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General Interest => Tacitus' Realm => Topic started by: Antigen on December 09, 2010, 12:54:56 PM

Title: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Antigen on December 09, 2010, 12:54:56 PM
Ok kiddies, time to deal with this. I've been playing around with my Google AdSese toys and decided to put a couple of ads out there to try and raise some operating funds. Right now, the only one on Fornits is in the rotation for only this forum. Should be safe enough from industry players' ads showing up, eh? Nother likely candidate would be Let It Bleed, which proceeds would go to Froderick. Frod, send me the code and I'll make that happen.

For now, my ad will only show PSAs till I can verify my address w/ Google and all that good shiat.
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Pile of Dead Kids on December 10, 2010, 08:53:50 PM
Put as many ads on as you like; people with the wits to use Adblock won't see them.
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: seamus on December 12, 2010, 01:44:18 PM
Yeah dammit,an what HE said..........Didn t we have this conversation befor young lady?  :wall:
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Antigen on December 12, 2010, 02:42:20 PM
Thanks, ya'll. You don't even have to do all  that. For a one time $5 donation I'll add your username to a group that doesn't get any ads. But that's not the problem. The trouble we had last time we tried this was about industry ads popping up and, theoretically, anyway, Fornits running on blood money. I don't have time right at the moment, but I'll dig up the discussion from back then, 2006, I think.
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: BuzzKill on December 12, 2010, 02:49:18 PM
I remember that. Keven got roasted for it too.  But then he was also pushing a program if I recall correctly. It's always a problem when you have a site that deals with the topic and accepts any adds as the adds pop up according to keywords we so often use. I even get industry adds on my my-space page.
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Antigen on December 12, 2010, 11:12:09 PM
Here's a thread from the last time I played with Google ads.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13242&hilit=ads&start=15 (http://www.fornits.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13242&hilit=ads&start=15)

I hosed my repository list and will now proceed to try and unhose that so I can fix a sound issue so I can get onto something useful with some music for my head.
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Antigen on December 17, 2010, 03:32:08 PM
Ok, who knows anything about google adsense for content? I think I've just done everything I'm supposed to to get regular ads to show up instead of just the public service ads. Why the fuck won't they show up? I'm really down to it here. No phone and pretty close to losing internet too. FUCK!
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Dysfunction Junction on December 17, 2010, 03:38:39 PM
Quote from: "Antigen"
Ok, who knows anything about google adsense for content? I think I've just done everything I'm supposed to to get regular ads to show up instead of just the public service ads. Why the fuck won't they show up? I'm really down to it here. No phone and pretty close to losing internet too. FUCK!

Pile of Dead Kids is your man here, Antigen.
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Antigen on December 17, 2010, 03:59:24 PM
Thanks, DJ.
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Froderik on December 18, 2010, 01:42:24 PM
Google is the fucking devil, gathering everyone's information.  :fuckoff:  :fuckoff:  :fuckoff:
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: none-ya on December 18, 2010, 01:52:21 PM
Quote from: "Froderik"
Google is the fucking devil, gathering everyone's information.  :fuckoff:  :fuckoff:  :fuckoff:
Yeah, but don't they also provide a lot of information? Besides, if you've used them once (and we all have) then they pretty much have all your info anyway.
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Froderik on December 18, 2010, 04:29:27 PM
Quote from: "none-ya"
Quote from: "Froderik"
Google is the fucking devil, gathering everyone's information.  :fuckoff:  :fuckoff:  :fuckoff:
Yeah, but don't they also provide a lot of information? Besides, if you've used them once (and we all have) then they pretty much have all your info anyway.

You're killin' me over here..
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Antigen on December 21, 2010, 06:49:43 AM
It doesn't really matter much whether you use google or not. They're still collecting data. Not only do they do all kinds of data mining (http://http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,587546,00.html), they also do a lot of data farming. Google's good at that but they don't have a corner on the market. If you're really concerned, consider 86ing your facebook accounts. The only difference is that Google is very open about what they gather and what they do with it. Adding ads will not make a difference.
Title: Re: Targeted Google Ads
Post by: Froderik on December 21, 2010, 08:45:23 AM
Right on.  :tup: