Are you really using the text add's?
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Text adds are the fast and simple advertisement method which is enormously using by Google. But I doubt people really using or cared about the junky adds appearing in GMail or in other ad-sense enabled websites? The "relevant" text adds really relevant to you?
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
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Text adds are the fast and simple advertisement method which is enormously using by Google. But I doubt people really using or cared about the junky adds appearing in GMail or in other ad-sense enabled websites? The "relevant" text adds really relevant to you?
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
I stopped to think about this years ago, since Google blocked my account due to "click abuse". :^) Some fool decided "help me" and clicked in my ads, and my account was blocked. :mad: None word from Google so far... :sigh:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
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I stopped to think about this years ago, since Google blocked my account due to "click abuse". :^) Some fool decided "help me" and clicked in my ads, and my account was blocked. :mad: None word from Google so far... :sigh:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Ironic really, considering your user name ;)
Sunrise Wallpaper Project | The StartPage Randomizer | The Windows Cheerleader
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Ironic really, considering your user name ;)
Sunrise Wallpaper Project | The StartPage Randomizer | The Windows Cheerleader
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Text adds are the fast and simple advertisement method which is enormously using by Google. But I doubt people really using or cared about the junky adds appearing in GMail or in other ad-sense enabled websites? The "relevant" text adds really relevant to you?
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
No ad is relevant to me until the advertiser pays me to rent my screen space.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ I work for Keyser Söze
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Text adds are the fast and simple advertisement method which is enormously using by Google. But I doubt people really using or cared about the junky adds appearing in GMail or in other ad-sense enabled websites? The "relevant" text adds really relevant to you?
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
No more nor less than any other sort of ad. I'm less openly hostile toward them though, as they're clearly marked as ads and less visually distracting as most image-based ads; i probably click through about 3 or 4 a year.
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?
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Text adds are the fast and simple advertisement method which is enormously using by Google. But I doubt people really using or cared about the junky adds appearing in GMail or in other ad-sense enabled websites? The "relevant" text adds really relevant to you?
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
BTW there's a FF extension called CustomizeGoogle[^] that lets you (among other things) remove the text ads from GMail and other services.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ I work for Keyser Söze
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Text adds are the fast and simple advertisement method which is enormously using by Google. But I doubt people really using or cared about the junky adds appearing in GMail or in other ad-sense enabled websites? The "relevant" text adds really relevant to you?
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
First off it's "advertising" which should be shortened to "ad" not "add's" if you must shorten it and flaunt incorrect use of the english language. :) Secondly, Google AdWords are extremely effective which is why the bidding for just about any search term you want is very high. If they weren't so effective they would be selling very cheaply and I can personally verify that a *lot* of people do click on them when they present something relevant to their needs.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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BTW there's a FF extension called CustomizeGoogle[^] that lets you (among other things) remove the text ads from GMail and other services.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ I work for Keyser Söze
I can see why there is a movement afoot to ban FireFox with many webmasters, of course that will never work in the end but it's hard to fathom how people expect to keep getting free content without paying the price with a little screen real-estate. This is all going down a road towards paying for all content some day.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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No ad is relevant to me until the advertiser pays me to rent my screen space.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ I work for Keyser Söze
That's a little silly in my opinion: The advertising is paying for you to be able to post that message here and be a member of this community. You are trading a fraction of your screen space for a much larger portion devoted to whatever content you are interested in.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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That's a little silly in my opinion: The advertising is paying for you to be able to post that message here and be a member of this community. You are trading a fraction of your screen space for a much larger portion devoted to whatever content you are interested in.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
John Cardinal wrote:
trading a fraction of your screen space
I agree with that... the important part being the "fraction". Ads need to be unobtrusive and not annoying - definitely no pop-ups, pop-unders or seizure-inducing flashing ads...
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I stopped to think about this years ago, since Google blocked my account due to "click abuse". :^) Some fool decided "help me" and clicked in my ads, and my account was blocked. :mad: None word from Google so far... :sigh:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:
Same here, a while ago. :sigh:
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Text adds are the fast and simple advertisement method which is enormously using by Google. But I doubt people really using or cared about the junky adds appearing in GMail or in other ad-sense enabled websites? The "relevant" text adds really relevant to you?
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
I don't mind the Google ads. Generally, I don't mind unobtrusive ads at all - they are the mechanism that makes it possible for me to view free content on the net. Much better than the alternative of me paying for the content. And on that note I don't understand the whole "block all ads"-movement. They do understand that if they got their way, we would have to pay for it. Right?
