those that mentioned that. It's not a big deal though since it doesn't stretch out the width of the posts. In other words you only have to horizontally scroll if you want to see the cut off portion of the far right ad.
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Reply #32 on: April 30, 2006, 04:42:37 AM

I think without the border around the ads, it wouldn't be near as noticeable. With how I browse (and I know a lot of folks here have widescreen LCDs), the 4 pronged 768 wide ad didn't even fill up the top area. There was still extra space between the logo and the ads.

Edit: Actually, I'm definately switching back to the other ads, this one doesn't show the website. That's super important for finding out which ads don't pay shit. For example, someone clicked on an ad that paid out 1 penny. Sucks.
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Reply #33 on: April 30, 2006, 01:57:09 PM

Awesome, right now they want me to donate my boat, and the other one wants me to donate my car. WTF, do these things thing I am. Oh, now its trying to get me a job.
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Reply #34 on: April 30, 2006, 02:34:11 PM

It offered me a $350K a year job selling shit on Ebay, sounds good to me.

I hope the Chinese Farmer people I get are somewhat reliable and can be supported like those "save the international children" where it costs you $18.00 a month to support them.
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