ticalc.org goes ads

Post by **kv83** » Tue 28 Nov, 2006 12:18 pm

I wonder whether that will solve the problem or not. Afaik the income of those google ads are rather low... who does click on a google ad anyway? I wonder how long they'll stay.

Post by **benryves** » Tue 28 Nov, 2006 12:21 pm

Google's ad servers are the first thing that go in my hosts file. I find them intrusive and usually irrelevant. I have never clicked on one.

Post by **kv83** » Tue 28 Nov, 2006 12:24 pm

I did, but only because I wanted the one hosting to get a "click"

Post by **benryves** » Tue 28 Nov, 2006 12:31 pm

That's not to say I don't click on ads at all; picture ads don't tend to get mixed in with the text and usually convey more useful information, and I've clicked on a few of those out of genuine interest.

Floodkiller · Post by **Floodkiller** » Tue 28 Nov, 2006 3:24 pm

Well, according to someone who signed up for google ads to get some income for his clan server, each click gets between a dime to a quarter, depending on how often it is clicked. If they start getting 500 clicks a minute, though, then that means that they will shut down the deal for the reason that they are getting scammed out of money.

crzyrbl · Post by **crzyrbl** » Tue 28 Nov, 2006 8:48 pm

I never click on the google ads. I cant really think of a reason that I should either.

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Wed 29 Nov, 2006 2:07 am

I find it funny how people here don't debate whether ads are necessary like they are on ticalc.
We debate as to whether or not they'll make money.

Post by **kv83** » Wed 29 Nov, 2006 9:44 am

Ads are fine, if they make it possible to keep that great page. However I, and afaik everyone, doubt they will make a difference.

Post by **Dwedit** » Wed 29 Nov, 2006 6:26 pm

Google ads are evil.

leofox · Post by **leofox** » Wed 29 Nov, 2006 6:54 pm

I dont care about google ads. I wont click on them, but if it keeps a site up.. i guess its ok

I used to have google ads. Never got more than 15Ã¢â€šÂ¬.. which sucks if the payout is at 100Ã¢â€šÂ¬

DigiTan · Post by **DigiTan** » Thu 30 Nov, 2006 5:37 pm

I'm just glad they're discreet. No seisure-inducing colors or dancing hover ads to spoil the fun.

NanoWar · Post by **NanoWar** » Sat 02 Dec, 2006 10:57 am

There are ads in the news discussions

DigiTan · Post by **DigiTan** » Sun 03 Dec, 2006 5:06 am

I'm just glad to visit without being told to shoot monkeys or punch out some boxer for an iPod.

Arcane WIzard · Post by **Arcane WIzard** » Mon 04 Dec, 2006 10:27 am

If you know how to use google ads well then you can get about a dollar per click. Or you used to be able to anyway. Some of the ads on the front page of unitedti where that much. I've heard that yahoo ads are now better for income generation per click, though, so google ad $/click may have lowered generally.

Still have to be clicked though, and even with googles efforts to generate relevant ads for a page, they don't get clicked much.

I'm willing to bet donation buttons and forum subscriptions (VIP accounts) generate more money.

Post by **kv83** » Mon 04 Dec, 2006 10:47 am

I think so too. It would generate a lot of money for ticalc.org if they only let you upload screenshots (for example) if you have a "gold" account (which costs about $0.50 a year or something)

Would increase money and decrease bandwith