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Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« on: December 03, 2008, 03:37:12 AM »
Due to high costs of keeping this site online it has been decided to put advertisements on the forums.

If you wish to hide the ads, please consider donating instead of using ad blocking tools, as all advertisements will be hidden for people in the PHP Freaks Donator group.

Advertisements have not yet been added to the main site, but they will follow shortly.
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2008, 07:03:48 AM »
Every time they load for me, they're advertising hosting - Isn't that going against the grain a bit for Server Powered / Web Host Freaks?
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2008, 07:05:10 AM »
Quote from: SemiApocalyptic on December 03, 2008, 07:03:48 AM
Every time they load for me, they're advertising hosting - Isn't that going against the grain a bit for Server Powered / Web Host Freaks?

Heh... Good point. I'll send Eric an email about that.
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2008, 07:56:39 AM »
Hey folks. Ads for hosting companies are fine for now. We're not accepting orders at WebHost Freaks or Server Powered at this time anyways, so I'm cool with that.

Thanks for putting the ads up and, more importantly, keeping the wheels turning here.

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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2008, 12:41:36 PM »
Whats up with the ads? They aren't even relevant! Make them something good (like software) and I'd click em. lol
I see em as Youtube advertisements... is that different for other people?
I won't see them for long though, I think I will join the donated list cuz this website is handy.
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2008, 01:53:50 PM »
Some of the ads are relevant, others aren't. Not much I can do about it.
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2008, 02:33:55 PM »
You know...if you are going to put up ads, I don't think through them within the threads is the right location. I would put them in all that nice blue empty space within the top of the site (where the PHP Freaks logo is.. you got tons of nothing beside the logo).

I'm going to fathom a guess here that the links to rediculous youtube piano footage adverts (actually, regardless of what the ads are for) is to irritate the users into submitting money (meaning, hey look, I'm placing ads right in your face where you wont miss it). But I don't think this is the proper way to go about getting collections from people. Use proper ad placement etiquette and insert them on top of the site..

Quote from: Daniel0 on December 03, 2008, 01:53:50 PM
Some of the ads are relevant, others aren't. Not much I can do about it.

With regards to relevence, is there not any specialized systems like Google that gear the ads towards relevent site content? Surely there must be some more 'organized affiliation programs'.
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2008, 02:49:19 PM »
Quote from: nrg_alpha on December 03, 2008, 02:33:55 PM
I'm going to fathom a guess here that the links to rediculous youtube piano footage adverts (actually, regardless of what the ads are for) is to irritate the users into submitting money (meaning, hey look, I'm placing ads right in your face where you wont miss it).

People pay to have their ads seen, not to have their ads hidden and tucked away where nobody notices them. Besides, the entire only takes up about 200px vertically and I do not think they're very intrusive. We've had ads embedded within the first post in the corner before and we had no problems with that either.

If you wish the ads to go away then I'm afraid you'll have to send us a regular sum of money because bills do not pay themselves.

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Some of the ads are relevant, others aren't. Not much I can do about it.

With regards to relevence, is there not any specialized systems like Google that gear the ads towards relevent site content? Surely there must be some more 'organized affiliation programs'.

I said that I (as in me, Daniel0 on phpfreaks.com) cannot do anything against it. I don't know how the AdSense/Youtube advertising control panels look like as I do not have access to them. The person who does that is Eric/phpfreak.
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2008, 02:58:47 PM »
Quote from: Daniel0 on December 03, 2008, 01:53:50 PM
Some of the ads are relevant, others aren't. Not much I can do about it.

Quote from: nrg_alpha on December 03, 2008, 02:33:55 PM
With regards to relevence, is there not any specialized systems like Google that gear the ads towards relevent site content? Surely there must be some more 'organized affiliation programs'.

Quote from: Daniel0 on December 03, 2008, 01:53:50 PM
I said that I (as in me, Daniel0 on phpfreaks.com) cannot do anything against it. I don't know how the AdSense/Youtube advertising control panels look like as I do not have access to them. The person who does that is Eric/phpfreak.

Sorry, I was responding to not only you but I suppose to the php freaks admin in general (whoever is in charge of the adverts).
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2008, 03:00:08 PM »
Anyone else notice a long delay now from when the first post displays along with the ad (every post I've seen only has YouTube), then a short while later the rest of the replies display?
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2008, 03:09:37 PM »
On a related note, upon checking the donor page, I have a question.
It reads: "In return you'll get stars and a flashy name. Moreover, all advertisements will be hidden when you are logged in using a donor account."

So if I understand correctly, I would need a separate account (new 'flashy' name)? I could not use my current screen name / account that is simply upgraded to a donor status? Perhaps I am misunderstanding things.. but by the way this is worded, I get the sense that the original account is not taken into consideration.
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2008, 03:12:59 PM »
Maybe I should reword it. You'll just get a different color like for instance I'm red. It will just move you to another group. The most important part in terms of changes will be that ads are disabled.
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2008, 03:14:16 PM »
Quote from: revraz on December 03, 2008, 03:00:08 PM
Anyone else notice a long delay now from when the first post displays along with the ad (every post I've seen only has YouTube), then a short while later the rest of the replies display?

I have a delay, I wouldnt say that it is a long delay, but it is definitely noticeable.
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2008, 03:15:57 PM »
Quote from: Daniel0 on December 03, 2008, 03:12:59 PM
Maybe I should reword it. You'll just get a different color like for instance I'm red. It will just move you to another group. The most important part in terms of changes will be that ads are disabled.

Ah ok, so this would mean I still get to keep my account 'nrg_alpha', with all the posting history, number of posts, profile, etc..?
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Re: Advertisements on PHP Freaks
« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2008, 03:17:17 PM »
Indeed you will. You'll get automatically moved into the donators group once you've purchased a subscription and back again once it expires.
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