Google ads have appeared

[spike]

I just noticed them, how long have they been there?

Suggestion - wouldn't it be better for the link to open in a new window or tab so that people can stay in VF as well? As it is it opens in the same tab.

[XkillerX]

no, it would be better to just get rid of them.

[spike]

no, it would be better to just get rid of them.

well, yeah, but since ppl decided they wanted them they are here.

[benzilla]

I had to disable adblock to check them out.... barely noticeable. Which is a good thing for people that want to ignore them, but I wonder how much revenue they will raise?

[JP]

if they a) piss of folk and/or b) dont generate fuck all revenue then we can take them out as well

Nothing is cast in stone, its just a trial.

personally i dont notice them, but then again, they might not be generating any revenue to make it worthwhile anyway.

And it pisses me off having some vegetarian links or some random stuff.

[emm7]

JP I went and clicked on them to see what it would do, hopefully that will be a few pence in to the VF kitty

[emm7]

the link called "Vegan Recipes" is actually quite good, it brings up some decent sites.....

[Catt Queen]

Or use Mozilla with the Ad Block plugin - I see no ads anywhere

[Fallen_Horse]

The links are very un-intrusive, so I don't see why anyone thinks they have a reason to complain.

[xbojanx]

I would never noticed if there was no topic about them

edit: Did some random "open in new tab" clicking, it's not a big deal so far....

[Muay Jin]

I actually went into one of the links and it was an interesting site =P

[spike]

I would never noticed if there was no topic about them

Perhaps this thread has generated some income for VF then

[israel]

if you want to tell me how much revnue did you mange to get in a pm - i will appricate it

there not noticeble !!!

i just hope that everybody here are smart enoguh to know its not smart to buy stuff from the web - and to know that must of the equipment that is sold here and in the tv shoping chanel and in stors ( all those gadgets ) are mustly no good !!!

but all the links i see look safe and ok !!!

[Gelert]

I think they're trying to tell me something.

Judging from the prevalence of "lose weight/get fit quick without having to do anything that involves hard work and discipline" they have me down to a T.

Oh, and the Hoodia diet pills are good as well. Hoodia species are only at risk of being endangered by trade rather than being endangered already, according to CITES, so it's probably OK.

The ads are noticeable, but not intrusive IMO. If VF needs the money to keep afloat, it's a small price to pay.

[JP]

hey if there are some shitty ones, please post a link of that companys/sites url here or PM it to me, and i can but a block on it.

I mean, ok some colon cleansing products are blah blah, but if it is clearly some animal product/environmentally shitty then yeah.

And if this starts pissing folk off it can still be turned off.

It looks like the income from those small ads are about 3 dollars/day, its a mixture of page impressions & clickthroughs which build the income (clickthroughs being more important of course).

Of course we could make ten times more money with bigger ads and graphical ads/banners, but then it would get all silly.