Google Ads
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Daniel Turini wrote: IMHO, those ads are ugly, and make the site look cheap, no matter the color. IMHO any ad which helps my favourite site keep going is beautiful ;)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Meg's World - Blog PhotographyThat's exactly what I think whenever an ad annoys me. It helps CP, so watch it.
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Daniel Turini wrote: IMHO, those ads are ugly, and make the site look cheap, no matter the color. IMHO any ad which helps my favourite site keep going is beautiful ;)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Meg's World - Blog PhotographyDitto !! You spoke up my mind :)
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Michael P Butler wrote: Got to agree about the look. And to think I used to like the look of text only web-sites.Still, if they help CP pay the bills then my visual sensibilities can take a back seat. What worries me is that CP seems to be using a copy of Altavista's business plan. Old users know the difference, but for a newcomer, CP is looking more and more like CodeGuru. Yes, even I am blogging now!
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Michael P Butler wrote: Got to agree about the look. And to think I used to like the look of text only web-sites.Still, if they help CP pay the bills then my visual sensibilities can take a back seat. What worries me is that CP seems to be using a copy of Altavista's business plan. Old users know the difference, but for a newcomer, CP is looking more and more like CodeGuru. Yes, even I am blogging now!
I noticed that my UML-editor now helps advertize two commercial offerings. Does that mean that my effort is worthless, or the advertizers stupid? :sigh:
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I noticed that my UML-editor now helps advertize two commercial offerings. Does that mean that my effort is worthless, or the advertizers stupid? :sigh:
Johan Rosengren wrote: I noticed that my UML-editor now helps advertize two commercial offerings. Does that mean that my effort is worthless, or the advertizers stupid? Good point Can I analyze it? OK thanks. :-) - If your article and contribution is crap then it is worthless. If your article is great then the advertizers are as you suggest are stupid. (for reasons of simplicity lets skip the middle ground) - But what's important is who benefits. I suggest from the above analysis that the article reader is in a WIN-WIN situation. Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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Johan Rosengren wrote: I noticed that my UML-editor now helps advertize two commercial offerings. Does that mean that my effort is worthless, or the advertizers stupid? Good point Can I analyze it? OK thanks. :-) - If your article and contribution is crap then it is worthless. If your article is great then the advertizers are as you suggest are stupid. (for reasons of simplicity lets skip the middle ground) - But what's important is who benefits. I suggest from the above analysis that the article reader is in a WIN-WIN situation. Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
ColinDavies wrote: Can I analyze it? Can't stop you, can I? :-):-):-) ColinDavies wrote: But what's important is who benefits. And if I come to the conclusion that it is in fact crap, and it isn't. And I stop writing. Or that the advertizers are crazy :eek::eek::eek:, which they might or might not be, and I don't want to be connected to them? And I stop writing. So the reader win-win is only if bad writers correctly identify their texts as crap, and stop posting. Would the site generate interest if it had advertizers only, or if it had articles only - if we skip the middle ground and be a bit unrealistic in this case as well?
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Michael P Butler wrote: Got to agree about the look. And to think I used to like the look of text only web-sites.Still, if they help CP pay the bills then my visual sensibilities can take a back seat. What worries me is that CP seems to be using a copy of Altavista's business plan. Old users know the difference, but for a newcomer, CP is looking more and more like CodeGuru. Yes, even I am blogging now!
Daniel Turini wrote: CP is looking more and more like CodeGuru I'm very concerned about this, too, but I'm willing to give the Google ads a chance. If a subscription-based CP meant not having to see ads, I'd probably pay for it. Maybe Chris should do a poll to see how many feel the same way?
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ColinDavies wrote: Can I analyze it? Can't stop you, can I? :-):-):-) ColinDavies wrote: But what's important is who benefits. And if I come to the conclusion that it is in fact crap, and it isn't. And I stop writing. Or that the advertizers are crazy :eek::eek::eek:, which they might or might not be, and I don't want to be connected to them? And I stop writing. So the reader win-win is only if bad writers correctly identify their texts as crap, and stop posting. Would the site generate interest if it had advertizers only, or if it had articles only - if we skip the middle ground and be a bit unrealistic in this case as well?
Agreed if the writers stop writing the place is dead. - I guess CP is stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place, just like many other sites. To keep the servers humming and paychecks coming in it requires the advertising revenue, however the more ads the less users want to visit. No surprises there. Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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Daniel Turini wrote: CP is looking more and more like CodeGuru I'm very concerned about this, too, but I'm willing to give the Google ads a chance. If a subscription-based CP meant not having to see ads, I'd probably pay for it. Maybe Chris should do a poll to see how many feel the same way?
Hans Dietrich wrote: Maybe Chris should do a poll to see how many feel the same way? This has been suggested a lot of times on the past. As nothing was done, I can only deduce that Chris doesn't like the idea himself. As I understand, paid CP subscriptions are easier said than done: there are some legal concerns about the article copyright, and some sponsors also may not like the idea of not being able to reach the most active part of CP anymore, so Chris could lose all of the advertisers at once. Yes, even I am blogging now!
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Agreed if the writers stop writing the place is dead. - I guess CP is stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place, just like many other sites. To keep the servers humming and paychecks coming in it requires the advertising revenue, however the more ads the less users want to visit. No surprises there. Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
ColinDavies wrote: I guess CP is stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place True, indeed.