Why Amiga.org has no Banner Ads

[Pyromania]

Amiga.org is ideologically against Banner Ads, especially Ads that have no relation to the content or the community of a large site such as Amiga.org. Unrelated Banner Ads are just like a rude stranger interrupting your retro computer fix and or fun. Not even banner Ads for DiscreetFX products are displayed on Amiga.org. This policy comes from the founder of DiscreetFX who has always hated obtrusive Banner Ads and other invasive Ad technology like Vibrant.
 
If you're a free member of Amiga.org you may see tiny text Ads related to the content of the site. You are welcome to ignore, block or not click on these. Premium Members of Amiga.org don't see any Ads, even the tiny text based ones. Premium Subscribers also get a larger amount of PM storage and a free forwarding Amiga.org e-mail address.
 
Amiga.org is one of the largest Amiga, AROS, MorphOS & Amiga OS 4.x websites on the internet. Monthly bandwidth use is around 70-80 Yottabytes. Other great websites that discuss Amiga related technology also exist like EAB (English Amiga Board), MorphZone.org, amigaworld.Net & amigans.net. Having several different sites is important since it helps expand the use of alternative operating systems.
 
Please support your favorite Amiga, AROS & MorphOS website today and help the community expand and grow. The way you do this on Amiga.org for example is to become a Premium Subscriber. Be the first one to correct the intentional technological typo above and win a free one year Premium Subscription.
 
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[cv643d]

It is against Google Ad Sense TOS to tell visitors to click on the Ad Sense ads, you should remove that or potentially loose your Ad Sense account forever. If you loose Ad Sense, it is going to be difficult to re-enter the program, it is one akilles heel of Ad Sense IMHO.

You could probably work a bit on blending Ad Sense better on amiga.org, I think you will earn more then. I do not care about that, run banner ads to, no problem as long as it pays server fees

The problem is that this is a nische that does not pay much for the click, so you need huge amount of volume to make money on the Ad Sense. Maybe banner ads work better?

Banner ads of today are mostly not as shitty as those from 98, but off course there are some horrible ads today to.

[Franko]

I reckon it must be the Yottabytes bit, cos according to Wikipedia as of 2010 no one has even achieved a Zettabyte let alone a Yottabyte....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yottabyte

[Trev]

Be the first one to correct the intentional technological typo above and win a free one year Premium Subscription.

What is it with you and yottabytes? ;-) EDIT: D'oh! Denied while I pondered whether to point out the grammar errors as well. :-P

[ChaosLord]

If they are related to something your interested in

"your" is wrong.  It should be "you're" or "you are".

Monthly bandwidth use is around 70-80 Yottabytes.

You could not possibly afford 70 Yottabytes of bandwidth.  I think you might have meant "Terrabytes" or "bunches" or "huge stacks of bytes"

[Pyromania]

I reckon it must be the Yottabytes bit, cos according to Wikipedia as of 2010 no one has even achieved a Zettabyte let alone a Yottabyte....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yottabyte

Franko you got it. You are already a Premium Subscriber so we just added a year to your account for free. New date is Aug 4th, 2012.

@cv643d

Your right, that wording has been removed.

[Franko]

Franko you got it. You are already a Premium Subscriber so we just added a year to your account for free. New date is Aug 4th, 2012.

@cv643d

Your right, that wording has been removed.

Drat... I didn't really want to win !!!

Thank you for such a kind offer anyway, but to be honest I'd rather the prize went to someone who doesn't already have a subscription. Any chance you could give the prize to someone else (and can I choose the person)...

[Pyromania]

Drat... I didn't really want to win !!!

Thank you for such a kind offer anyway, but to be honest I'd rather the prize went to someone who doesn't already have a subscription. Any chance you could give the prize to someone else (and can I choose the person)...

Yes that is fine, just let us know who you choose. And keep your extra year as well. How is that?

[Franko]

@Pyromania,

Wow, Thank you very much indeed, a most kind and gratefully accepted offer.

The person whom I'd like to choose is MrMoonlight, he's totally new to the wonderful world of the Amiga and in 20 odd years of being an Amiga user I have never found someone who is so new to the Amiga experience and as enthusiastic about our beloved miggies as this man, so please can you arrange for him to receive the subscription.

Thank you... :drink:

Franko

(PS:this has got me to thinking, I was seriously considering making a donation to this great site, but was now wondering if it would be possible instead to arrange a little compo of some kind, for ten folk to receive a years subscription, which I shall gladly pay for in advance, one good turn deserves another I always say. )

[Piru]

If you're a free member of Amiga.org you may see tiny text Ads related to the content of the site. You are welcome to ignore, block or not click on these.

Here's my favorite for the job:
http://adblockplus.org/

[hishamk]

Here's my favorite for the job:
http://adblockplus.org/

Yeah. Considered by some as unethical as cracking MorphOS to remove the registeration requirement.

[Kesa]

Here's my favorite for the job:
http://adblockplus.org/

Thankyou so much you are a genius!

Adverts have been giving me the shits for years but it never occurred to me you could just turn them off like that!

I am in your debt

Oh yeah just wondering. I have windows 7 ultimate and it keeps on asking me for validation as ms seems to think that my copy is not really mine. But unfortunately i have misplaced my copy so have to do something else. Does anyone know where where i can get hold of a WGA Remover? I know this isn't the place and i really feel bad for putting it here but i don't really want to spend the $250 on another copy. Sorry in advance if i offend anyone here about hacking ms  

[Piru]

Considered by some as unethical as cracking MorphOS to remove the registeration requirement.

Who would those be?

I've seen 0 cracks of MorphOS, while millions use ad blocking.

Regarding the ethics of ad blocking, here are some posts worth reading:
http://adblockplus.org/blog/ethics-of-blocking-ads
http://adblockplus.org/blog/ethics-of-blocking-ads-part-2
http://adblockplus.org/blog/ethics-of-blocking-ads-part-3
http://www.askdrax.com/2009/06/advertising-on-web.html

[Piru]

I have windows 7 ultimate and it keeps on asking me for validation as ms seems to think that my copy is not really mine. But unfortunately i have misplaced my copy so have to do something else. Does anyone know where where i can get hold of a WGA Remover?

http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/utility/winproductkey/

[ChaosLord]

@hishamk

How is it unethical to block ads?