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Post by elljay on Nov 23, 2013 8:52:12 GMT
Hi all, as you can see our ad free period with ProBoards has now ended.
It's early days but we're looking at around 150,000 page views for our first month.
ProBoards offers two options to remove the ads:
* A flat USD8.00 per 50,000 page views - these 50,000 batches can be applied as and when needed.
* A monthly ongoing discounted calendar month subscription. 150,000 page views per month will currently be satisfied by USD16.50 (but ads will reappear if the limit is exceeded in a given month unless a costly "overdraft" is enabled).
You can only vote once, but you can change your vote whilst the poll remains open.
We'll do our best to answer questions on this thread as they arise.
Thanks,
The Mod Team
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JamesFrance
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Post by JamesFrance on Nov 23, 2013 10:08:56 GMT
I don't see any ads using IceDragon browser with AdBlock Plus and PrivDog.
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Post by pikestaff on Nov 23, 2013 11:59:07 GMT
I'm cool with ads. If it's possible for the forum to actually make money from ads, I'd be cool with that too.
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Post by oldgrumpy on Nov 23, 2013 12:37:29 GMT
Was it just the few I saw below this post earlier today? No problem with those. keep them if it saves money. Incidentally, they have now disappeared. Ha s my Firefox adblock kicked in? I thought that was just for popups.
Edit - oh they've come back now.
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Post by maxmarengo on Nov 23, 2013 18:37:54 GMT
Let's try it with the ads!
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Post by mikes1531 on Nov 23, 2013 20:33:56 GMT
I'd also suggest trying to live with them for the time being. If they become too irritating then we can reconsider.
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Post by mikes1531 on Nov 23, 2013 20:38:12 GMT
I give up. How do I vote?
I've ticked the box for one of the options, but that doesn't seem to have done anything to record my choice. Is there a 'Vote' button somewhere that I have to click?
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Post by mrclondon on Nov 23, 2013 20:43:25 GMT
I give up. How do I vote? I've ticked the box for one of the options, but that doesn't seem to have done anything to record my choice. Is there a 'Vote' button somewhere that I have to click? Yes that tick is the means of recording your vote. If you untick you should see the total for that row decrease, and then retick it should go backup.
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Post by unmadem on Nov 24, 2013 12:33:37 GMT
At the moment the ads seem fairly unobtrusive so happy to keep them. If they ever start to have sound time to reconsider.
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Post by mikes1531 on Nov 25, 2013 14:43:19 GMT
I give up. How do I vote? I've ticked the box for one of the options, but that doesn't seem to have done anything to record my choice. Is there a 'Vote' button somewhere that I have to click? Yes that tick is the means of recording your vote. If you untick you should see the total for that row decrease, and then retick it should go backup. OK. Thanks. I guess the reaction was so quick that I didn't notice it.
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Post by elljay on Dec 1, 2013 11:30:36 GMT
Hi all, thanks for voting. Looks like the consensus is to leave things as they are. Have now closed the poll.
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Post by easteregg on Dec 15, 2013 16:25:01 GMT
Just a thought - 50,000 page views should generate more than $8 in advertising revenue which would more than cover the costs mentioned, so could we chose our adverts with Google AdSense or another scheme?
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Post by elljay on Dec 15, 2013 21:45:43 GMT
Good plan, but unfortunately not - the adverts are how ProBoards pay for hosting / supporting all these free boards.
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Post by oldgrumpy on Dec 16, 2013 0:01:06 GMT
I'm not seeing the adverts any more.  Is my adblocker blocking them? I saw them a couple of weeks ago when we were informed that the adfree period had expired. |
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Post by JamesFrance on Dec 16, 2013 7:54:15 GMT
If you have AdblockPlus as an addon it will be blocking the adds, I also have PrivDog but it doesn't need to block the ads so Adblock gets in first. Privdog is blocking 2 trackers on this site, however the usual Facebook is not here I am pleased to see.
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Is my adblocker blocking them? I saw them a couple of weeks ago when we were informed that the adfree period had expired.