A guy convinced me to try out contextual advertising on the message boards. I was worried it would turn people off to the boards but he said to give it a shot that its non-intrusive.
So I just implemented it. In threads you may see up to 5 words per page double underlined in green. If you hover over the words or click on it a little ad pops up. I guess you would have figured this out on your own but figured I'd just give you a heads up.
I just noticed and was getting ready to look in internet options to figure out how to turn that crap off.
Kevin
Yeah me too. It's very ugly and annoying. Do what you have to do to make $$$ from this site, but I'd rather see ads on the bottom, top, or side of the screen.
Former average runner, get that stick out of your ass. You are telling me 5 words out of every 500 in green bothers you that much. Go hang yourself.
Wejo, it's definitely fine. It is not obtrusive and if it helps you profit a little more off this site, then reap the rewards of your hard work.
Good luck.
Seriously, it's not obtrusive. Don't remove just because some loser can't handle a green word.
Wejo,
The this guy the links 'fag out'. I've noticed this things recently. They don't really link to anything worthwhile, they are just pains in the ass.
brawn wrote:
Former average runner, get that stick out of your ass. You are telling me 5 words out of every 500 in green bothers you that much. Go hang yourself.
Wejo, it's definitely fine. It is not obtrusive and if it helps you profit a little more off this site, then reap the rewards of your hard work.
Good luck.
Seriously, it's not obtrusive. Don't remove just because some loser can't handle a green word.
Overreact much?
He said he didn't like it and wanted to turn it off. Perfectly reasonable. Your response is "Go hang yourself"?
Grow up.
Wejo, if you get paid for it, by all means do it (no doubt). However, I can see how the typical Letsrun reader, who has to follow along the words with the cursor as they read, will be annoyed with it.
HA ha... just kidding!
I'm not really a fan of it, but I don't hate it so much that I'll stop coming to letsrun. Here's a website that will show you how to remove the links in firefox- it won't stop wejo from getting paid for the advertising or anything.
removing the ads is much easier. Just click on the ? at the right top corner of the ad. With 1 more click you'll remove them. No plug in required. So if you find them annoying do that. If you find them helpful just don't do anything.
This is what I find annoying:
said to give it a shot that its non-intrusive.
Mangled grammar. So, fire me!
Please do your viewers and loyal readers one thing: stop whoring out the boards. If it's not called for by the reader then it's intrusive.
Maybe spend your energy getting a real search engine to archive the boards? The search function here is so useless that I have to use Google to find anything:
site:letsrun.com/forum "phrase"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aletsrun.com%2Fforum+%22
They don't bother me that much. Are you able to keep a limit on the number of words per page that are underlined? Who chooses the words that are linked to adds? So far, the word run or it variances seem to be the most common.
GO Capitalism!!
This must be a special new meaning of the word "non-intrusive" that I wasn't previously aware of.
Of course it's intrusive, otherwise it wouldn't be effective advertising. It's designed to interrupt the reader and distract their attention away from what they're doing to the ad. It's the very definition of intrusive.
What's particularly destructive about pop-up ads (as opposed to the banners we've all come to accept and ignore) is that it obscures the text. Since the text is the value of the site, it effectively devalues the site.
If I'm reading a thread for specific advice or something I'm intensely interested in, I'll put up with the annoyance. But if I'm casually reading a moderately interesting thread and shit starts popping up I'm gone. I suspect most readers behave similarly.
So I predict that this will probably not scare many people completely off letsrun, but the overall traffic will subside and it will leave you more vulnerable to competition from more user-friendly sites.
Do what you think is best, but this ain't "free money."
I find it interesting that there is not one of those annoying pop-ups on this thread.
wejo wrote:
A guy convinced me to try out contextual advertising on the message boards. I was worried it would turn people off to the boards but he said to give it a shot that its non-intrusive.
So I just implemented it. In threads you may see up to 5 words per page double underlined in green. If you hover over the words or click on it a little ad pops up. I guess you would have figured this out on your own but figured I'd just give you a heads up.
Thank you wejo for your explanation. This is a much more effective way to deliver those ever-improving commercials.
wejo for those who don't want to see the Ads, maybe they can pay a membership fee so as not to see the ads. That way they are contributing to the site while still enjoying the privilage of using Let's Run.
Surely they have the best interests of the site and its survival in their thoughts?
just use Firefox with the Adblock Plus plugin - no advertisements at all
hypnotoad wrote:
This must be a special new meaning of the word "non-intrusive" that I wasn't previously aware of.
Of course it's intrusive, otherwise it wouldn't be effective advertising. It's designed to interrupt the reader and distract their attention away from what they're doing to the ad. It's the very definition of intrusive.
What's particularly destructive about pop-up ads (as opposed to the banners we've all come to accept and ignore) is that it obscures the text. Since the text is the value of the site, it effectively devalues the site.
If I'm reading a thread for specific advice or something I'm intensely interested in, I'll put up with the annoyance. But if I'm casually reading a moderately interesting thread and shit starts popping up I'm gone. I suspect most readers behave similarly.
So I predict that this will probably not scare many people completely off letsrun, but the overall traffic will subside and it will leave you more vulnerable to competition from more user-friendly sites.
Do what you think is best, but this ain't "free money."
Are you dim? Nothing pops up unless you hover over the word or click on it.
How vulnerable is letsrun to any competitors? As far as I know there are no other sites where one can get decent updates on what is happening in the world of running.
Oh yeah, I forgot, Microsoft is about to monopolize the hot new world of long distance running/amateur politics/sophomoric humor weblogs. Sorry Wejo, it had to end sometime...
I find them irritating. They take liberties with the poster's thoughts by unduly emphasizing what are meant to be innocuous words. They are not pleasing to look at it. They take you to sites that are worthless, craven efforts to get you to spend money. They are simplistic and poorly aimed at the typical Letsrun reader. Who among us (we who check the site 10 times a day and read every thread) is ever going to click on one of the hyperlinks after the first time?
My Take wrote:
I find them irritating. They take liberties with the poster's thoughts by unduly emphasizing what are meant to be innocuous words. They are not pleasing to look at it. They take you to sites that are worthless, craven efforts to get you to spend money. They are simplistic and poorly aimed at the typical Letsrun reader. Who among us (we who check the site 10 times a day and read every thread) is ever going to click on one of the hyperlinks after the first time?
Well said. I agree 100%. My previous post was an attempt at sarcasm. I hate them even more than the popups experiment.