12-26-2002, 08:24 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Seeing Some Strange Ads?
If you're seeing some strange ads here and there on the site, it's because we've partnered with Tribal Fusion to use up our excess page impressions. Tribal Fusion is a third-party ad brokering company, and will be serving all sorts of ads our way - some will be PDArelated, some will be technologically related, and others will be public service announcements from various orgazniations that Tribal Fusion donates ad space to. Just remember: if it moves, click it! :wink:
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12-26-2002, 09:03 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 469
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Wow, no offense but all these surveys and non-specific ads, where's this site going? I know things have to get paid for but it makes me a little nervous about being registered :roll: . Maybe you'll get a good offer that you can't refuse someday, just a thought.
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12-26-2002, 09:41 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 129
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Hey, as long as I don't see "enhancement" or "enlargement" ads, I couldn't care :P
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12-26-2002, 09:48 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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Originally Posted by powder2000
Wow, no offense but all these surveys and non-specific ads, where's this site going?
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It's trying to stay alive, as all the other sites are. 
The phpBB polls are completely anonymous; it throws away your information, so it's not like Jason is marketing our email addresses or anything.
I'd worry much more about the sites that employ pop-unders, pop-ups, and cookies to track who you are and collect marketing info.
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Originally Posted by Jhokur2k
Hey, as long as I don't see "enhancement" or "enlargement" ads, I couldn't care :P
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Amen! Add pop-ups to that.  At least Jason's telling us who his ad providers are.
--janak
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12-26-2002, 10:01 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,329
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Originally Posted by powder2000
Wow, no offense but all these surveys and non-specific ads, where's this site going? I know things have to get paid for but it makes me a little nervous about being registered :roll: . Maybe you'll get a good offer that you can't refuse someday, just a thought.
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I think Jason knows enough what would happen to this site if he sold any personal information to anyone. Pocket PC Thoughts, as does any web site, depends on its users. Losing the trust of those user would tank any web site in a heatbeat. Even popular ones. as for the ads I've just had to learn to wear sunglasses when coming to this site. ACK! Epileptic seizures! I kid. Its not nearly as bad as when you started doing ads. That was an Epileptic's worse nightnare.
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12-27-2002, 12:58 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 116
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We use Tribal Fusion as well. In fact they now serve ads to most of the big PDA sites. I think we were their second or third PDA site and now they have like 12 they serve ads to. They pay monthly and have great online reporting, good choice PPCT.
--Bill
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12-27-2002, 01:17 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,023
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Whatever helps to pay the bills, within reason. Better them than me.
Examples of not within reason include:
Pop ups/unders - unless desperate
Floaty flash ads that hover above the articles
sound
spam
Compared to anything on that list, I can stomach a few polls and a few banners.
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12-27-2002, 02:00 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 10,981
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I trust Jason's judgement. He seems very honset and straight forward person. Not like some of the people running other PDA sites. (and no, I'm not talking about Wes. )
As long as there are none of those "Security alerts" or pop-ups/unders, I'm happy. Heck, I even click the ads on occasion. I also use the affiliate links whenever possible.
Speaking of which.... You should set up a page that lists all of the affiliate links. Then when I want to buy something, I can start from there. I know you have one for amazon.com (not .ca) and Handago, but what about handheld canada? or eCost? Just a thought.
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12-27-2002, 02:02 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Originally Posted by powder2000
Wow, no offense but all these surveys and non-specific ads, where's this site going?
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Where is it going? Straight to the top! ;-)
Regarding the surveys, as I expressed earlier, they're completely anonymous and not tied to your profile in any way - we can't tie your responses to your profile, and the surveys were always optional - they were only for people who didn't mind sharing anonymous information.
Now as for the non-specific ads, the problem is this: I have more traffic than I have ads. It thrills me to no end that 27,000 of you visit this site every week day, but the problem is that I don't have enough ads to fill the slots, hence Tribal Fusion. Many other major PDA sites use them (like Brighthand), so it's not as unusual as you might think. The difference is that I told you about it. :-)
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12-27-2002, 02:12 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Originally Posted by Rirath
Examples of not within reason include:
Pop ups/unders - unless desperate
Floaty flash ads that hover above the articles
sound
spam
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Tribal Fusion has an option for pop-unders, which I opted not to use - I hate them as much as you do. Floaty Flash ads? Doubt we'll ever see that - although I've pondered "full page ads" in the middle of articles sort of like you see magazines doing. Sound & spam? Never.
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