F13 and Google Ads

[Strazos]

(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.

[Trippy]

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.

[bhodi]

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

[Krakrok]

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.

[sinij]

... 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.

[Miasma]

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?

[WindupAtheist]

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]

You're amazing.

[Trippy]

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.

[Trippy]

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]

 

[schild]

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.

[WindupAtheist]

Then I'll do the next best thing. 

UO Star Wars Ultima Online SWG
UO Star Wars Ultima Online SWG
UO Star Wars Ultima Online SWG
UO Star Wars Ultima Online SWG

[schild]

Don't let anyone say you aren't a philathropist.

[sinij]

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Britney Spears, pokemon, poker, gambling. Britney Spears, pokemon, poker, gambling. Britney Spears, pokemon, poker, gambling.

[WindupAtheist]

Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh !!!

[MrHat]

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!

[Lantyssa]

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. 

[voodoolily]

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

[Trippy]

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.

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

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 

[Merusk]

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!

[schild]

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.

[Lantyssa]

Unblocked.  Let the fun commence.

I cannot believe I just purposefully unblocked an add site.

[WindupAtheist]

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.

[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.

[Yegolev]

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.

[WindupAtheist]

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

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

Star Wars.  Ultima Online.  Viagra.  Prescription drugs.  Penis enlargement.  Gambling.  Pokemon cards.  Furcadia.

[schild]

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.

[Trippy]

It's showing fewer ads that way, though (2 x 1 instead of the 3 x 1).

[schild]

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.

[Trippy]

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.

[schild]

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.

[Morfiend]

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.

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

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.