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Hmm. My market data shows that there has been a significant spike in the annoyance level in the past couple of months. Upon further evaluation, it seems to coincide with the presence of the larger ads. The number of posts to this thread indicates support of this conclusion.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPnyc
Arjay
I am currious to see those figures... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by JPnyc
This thead is no different in regard to size and such from every other threads that was created every time we've made any type of change on the forum -- ads or otherwise. At least that is true for the five years I've been on this site. It doesn't matter if the change is positive or negative....Quote:
Originally Posted by Arjay
Of course, the threads are different here on CodeGuru in that the admins are responding to the comments. Additionally, we did make some changes based on the feedback that other forums didn't do - we added the "click here", we've kept the pop-ups off, and much more. Additionally this thread (and forum) is different because I've not yet closed the thread even though the same thing keeps getting said over and over.
I want also to comment on the above quote - again. As I stated before -- the space below the big ads was wasted, white space because of the forum formatting. I could leave it blank and white if that is what is generally wanted; however, I thought adding the links TO ARTICLES on Codeguru (THIS SITE) and developer.com -- articles that are aimed at or written by YOU GUYS for the most part. I thought that was actually a value add for you guys. If you disagree, I can see about taking the article links off and letting you see the nice white wasted space. I think the CodeGuru members who wrote many of the articles may disagree with putting the white space back though since it give their articles extra exposure and gives people a chance to see what new articles have been posted.
It was commented that traffic is slower. I assume you mean that there is less traffic. I won't give you specific numbers, but I can say that page views for June were up 120.005% over May and that we continue to trend with an overall number of page views greater than the prior year. If by slowing you meant fewer people looking at fewer pages, then the numbers just don't support that.
Most people are focused on the content. We don't post every single article submitted (some just don't measure up) and we don't let the noise get in the way of the technical forums (we have fantastic mods). Ads don't impact that.
Brad
Filling that empty space with links to the newest articles from CG and developer.com was a good move, IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Jones
:thumb: agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by cilu
I've got ad-blocking on my browser now, so it's nice to actually see something in the space.
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Originally Posted by Dmorley
<i>Telling </i>us that you are blocking the ads on our site is the same as telling us that you are violating the acceptable usage policy of this site. It is the ads that pay for this site, so they are part ofthe cost of getting access.......
At least he is honest. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Jones
Oops....I'm turning them on again right now..!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Jones
Good answer ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dmorley
Brad!
:D ^ ;)