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
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That's a little silly in my opinion: The advertising is paying for you to be able to post that message here and be a member of this community. You are trading a fraction of your screen space for a much larger portion devoted to whatever content you are interested in.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
Silly? It's downright stupid. Pop-ups were annoying; and very obtrusive ads are annoying as well. But the "normal" ads, like Google text ads, and the ads here on CP, are what makes the free Internet possible. The alternative, a pay-per-site Internet is not something I'd like to see.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
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BTW there's a FF extension called CustomizeGoogle[^] that lets you (among other things) remove the text ads from GMail and other services.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ I work for Keyser Söze
Interesting video... Adwords abuse[^]
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Ironic really, considering your user name ;)
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I was thinking the same thing when i read his post. :-D
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First off it's "advertising" which should be shortened to "ad" not "add's" if you must shorten it and flaunt incorrect use of the english language. :) Secondly, Google AdWords are extremely effective which is why the bidding for just about any search term you want is very high. If they weren't so effective they would be selling very cheaply and I can personally verify that a *lot* of people do click on them when they present something relevant to their needs.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
John Cardinal wrote:
Google AdWords are extremely effective which is why the bidding for just about any search term you want is very high.
Yes, ridiculously high for no good reason. I wanted to buy a few keywords to advertise my wallpaper site[^], but after two days, the keywords had all been disabled, and Google wanted 50c a click to reactivate them! And I was the only person bidding on these particular keywords. Say what you want about Google, but their Adwords program sucks for non-profit websites. Something like my site, that doesn't contain a lot of text (other than the occasional user comment) on the main page gets slammed for not having enough "relevant" content, and the cost-per-click rises. I was happy to pay $10 a month to advertise my site when the keywords were 5c per click. I don't generate a lot of traffic and I make no money whatsoever off the site. When the keywords went up to 50c, I just ditched Adwords.
Sunrise Wallpaper Project | The StartPage Randomizer | The Windows Cheerleader
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Silly? It's downright stupid. Pop-ups were annoying; and very obtrusive ads are annoying as well. But the "normal" ads, like Google text ads, and the ads here on CP, are what makes the free Internet possible. The alternative, a pay-per-site Internet is not something I'd like to see.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandRohde wrote:
The alternative, a pay-per-site Internet is not something I'd like to see.
That isn't the alternative. Most of the 'Net wouldn't sell PPV...
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?
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John Cardinal wrote:
Google AdWords are extremely effective which is why the bidding for just about any search term you want is very high.
Yes, ridiculously high for no good reason. I wanted to buy a few keywords to advertise my wallpaper site[^], but after two days, the keywords had all been disabled, and Google wanted 50c a click to reactivate them! And I was the only person bidding on these particular keywords. Say what you want about Google, but their Adwords program sucks for non-profit websites. Something like my site, that doesn't contain a lot of text (other than the occasional user comment) on the main page gets slammed for not having enough "relevant" content, and the cost-per-click rises. I was happy to pay $10 a month to advertise my site when the keywords were 5c per click. I don't generate a lot of traffic and I make no money whatsoever off the site. When the keywords went up to 50c, I just ditched Adwords.
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Miszou wrote:
Say what you want about Google, but their Adwords program sucks for non-profit websites.
Well that's kind of the point really, it's advertising which is for profit by definition, even the red cross advertises (I still really don't know why to be honest and it kind of disgusts me that they are taking money from people and buying expensive tv advertising) and they must turn a profit to pay for it. One thing we've always done is make sure that our page is optimized for our key search terms that we know bring the people who are looking for what we make in so that we are not 100% reliant on adwords. A good balance is 80-20 if you can get it, i.e. 80% people coming in based on the keyword matching and content on your site with the other 20% to cover people searching in unique ways via ad-words. Quickly looking at your page you linked to you have a serious design issue if you want people to find your site through regular searching, you have the whole encyclopedia thrown into your meta tag keywords and almost none of that text appears on your page at all which is going to hammer you with search engines. Take a moment to write a nice succint 3 sentence description of your web site and what it offers using as few words as possible but still keeping legitimate sentences. Make sure that your keywords meta tag contains those terms that are highly relevant in your short description. Make sure your page is getting trawled by google and others. Then carefully examine your web logs for people incoming from search requests, look at what keywords they are using, you will see that they use a combination of some of your words and some of theirs that don't appear on your page. Keep a list of those other words, see how many different people use them, if they are relevant and widely used, work them into your three sentence description, toss out the words that no one ever uses in your three sentence description etc etc. This is an iterative process like weeding a garden, if you keep at it you will end up with a very high ranking on search engines and a lot more traffic of highly relevant hits. Doing this I gurantee you will find that people are using words you never thought of and quite commonly. For example our company makes "work order software" but after examining our web logs we found that much of the world outside north america refers to the same thing as "service order software", not our target market directly, but it doesn't hurt to