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Re: Oh No! BrickShelf is now ad-supported?!
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Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:05:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mike Thorn wrote:
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Hey all,
Just popped on to BrickShelf to look at Adam Skelding’s mosaic and noticed
Google Ads in the footer! It appears to me like BrickShelf is finally
consuming so much of everything that it’s costing Kevin more than he can
singly afford, thus the ads.
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Brickshelf outgrew my personal ability to support it several years ago.
Since then the LEGO Group has generously provided financial support.
Without that support there would be no way to keep Brickshelf online.
However, we are under a mandate to become self-sufficient by 2005.
Text based ads are one small part of our attempt to do that.
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Now, I don’t mind Google Ads as much as others, since you don’t get
inappropriate ads unless you’re on an inappropriate site, but it is my
personal opinion that this is not right.
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Google ads are highly targeted, family safe and easy to implement.
They are also not annoying banner images, and I think they
actually enhance the site.
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So Kevin, *please* will you let us contribute something to the BrickShelf
maintenance and upkeep fund? I know we can do better than the
pennies-per-click ads...and I don’t have all night to sit here clicking the
banners. :)
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Do NOT click on the ads just for the sake of increasing cluck-through counts.
Google considers those “fraudulent” clicks and even the suspicion of that
will cause us to loose ad revenue.
While I don’t think fundrasing drives are a viable long-term option
(we need somewhat reliable monthly cashflow), we certainly will not turn
away impromptu sponsors!
If you would like to help sponsor Brickshelf, you can send a check or
money order to:
Brickshelf LLC
2307 Gore Drive
Haymarket, VA 20169
If you include your Brickshelf user-id (the number to the right of your
Username when viewing your folders), I will add a sponsor icon next to your
username. The sponsor status will be good through the end of the year.
Kevin Loch
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) What about PayPal? You could easily add a PayPal donation button or link to the bottom of the page. Also, a question: what is your policy on requests for enhancement? Do you have a preferred method for that? Also, have you considered making (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | Re: Oh No! BrickShelf is now ad-supported?!
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| (...) Kevin, My donation will be in the mail ASAP (unless you allow PayPal before I get a chance to find a money-order place). All, Working for a mailorder fulfillment house makes me unable to resist saying...if you're snailmailing your donation, (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Oh No! BrickShelf is now ad-supported?!
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| Hey all, Just popped on to BrickShelf to look at Adam Skelding's mosaic and noticed Google Ads in the footer! It appears to me like BrickShelf is finally consuming so much of everything that it's costing Kevin more than he can singly afford, thus (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX) !
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