Post Outrage Here

**dahamsta** · 15/07/2003, 12:00 AM

Feel free to post outrage at the introduction of Google ads here.

It's a test. I want to see what kind of return it generates.

adam

**UCD_4_Life** · 15/07/2003, 12:20 AM

Outrage.

**tiktok** · 15/07/2003, 12:30 AM

oh yeah, i hadn't noticed that.

err...i mean, outrage, yeah Grrr

J.O.F.A.S · 15/07/2003, 12:50 AM

Considering you did invite us to get outraged,well ill do it..

Adam,what in gods name or you thinking about this rubbish,I think its a "PHUCKING" (caps lock hehe) outrage.I cant believe it...Definatly going to log on and off and cookies off and keep clicking these banners so you all get an in-accurate percentage......A total an utter bilwilderd mistake....

As George would say: Danger Here...........

Bottom Line: Outrage

J.O.F.A.S · 15/07/2003, 12:51 AM

By the way I think you made a flaw...

When the person clicks on the link, you should have it open a new page rather than the same one, then you can view that site as well as foot.ie

YES/NO?

**dahamsta** · 15/07/2003, 8:26 AM

Originally posted by J.O.F.A.S
By the way I think you made a flaw...

When the person clicks on the link, you should have it open a new page rather than the same one, then you can view that site as well as foot.ie

YES/NO?

The ads are pushed to the site by Google, I have no control over them. I'll presume you were kidding above, but in case you weren't, don't screw with the ads. If I get an inflated clickthru from them you'd just be encouraging me to install them permanently. Just treat them like you'd usually treat ads -- ignore them, rant about them, click them, whatever.

adam

**pete** · 15/07/2003, 9:56 AM

Shame on you. Your just a sellout man! Pure greed like...

**dahamsta** · 15/07/2003, 11:48 AM

Out of curiosity:

I noticed yesterday that ads for Soccer Central were showing up and I wasn't sure whether I wanted that so I blocked them via Google's control panel until I made up my mind for the moment. Strictly speaking it's not a conflict, but I seem to remember that they have forums and it strikes me as a little silly to feed traffic to a "competing" site. What do you guys think?

adam

**Ref** · 15/07/2003, 11:55 AM

well if you're getting money for the ads i don't think it really matters.

theres links for soccer central elsewhere on the site also so i'd say leave the ads alone.

anyway it's not as if we're going to desert foot.ie for soccer central!!!!

however that being said they don't provide a link to foot.ie so i'm undecided.....

**Estar** · 15/07/2003, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by Vetinari
Out of curiosity:

What do you guys think?

adam

The adds have little or no effect on my enjoyment of the site. Never have had a problem with adds as long as they are not of the pop up type. It would seem logical to block Soccer Central.

**James** · 15/07/2003, 12:21 PM

ads i dont like them on the whole
but i reckon if ya get a fewshillings from them then leave as is (as long as its kinda unobtrusive and not of the pop-up type)

soccercentral link i'd leave go on the site
i use soccercentral regularly for news content.. their forum is dead and will never take traffic from here, ppl here though judging on the news items posted here do use soccercentral a bit already and dont post in their forums so dont think the link would do anyharm traffic wise to you.

taughts?

**yur man** · 15/07/2003, 1:43 PM

ads are fine once they dont follow u down the page or block yur view

google have some fairly annoyin ads where u have to click twice to get rid of them

**Ref** · 15/07/2003, 1:50 PM

Originally posted by yur man
google have some fairly annoyin ads where u have to click twice to get rid of them

isn't that geocities?

**Dodge** · 15/07/2003, 1:55 PM

Prefer not to have them but if they the bills...

I'd leave the soccercentral ad too as its a bit more relevant than the other (nothing worse than being on a football site and getting pop ups for cheap hotels in Nebraska...) Not really a conflict of interest as soccercentral is news based, as opposed to opinion based foot.ie

**dahamsta** · 15/07/2003, 2:09 PM

google have some fairly annoyin ads where u have to click twice to get rid of them

As Ref says, that's Yahoo/Geocities.

I've removed the block on Soccer Central, their ads will reappear in an hour or two.

adam

**joe** · 15/07/2003, 2:10 PM

is it just me or has the bar stopped following us around?? is this to do with the ads?

**Xlex** · 15/07/2003, 2:20 PM

it's you, I'm afraid

**Schumi** · 15/07/2003, 2:36 PM

I don't really care, I won't click on them anyway. If they stay the way they are now, it doesn't really bother me. The only thing is that they look a bit ugly with the white bit in the middle of the green at the top.