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ok i'm confused so does gateworld get money just for the ads sitting on the site or do you have to click on them to get money or if you buy the product that there are selling in the ad
how does the revenue syetem workLast edited by Pharaoh Atem; 08 February 2006, 05:19 AM.
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Originally posted by NightWingok i'm confused so does gateworld get money just for the ads sitting on the site or do you have to click on them to get money or if you buy the product that there are selling in the ad
how does the revenue syetem work
If you really love GateWorld, you should consider occasionally clicking on an ad just to give the site a nice financial boost...even if it's just once a week, if everyone did that, GW would never have a funds problem.Originally posted by Agent_DarkAgain, don't take this the wrong way, but if you decide to go with intrusive and annoying ads then you'll have to expect people will take measures to block them.
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Originally posted by Major TylerGateWorld get money everytime an add loads, and even more more money when someone actually clicks on an add. So, yes, even having the ads sit atop the page generates revenue for the site. Adblock and the like completely severs that financial source. My opinion as a *person* (rather than as a mod) is that disabling those ads is tantamount to stealing (from?) GateWorld.
If you really love GateWorld, you should consider occasionally clicking on an ad just to give the site a nice financial boost...even if it's just once a week, if everyone did that, GW would never have a funds problem.sigpic
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Can I make a suggestion here that is a happy medium?
If you're only using adblocker (not the updater), you can set it to block just that ad. When a page with that ad comes up, go to Tools>AdBlock>List All Blockable Elements. It should pop up a list of all the files referenced on the page. Go to the "script" that comes from gorillanation, click it, then click okay. When you reload the page, that ad should be filtered out, but the others will remain.
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Originally posted by xfkirstenCan I make a suggestion here that is a happy medium?
If you're only using adblocker (not the updater), you can set it to block just that ad. When a page with that ad comes up, go to Tools>AdBlock>List All Blockable Elements. It should pop up a list of all the files referenced on the page. Go to the "script" that comes from gorillanation, click it, then click okay. When you reload the page, that ad should be filtered out, but the others will remain.
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Originally posted by ShadowMaatI don't suppose you could add that to the "filter these out" list, huh Darren?
The best we can do is report the problem to the agency and request that their developers experiment with the ad code in different browser environments to try and resolve the problem for a bigger segment of users.
I don't blame people for using ad blockers or disabling Flash, and I certainly don't consider it stealing from the site any more than fast-forwarding through commercials on TiVo is stealing from the network or the TV studio.
But for those who do consider GW a home and want to support it, it's very unhelpful. Consider, those of you who play here an hour or more every day, just how many page impressions you alone generate in a single month. I've done the math, and it's substantial.GateWorld Podcast - Info - iTunes - Google
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Originally posted by DarrenI don't blame people for using ad blockers or disabling Flash, and I certainly don't consider it stealing from the site any more than fast-forwarding through commercials on TiVo is stealing from the network or the TV studio.
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Originally posted by Major TylerIf you really love GateWorld, you should consider occasionally clicking on an ad just to give the site a nice financial boost...even if it's just once a week, if everyone did that, GW would never have a funds problem.
And one more thing... Ive never seen flash ads on GW and i have my browsers flash player enabledThe doctor told me Im insane, thank God! its so much better then being outsane!
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Originally posted by EoinI could kill you atm.... FF just crashed on me cause i read your post and seen the above quote so i kept on opening ads in new tabs(cool that rhymns) I know now how to help GW live long
And one more thing... Ive never seen flash ads on GW and i have my browsers flash player enabled
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Someone may have mentioned this already, but NoScript simply blocks javascript and plugins from servers unless explicitly allowed. Sans Adblock, this means that intrusive ads will be blocked while static ads and such will still show. I find this a nice compromise between the need of a site for revenue, and my desire to block intrusive ads.
May advertisers one day be considerate. Unfortunately I don't think it'll happen anytime soon.Cogito ergo dubito.
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That damn ad is annoying. We just recently got a new computer because the other one finally crapped out after 5 years. (Thank the gods. I hated that rust bucket.) But I haven’t dl’ed the ad blocker extension for Firefox yet, like I did on that old PC. So right now I’m once again contributing pennies to GW....
Instead of refreshing the page to get that evil thing to go away so I can log in, I just click on some other folder in the forum which will usually throw up a different ad and unblocking the login spot. The thing I really hate about it is that obviously the ad is dropping down and covering up the menus, but for some bizarre reason I can’t see the drop-down. It’s like it’s invisible. So I’m trying to click on the menus, but getting nadda results. *grrr*IMO always implied.
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