I'm thinking about putting some Google ads at the bottom of the sidebar in the forum. I'm not really thinking about doing it to make money. I'm doing it mostly just to see how Google ads work, and such. It's a learning experience. AdBlock will block the ads, so you smart people won't even see them. The only people who probably will see them are people who just end up at the forum after searching for something on Google, or from a link to the forum from some other web site.
So do you care if I put a few Google text ads down there on the left?
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Step 1: "We will never have any ads, evrar!"
Step 2: "We will be experimenting with google ads on the forum. You know, just to see how they work"
Step 3: Make her open the box.
Step 4: "You must now watch 30 second ads before posting on the forum"
Edit: Heck, if it actually made enough money to fund some Geeknights merchandise, I would be all for it.
Go for it. Make some money off of the endeavor. Why not?
Plus, who really cares that much about ads? I'll watch the 30-second ads online to see my TV shows for free without having to torrent happily. I'm glad to support the shows I like without spending my own money. It's not like I'm gonna run out and buy Edge Shave Gel. The models saying words that don't exist annoy me, but I just ignore it. I'm usually doing something else anyway, like knitting. Same thing with the forum. If I don't like the ads, I'll just ignore them and do something else on the forum. No big deal.
Most of the time I pay no attention to ads, but occasionally one will show up that is interesting to me; so why not click on it?
That being said, I'm happier to make donations to content providers I consume media from. Better yet, I'd love to be able to purchase merchandise as a way of supporting my favorite sites and content.
*Crickets*
Anyways- as long as the ads don't slip through adblock and don't mess up how the forum looks, go ahead.
Plus, I'm kinda interested in seeing what kind of context-related ads Google would provide this forum with. I suggest we try and bump up some totally ludicrous phrases to see what kinds of hi-larious Google ads we get.
Or we could talk about zombies a lot and make it a backup AZONS.