Google Ad's - Your Say

[nick the grief]

Story of my life really, I do everything ##se first! Lol

I'll resist the urge to reply to that one Snadger

[Snadger]

I'll resist the urge to reply to that one Snadger

Point taken...ohh christ I've done it again!! Lol

[poultrychat]

I have a forum and use the same software as this but a later version and although I don't have the same amount of members the thread and post numbers are about the same - I have many more pictures on my forum which uses much more ban width (it's too hard to post pictures on here!) - my licence etc. for the forum has come up for renewal so I have set up a donations page to help cover the costs, maybe that is something you could consider - how many people on here would be prepared to pay even just £1 to get rid of those adverts? Here is a link to that thread.......

http://www.poultrychat.com/vb/showth...4396#post24396

[Dave]

I think a previous response by myself may not have been clear. We have enough funds to pay for the grapevine!!

The goal of these ad's is to justify the cost of adding new features! New features that are yet to be implemented (the ads have only just gone on). Not maintain the running cost of the grapevine! The maintainance costs, that are already very high (but were not complaining :P), with the new server, software upgrades. Please don't ask us what these features are yet, we're holding our cards close to our chest

Poultychat, you state that we are using an old version of Vbulletin. We are in fact using the most current version, you, however are using the same software but 6 versions behind. We always endouver to maintain our software and ALWAYS keep it up-to-date. We would recommend that you update yours ASAP!

[poultrychat]

Sorry I didn't word it very clearly - I meant that my software is older, without all the new 'toys' that yours has, we have been meaning to update our for months, we will get around to it eventually!

[Dave]

Good Luck With updating it, make sure you have plenty of time on your hands! It will take a while!

[poultrychat]

Thank you - we have actually done it before a few times hence the hesitation! Doing a donation button could be for the new plans for the forum then, it is a great forum and I still think the ads. spoil it but will shut up now, sorry

[Dave]

No, there won't be any donation buttons around here We Promise!

[DrBill]

Just found a major probelm which I am sure someone has already said but here goes. When you click on one of the ads it opens over this site when I had finished looking I deleted the window and I had lost where I was on this site
Would i normally return, proberbly not and I only returned to right this. Can you make it open into a new window????

You can get round this by right-clicking on the link which will give you the option of opening the link in a new window

If you use Firefox you can set the browser to automatically open links in a new tab or new window from options. I suspect Internet Explorer has a similar property but I don't use it so am not sure

[mightywight]

Google Ads are fine!

I have a couple of websites myself and have Google Ads on one of them. They are easy to set up and a very effective way of defraying the cost of running a website. It's also remarkable how well they can be automatically tailored to the content. Put this together with their unobtrusive nature (no in-your-face popups or banners) and they are perfectly reasonable.

[bootie]

They ARE benificial to the site!

Thank you Grumble for alerting up the this, we will investigate some more and see it we can get this changed.

If they are beneficial to the site keep them. I presume it costs to keep the 'vine running but keep the ads for gardening products only.

[zebedee]

Don't normally mind ads, provided they are not intrusive! This is a brilliant forum, I love it! I love the interchange, the humour, the advice. The only problem I have with adverts is when they swamp a site (or magazine (but not GYO)). Other than that, if it helps to keep the forum going, that's fine by me. Keep up the good work GYO!

[multiveg]

Hmm, just followed on of the google ads - cricketpoo! A premium organic plant food, produced in the US!

[User Removed]

Hi again, This is another one of my mad ideas,why not get rid of the google ad's and get some afflilicate links? They will make you more money than the adsense and will look a hell of a lot better.
This might help you to (www.Thedeathofadsense.co.uk)
Just another idea of mine.
Thanks

[Earthbabe]

cricket manure?

Was it me or did I see an ad on here for cricket manure?

Sounds dodgy to me unless someone else knows better.