AdSense in articles

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Paul Conrad wrote:

These are all wonderful tools that help the CP'ing experience

(1) Did I say otherwise? No. (2) They don't help me - when it comes to browsing, I'm strictly Microsoft-Centric, like CodeProject, and they don't work with Internet Explorer. (3) It's still an advertisment according to dictionary.com: "a public promotion of some product or service".

Paul Conrad

:|

Bradml

It is frowned apon here, but if you like I can give you a free* webpage that you can fill with adsense! *Note: May not actually be free, infact it won't be, I'll charge $5.50 per month.

Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

Eytukan

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

I think it's a shame that you were voted down for asking nicely

Yeah the Lounge is getting a bit like Afghan-Paki-tribe styled. Stones for anything. Bad :sigh:

Dario: How is "directory" in French? (I mean a file system directory). John Simmons: "zee file holdaire thingie"

Eytukan

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Dario: How is "directory" in French? (I mean a file system directory). John Simmons: "zee file holdaire thingie"

Bradml

"*" means that conditions apply. It means you should look the the matching "*" later in the document to further define the statement.

Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

Eytukan

Yeah an open ended "*" is different from the closed one (*xyz*) lol.. Hey I was just kidding! didn't I? :( common brad, I didn't guess you'd give me the exact meaning of a *. :sigh:

Dario: How is "directory" in French? (I mean a file system directory). John Simmons: "zee file holdaire thingie"

Bradml

:laugh:

Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

TheCodeKing

Thanks, kind of getting that vibe. No idea what being voted up or down means, but appreciate it.

TheCodeKing

Yep only just bought the url, will get something up soon.

Bradml

See how your message vote is going up and down?

Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

S Douglas

TheCodeKing wrote:

No idea what being voted up or down means

See the FAQs[^] Option 6.

I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

Phil Harding

The Grand Negus wrote:

I really, really don't understand these rules

I see your, quite literal, point, but IMHO, I think ads (or rather links) for your own stuff in your sig is one thing, since they aren't instrusive, Ad Sense ads and the like, however, are probably a step too far. :~

"I'm not lying, I'm just writing fiction with my mouth"

Phil Harding.
myBlog [^] | mySite [^]

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Phil Harding wrote:

I think ads (or rather links) for your own stuff in your sig is one thing, since they aren't instrusive

Not intrusive? Ads in signatures are, first of all, usually off-topic - which means, literally, that they are intruding on the conversation. Secondly, they tend, in many cases, to be more colorful, bolder, and/or take up more screen space than the posts - see, in this very thread, the signatures of Kreskowiak, Shog, Punathambekar, Clifton, Brad, and even your own. This makes them distracting, and whatever distracts intrudes on one's concentration. Finally - just in case you're not convinced - take a look at these: Bright and beautiful[^]. Colorful and animated[^]. Nicely centered[^]. Literary[^]. Simply Elegant[^]. Wide Character String[^]. Retro[^]. Not intrusive?

Phil Harding

Well, yes I see what you mean, but while you or others may find some sigs annoying, for the most part, the style and content of these are just extensions of peoples personalities, which as I mentioned, is one thing. Sigs can be ignored while reading articles/posts (because they're at the bottom), Adsense and the like tend to form part of the article/post, so cannot as easily be ignored, I think alot of people on this site would find it highly irritating to have advertising like this in articles, myself included :). Like I said I see your point, but I don't really accept the double standards argument, call it a fine line if you like, but even so, it's a very tangible line.

"I'm not lying, I'm just writing fiction with my mouth"

Phil Harding.
myBlog [^] | mySite [^]

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Phil Harding wrote:

Sigs can be ignored while reading articles/posts (because they're at the bottom)

True, but I can easily find whatever you want to reveal about yourself in your profile. So why should I be slapped in the eye with unwanted, distracting, intrusive, and redundant information in every post?

Phil Harding wrote:

I don't really accept the double standards argument, call it a fine line if you like, but even so, it's a very tangible line.

Tangible, yes. Reasonable, it is not: In a thread about fruit, "I like apples. | Our compiler [^].", is acceptable. In a thread about programming languages, "Our compiler [^]. | I like apples.", is not. Nonsense!

realJSOP

NO. This is the most annoying piece of crap to ever be foisted on internet users.

"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

Dave Kreskowiak

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

I think you are confusing adsense with intellitxt ads.

Yep! You'r right! I did confuse the two... After working 30 hours this weekend, my brain is a bit mushy. ;P

Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Nish Nishant

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

After working 30 hours this weekend, my brain is a bit mushy.

:)

Regards, Nish

Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

Dave Kreskowiak

I thought he was talking about the intellitext ads... I avoid every site I find them in.

Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic