Not if you want ridemonkey to continue...I see no ads. FF+Adblock=WIN
Excuse my ignorance of internet advertising revenue but RM only gets paid if somebody clicks through the ad, correct? I just can't see anybody clicking an ad for some zwinky cartoon crap or bill consolidation program. At least they could try and target advertising to us from markets of interest.Not if you want ridemonkey to continue...
I see no ads. FF+Adblock=WIN
I use Opera with an adblock but I'd pay to help keep cheesy crap advertising off of RM. (I don't think it will happen though)Bring back Premium and I'll buy in if it makes you feel better.
I've been demanding that since the last ownership changeBring back Premium and I'll buy in if it makes you feel better.
Try hot sauce now.I've been demanding that since the last ownership change
you guys have no idea about this??Okay, investigating this, guys. Patience.
Quoted for "damn right!"Bring back Premium and I'll buy in if it makes you feel better.
Go to ehowa.com he actually did a write up about internet revenue yesterday. Kinda interesting. Warning it is a NSFW site.Excuse my ignorance of internet advertising revenue but RM only gets paid if somebody clicks through the ad, correct? I just can't see anybody clicking an ad for some zwinky cartoon crap or bill consolidation program. At least they could try and target advertising to us from markets of interest.
edit: got another fvcking ad posting this ....
Incorrect; we get paid on ad impressions.Excuse my ignorance of internet advertising revenue but RM only gets paid if somebody clicks through the ad, correct? I just can't see anybody clicking an ad for some zwinky cartoon crap or bill consolidation program. At least they could try and target advertising to us from markets of interest.
yep. when i paid for advertising for my company, we paid on amount of impressionsIncorrect; we get paid on ad impressions.
Yeah guys, please do this!!!Incorrect; we get paid on ad impressions.
Guys, if you find full page loading ads, PLEASE get the URL of the offending ad and post it here. It's not supposed to be happening so we have to track down the problem ads and get them removed.
So, a quick question - if you get paid for displaying ads, do programs like adblock actually affect RM in anyway? Doesn't the advertiser still think that the ads are being displayed, or does it somehow block it? This is just sort of curious, as I'm on Chrome and so don't have adblock running...And before arguing, yes advertisers completely get that these are dumb. We get paid based on displaying ads, not clicks.
The ad block programs stop the ad from being displayed so we don't get the +1 to the ad impressions.So, a quick question - if you get paid for displaying ads, do programs like adblock actually affect RM in anyway? Doesn't the advertiser still think that the ads are being displayed, or does it somehow block it
The ad block programs stop the ad from being displayed so we don't get the +1 to the ad impressions.
It negatively impacts Ridemonkey's income from ads. I have mentioned this a few times in the Support forum when ad block programs get suggested.
I know that people want ads to go away, but they are literally paying for your free message board here. They pay for bandwidth and servers and news articles and administration.
So all of you running those ad block programs, at least consider what you are doing. It's not "everyone else" who pays for it. It's you. The reason premium memberships haven't cropped back up is because they were not financially reasonable - the heavy use users generate so much more in ad revenue per year than those memberships cost. So unless you guys would pony up a couple hundred bucks per year to get rid of ads, it was literally a money losing proposition.
There needs to be balance, of course. We don't want ads to be super intrusive or aggressive. But if we don't make money, we don't grow. No new features, no new articles, no race coverage, no reviews, nothing. Worse, if we don't grow, like it or not we're a business here and money-losing businesses don't get ignored. They get deleted. So we try to find the space where Ridemonkey is a profitable, growing business and at the same time, a great website and a great community and without intrusive advertising.
I always knew I hated SkaredShuttles for a reason.T
So all of you running those ad block programs, at least consider what you are doing.
And I always thought it was because I was beautiful.I always knew I hated SkaredShuttles for a reason.
ding! you are more valuable ignoring the advertising here that supports the conent you want than you are paying out of pocket directly for the content you want. sounds like flimsy economics to me; maybe RM will crash just like the stock and housing markets due to the over-inflated valuation mechanisms that represent speculative values instead of the gold-standard.so what you're telling me is that i'm more valuable as a freeloader?