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Why are the ads on the top of the board now?
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Newer, more buoyant ads.... they float to the top now. Truthfully, it's because the amount that they have been paying has dropped off significantly while my expenses for the hosting are about to more than double... so I'm just moving the one to try to optimize things in the hopes that the new ad placement ("above the fold" in newspaper terms) gets Google to pay better. 
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Cool - does it help if people click on them? or no?
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My Internet Security completely blocks them. Just a big white rectangle to me!
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Cool - does it help if people click on them? or no?
i'd like to know, too, if it helps purp keep this site going well, I'd be glad to take five seconds of my time.
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that's what I figured as well - I didn't know if just clicking them helped PPE out or not.
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Well, there is no set answer to that as some ads pay by clicks and others by # of page views, but generally speaking.. Yes, it pays more if they are clicked, but it will also "know" that something is up if it sees 51 clicks from the same IP address and then pay nothing for them, not to mention that fraudulent clicking can get it shut down as well.
All I can say is that if the ad is something that interests you, give it a click and check it out.... and if it interests you again tomorrow, check it out once tomorrow as well. The Google Search thing on the Search page pays as well if a sponsored link in the search results is clicked.
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Cool - I'll try to make more of a conscious effort to click a few ads during the week
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Are the ads what are causing the "Click here to install ActiveX control: 'Adobe Flash Player' from 'Adobe Systems Incorporated' " every time I click on the site now?
Or is it my system?
Should I install it, ya think?
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i usually click on on each bar every day
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If the Ad is a Flash ad and you don't have Flash installed, then yes that could cause that.
That would have been the case for quite a while now, not something new as it has been serving Ads in Flash almost since the beginning.
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Will it FUBAR my computer to install it do you think? I tend not to trust things that prompt me to install them ...
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No, it won't fubar the computer. Flash is a standard browser plugin that enables animations and sound. http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/ Quote:
Adobe Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content. Designs, animation, and application user interfaces are deployed immediately across all browsers and platforms, attracting and engaging users with a rich Web experience.
It's the defacto web industry standard for what it does.
It's made by Adobe, so it has a company with a solid reputation behind it.
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Well, I installed and I'm still here, so I guess it didn't fubar my computer.  These things confuse me ... Thanks, PPE.
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hehe, no problem man .. you're welcome 
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Surprised it took you this long to install flash - a lot of websites now-a-days use it. great program.
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If you enjoy the site and enjoy it being a free site that isn't always bugging you for donations and such, click once a day. 5 to 10 seconds of your time is not that much to ask for all you get in return.
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If you enjoy the site and enjoy it being a free site that isn't always bugging you for donations and such, click once a day. 5 to 10 seconds of your time is not that much to ask for all you get in return.
I'll second that, i click once a day also. It helps to click on a subject that interests you, hence Australia Chat for me. Y'know just checking out the munters, mingers and saddo's looking for deep and meaningfuls in my area. 
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Y'know just checking out the munters, mingers and saddo's looking for deep and meaningfuls in my area.
Please speak English....Ok, maybe just American. 
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Y'know just checking out the munters, mingers and saddo's looking for deep and meaningfuls in my area.
Please speak English....Ok, maybe just American.
Sounds like something sexual to me.....new meaning to the term "down under".......
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I keep getting the same three over and over and over. Can only click on them so many times. 
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I keep getting the same three over and over and over. Can only click on them so many times.
Same here - I keep waiting for the "Free Wimbley Jersey" ad to come up but havn't seen it yet 
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Free the Cleveland one!! He's innocent. 
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Hey Purp, I would be curois to knwo the results of moving the banner to the top of the page. I can honestly say I have clicked it more since you moved it. 
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It is a "Significant" improvement, so far.
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Are they going to rotate in more than the three banners I keep seeing?  I've clicked them all (except the nasty Bengals one, of course) and don't want to keep clicking or they'll know I'm just clicking to click. 
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no idea, hehe. I'm fixing to check with Google to see about getting permission to add some keywords to the ad code to more pointedly direct the Ads. The ability to do it is undocumented and you have to have their permission to do it, but it would at least hopefully ensure that the Ads are at least sports related if not NFL related. I'm sure Vectren Source Natural Gas interests us all , but I'm not certain that it's the best thing that could be advertising here 
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Why are the ads on the top of the board now?
A better question, why are we advertising for Stooler and Bungle crap?
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Just curious...is there some type of setting that would open those links in a new window (so we don't close out of here)? I know I coculd right click, yadda, yadda. But, sometimes, I is lazy! LOL!
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Why are the ads on the top of the board now?
A better question, why are we advertising for Stooler and Bungle crap?
You're looking at it bass-ackward.
Stooler & Bungle crap is paying for this site.
Babe, I'll look at it again, but I doubt it. The actual links are fed to the site by Google, I don't have any real way of controlling them.
If you are using Internet Explorer though, you can get *any* link to open in a new window by holding down the Shift key when you click. If you have IE7, you can use Ctrl + Click to open in a new tab.
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It is a "Significant" improvement, so far.
I think it was me starting this thread - you can send me a check at the end of the month... thanks.
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As the saying goes... checks in the mail
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I know it is, but I as a Browns fan couldn't do it.
I'll give you money just to get that crap off Purp.
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lol! I have no control over it actually. Google determines what best fits the content of the site.
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Lol, oh gotcha. Makes a little more sense then.
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I clicked the crap out of that 2007 Nissan Altima ad for you! Its time to trade my 2002 Altima in for one of those man, nice ride!
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Why are the ads on the top of the board now?
A better question, why are we advertising for Stooler and Bungle crap?
You're looking at it bass-ackward.
Stooler & Bungle crap is paying for this site.
Babe, I'll look at it again, but I doubt it. The actual links are fed to the site by Google, I don't have any real way of controlling them.
If you are using Internet Explorer though, you can get *any* link to open in a new window by holding down the Shift key when you click. If you have IE7, you can use Ctrl + Click to open in a new tab.
ctrl + click works in firefox to
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