04-24-2003, 11:42 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,678
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I have no problems with the PPC and technology related ads on the site. Heck most of what I have on my Axim came from them.
Wasn't impressed with the stupid flashing banner one that was there but I appreciate the reason and I understand Jason can't do much about it.
I certainly get enough out of PPCT to be prepared to make a contribution to it.
It would be nice if we contributed enough to remove the need to have the stupid ad-server space on the site. (No that doesn't mean you have to charge a huge amount Jason, just a whole lot of us contribute a bit!)
You've been mentioning a scheme for quite a while, will it arrive before PPC2003? :drinking:
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04-24-2003, 11:50 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 23,724
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Originally Posted by dh
It would be nice if we contributed enough to remove the need to have the stupid ad-server space on the site. (No that doesn't mean you have to charge a huge amount Jason, just a whole lot of us contribute a bit!) You've been mentioning a scheme for quite a while, will it arrive before PPC2003? :drinking:
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Heh heh...a fair poke!  ops: :lol: I started talking about the subscriber services just a little too early. Fabrizio, our main developer, got wrapped up in a project, and there were some delays because of it. But he's a genius, so it's worth the wait. :mrgreen: I've been using the mobile forums for a few weeks now, and they're the best implementation I've ever seen (sorry, I just can't be humble about the work that went into this - Fabrizio rocks!).
Yes, ideally if I were to get enough subscribers, I'd LOVE to get rid of the 3rd party ad servers that I can't control. What would be really cool would be to use my exccess ad inventory for smaller developers who can't afford to buy ads ad just give it away. Hmm. Anyway, we'll see what happens. 8)
I absolutely guarantee that you'll see subscriber services on this site before you have a Pocket PC 2003 device in your hand. :ladysman:
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04-25-2003, 12:40 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 442
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I absolutely guarantee that you'll see subscriber services on this site before you have a Pocket PC 2003 device in your hand. :ladysman:
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04-25-2003, 01:41 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 404
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p.s.: some people will complain about anything. To them I would say, has that flashing banner ad injured you personally somehow? :roll:
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It has me...I am now traumatized for the rest of my life
Jason, all adds are fine as long as I dont see the x10 spy camera thing grrr...i hate those |
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04-25-2003, 02:05 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,211
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Originally Posted by Sheynk
Jason, all adds are fine as long as I dont see the x10 spy camera thing grrr...i hate those
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I agree. I hate those. Even more than "Punch The Monkey", which to my dirty mind sounds... well... dirty. |
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04-25-2003, 02:25 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 38
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Seriously, though, do you guys even NOTICE the flashing ads anymore? I do enough browsing, and I'm sure you guys do too, that the flashy ads are about as noticeable as a car alarm is these days!
I guess I mean I just kind of "tune out" these adds with my eyes. Put whatever ads you have to to survive, just keep up the same great content....
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04-25-2003, 02:41 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 148
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Re: Seeing Some Cheesy/Stupid Ads? Here's Why...
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But if you all click on the good ads to check out what my REAL sponsors are offering...
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No problem. I just was helping a friend decide how to repair his damaged iPAQ when up pops your banner Ad for Pocket PC Techs. Of course I would have told him to go there anyway, but it was nice to see it advertised, so I just clicked.  |
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04-25-2003, 02:55 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 19
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I don't know if this is the proper place to voice a complaint, but I have been having an annoying problem with the front page of the site for the past few days. Sometimes as frequently as every 10 seconds and sometimes as long as a couple of minutes, the center column with articles I am trying to read get resized. Sometimes it is like something at the top of the page is getting longer or short and the text jumps up or down a couple of lines. More frequently and more annoying, it seems like the width of the center column changes just enough that the word wrap completely rewrites the paragraphs. It happens so often that long paragraphs become difficult to read. I am not sure if ads are getting pushed at regular intervals and are causing the problem or something else, but it just started recently and is very annoying.
Thanks for any help,
Duane
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04-25-2003, 04:53 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 76
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I'm now inspired to more actively support our site admin! I'm going to click on all the obviously PPC-related ads now and make an effort to click at least once per visit - I'm here 3+ times a day anyway!
Thanks for all the hard work Jason, we appreciate it! :clap:
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04-25-2003, 06:44 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 28
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I had a nightmare not long ago. I was just getting to the good stuff in a rare, full color, full sensory dream when I started getting pop-ups in my head! The more I popped the popups the more popups popped up. I awoke in a cold sweat. Between spam and web advertising I think I am ready to torch my PPCs and PCs I can't take the intrusions anymore!
BTW - here is the real downside of the spam/adjam we all get saturated with every day. Madonna gave a free concert in NYC last night at a record store. I missed the VIP invite I got from a contact at Warners because I think I deleted it as spam! In other words, this glut of "junk" advertising is desensitizing us all to EVERYTHING we run into on the net. That means that we still waste too much time a day killing ads but in the process cut ourselves off from things that we might actually like to hear about.
You can't win...
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