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 Sep 13 2007, 07:55
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,953 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
MoDaCo is an advertising supported site. Recent research carried out by me shows that over 10% of MoDaCo visitors use ad blocking software.
If this includes you, and you find MoDaCo valuable, please consider disabling your ad blocking software on our site! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 13 2007, 11:55
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 Did I say that out loud? Group: News Team Posts: 4,530 Joined: 20th August 2003 From: Kent, England Member No.: 13,469 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch |
What about another promo/competition, perhaps only for Plus members (don't worry, I don't normally enter!) to encourage take up?
I'd be happy to donate something along the lines of the Innovations comp from way back when... |
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Sep 13 2007, 20:42
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 Quite unimportant  Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 121 Joined: 20th October 2003 From: nr Aldershot, Hants Member No.: 18,719 Device(s): MDA Vario II (WM6) |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Sep 13 2007, 08:55)  If this includes you, and you find MoDaCo valuable, please consider disabling your ad blocking software on our site! No, as I'm a PLUS subscriber. Can't you detect that too ? ;-) -------------------- T-Mobile Vario III (Kaiser) with HTC TyTN II WM 6.1 ROM
T-mobile Vario II (Hermes) with HTC TyTN WM 6 ROM iMate SP5 with WM 5 AKU 2 |
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Sep 13 2007, 21:23
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Did I say that out loud? Group: News Team Posts: 4,530 Joined: 20th August 2003 From: Kent, England Member No.: 13,469 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch |
Plus is ad free anyway
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Sep 14 2007, 12:15
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 BANNED  Group: Banned Posts: 573 Joined: 30th January 2003 Member No.: 2,480 |
Damn now I need to install Greesemonkey to hide the bar at the top.
-------------------- [sigtracker]2480[/sigtracker]
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Sep 14 2007, 12:24
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,953 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
-------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 14 2007, 13:03
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BANNED Group: Banned Posts: 573 Joined: 30th January 2003 Member No.: 2,480 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Sep 14 2007, 13:24) Just teasing.... but surely the wording on the bar is wrong. It should be "Please consider" if you give us an option to hide the bar (ie - consider, but decide against your suggestion), or just be truthful and put something along the lines of "Turn it off now you mofo" -------------------- [sigtracker]2480[/sigtracker]
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Sep 14 2007, 13:24
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,953 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Er, no... I say 'please consider it' I don't say 'please consider it and i'll remove this bar'...?
For those wondering what on earth we're on about, this is what adblock users see on modaco:  P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 14 2007, 13:30
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BANNED Group: Banned Posts: 573 Joined: 30th January 2003 Member No.: 2,480 |
Meh I guess its just preference. Please consider makes it sounds optional with no other long term hindrance, but I see your point.
-------------------- [sigtracker]2480[/sigtracker]
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Sep 14 2007, 13:44
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,953 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
I think you're still missing the point that ads pay for the site, and if everyone used adblock, there would be no site...
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 14 2007, 14:17
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 Regular Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 112 Joined: 27th February 2007 From: Stonehenge Member No.: 233,616 Device(s): HTC MTeor, HTC TyTN II |
Funky script - is it widely available?
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Sep 14 2007, 15:31
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,490 Joined: 27th February 2006 From: Milton Keynes UK Member No.: 174,863 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch, WM6 G4 Wizard |
Er….Sorry but I’m not disabling my ad-blocking software for anyone.
I use the Adblock extension for Firefox, as I suspect most people are, and Adblock works using a set of wildcard filters. If I start fiddling with those filters no doubt I will be letting in advertising from the rest of the web too, it’s true I could just disable adblock when I’m viewing MoDaCo, but in the real world that’s a PITA and it just aint gonna happen! As for the ads themselves, the banners at the top of the page I can live with, once you scroll down a thread they’re gone anyway, the Google ads again I can live with, as they’re only on the main page and don’t appear in the forum, except an occasional banner which is pretty unobtrusive. But those damn vibrant ads, now they are just one of the single biggest annoyances on the web IMO One final point before I finish, isn't web advertising pay-per-click? and as I have never clicked on an ad. How does my not looking at something I would never use anyway do MoDaCo any harm? Please don’t read this and think I’m just trying to be provocative because I’m not, MoDaCo is important to me and I hope it’s around for a long time yet, and I will continue to contribute to the community as much as I am able. This post has been edited by mandt: Sep 14 2007, 17:16 -------------------- |
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Sep 14 2007, 19:56
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BANNED Group: Banned Posts: 573 Joined: 30th January 2003 Member No.: 2,480 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Sep 14 2007, 14:44) I think you're still missing the point that ads pay for the site, and if everyone used adblock, there would be no site... P I do understand that... but I'm not sure what to say next to be honest... I'm not going to stop using adblock plus.... If its any consolation, I would never ever click on an ad anyway, so you've actuallybenefitted from it, by keeping your click ratio up slightly, since I haven't requested any ads. -------------------- [sigtracker]2480[/sigtracker]
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Sep 15 2007, 22:58
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,953 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Ads don't just pay per click, there are any different models.
You can click the drop down next to the adblock button and disable on individual sites. P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 15 2007, 22:59
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,953 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
QUOTE(Electronic Punk @ Sep 14 2007, 15:17) Funky script - is it widely available? I wrote it the other day - i'll put it up on my blog when I get a chance. P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 16 2007, 00:12
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 Regular Group: Posters Posts: 86 Joined: 29th July 2007 From: Miamisburg, OH Member No.: 283,155 Device(s): HTC Advantage X7501 |
Anyone using AdBlock on Firefox, just right click the "AdBlock" text in the bottom right of the window and select "Whitelist this whole site." I just did it and will leave it whitelisted until I decide it has become annoying
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Sep 16 2007, 07:49
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 Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,343 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
I'm using IE7 and get the message - I didn't even know I was running any adblock software! let alone dow to disable it. I do find this message a bit annoying, especially as I don't know how to get rid of it.
-------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Sep 16 2007, 09:13
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,953 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Hmmm, let me check it out confucious
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 16 2007, 09:23
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,953 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Just tried IE7 on the missus' machine, seems OK
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Sep 16 2007, 11:15
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,343 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
Me bad
Ie7pro has an ad blocker! Added modaco to whitelist now! -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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