Shoutbox

Hey Everyone!

I know I dont post that much, But I'm letting you guys know whats going on.

Down at the bottom of the page I added a Google Adsense banner. I'm just trying to cover some of the server cost, I know it wont cover it, but every penny helps. All the links should be Messenger Related so give em a click if you can (just dont over do it because that wont help at all).

I appriciate all the help everyone here can give if they just click even just once a week!

I love hosting the Messenger Plus forums and want to keep doing it for as long as I can!

~Wj

I've recently seen on some other forums that some words in posts were automatically linked to search results... do you think it would be a good idea to add that on the forum (honnestly, I think that adding a banner at the bottom of the site won't bring anything tangible).

.. of course, it's not a reason not to click on the banner so go ahead people, click!

Actually it automatically bases it's ads on the content of the page

haa... then its another reason for everyone to click

Exactly

I don't see any Google thing to click...

Edit: Found it... on the main page

sometimes it shows the logo of teh forums:


Anyway,
* Choli will click when he sees a "real" banner again

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Originally posted by wj
Actually it automatically bases it's ads on the content of the page

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Interesting...

When just the logo is shown (as Choli posted), it isn't centered. Wouldn't that look nicer?

As far as a i know, it's against the adsense TOS to tell users to click the ads.
I seen this issue brought up in many forums.

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Incentives
Web pages may not include incentives of any kind for users to click on ads. This includes encouraging users to click on the ads or to visit the advertisers' sites as well as labeling the ads with text other than "sponsored links" or "advertisements."

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http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum20/1498.htm

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Originally posted by Patchou
I've recently seen on some other forums that some words in posts were automatically linked to search results... do you think it would be a good idea to add that on the forum

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no please!

I can't think of a worse thing to have... it's so intrusive... you sometimes think links are real links only to find it's an ad - it's like product placement in films imho, it spoils the atmosphere of what you're there to enjoy