Why don't more Amiga sites use Google ads?

[Bezzen]

From the replies given here I think people need to separate the two programs Google offer.

Advertising on other sites has nothing to do with showing Google ads on your own page. If you don't want to clutter your webpage with ads, then don't. That decision doesn't mean you can't display your ads on other sites though. It's not like a banner swap, you know.  :-)

[blobrana]

Hum,
I’ve heard about those `banner swap` parties before...

[ikir]

I use google ads on www.iksnet.it

How's that working out for you?

You might notice that we're no longer running google ads on Amiga.org.  The reason for this is that someone apparently thought it would be funny to set up a bot spoofing my IP address and click on the ads hundreds of times.

As a result of Google's new policies, this lead to me personally being ejected from their program without any chance of recourse.  This forbids me from running any google ads on ANY of the 15 sites that I currently own and operate.  

I know the trolls will now be giddy with glee, but it's a real point as to how pathetic a certain small group of this community has become, to attack me on a personal level.

Running Google ads on Amiga.org wasn't about money folks.  I was paying more to actually PLACE Amiga.org Google ads than it was making.  I did this specifically to promote both the platform and the site, as most of our new members generated by the advertisements were coming from Mac, C64, and other sites that didn't even remember the Amiga existed.  Those people either remembered the Amiga and had a newfound interest in it (note the number of new member posts asking Amiga questions as of late) or were interested in buying new or used hardware to play older games.

So, in the end whomever is responsible for getting Amiga.org (and me personally) removed from Google's adsense program only served to harm the Amiga platform as a whole.

Sad really, but expectable from the small group of people responsible.

[seer]

So, in the end whomever is responsible for getting Amiga.org (and me personally) removed from Google's adsense program only served to harm the Amiga platform as a whole.

You'd think that people don't want to have support for a dying PC....

[Doobrey]

Wayne wrote:

I know the trolls will now be giddy with glee, but it's a real point as to how pathetic a certain small group of this community has become, to attack me on a personal level.

That sucks. Why can't people just ignore/leave things they don't like instead of attacking them all the time.
 
 You can guarantee that when (not if) they've driven everyone out of the Amiga scene, they'll be the first ones complaining about it being dead, no new software/hardware etc.

[Framiga]

my compliments to the usual cowards :-(

[itix]

@wayne

Sad.

But one thing:

Sad really, but expectable from the small group of people responsible.

You are wrong. It is expectable from the large majority.

[Karlos]

FFS. There truly are some sad, lonely people out there that can get a kick out of such things.

itix wrote:
You are wrong. It is expectable from the large majority.

That makes absolutely no sense.

[Karlos]

@Itix

Are you implying that most of the members here would gladly do such things? :-?

[itix]

Are you implying that most of the members here would gladly do such things?

Not Amiga.org members. But PPC fanatics, maybe. And I dont mean those who are online regularly but those who never write to forums.

[T_Bone]

Wow. That sucks.

Not Amiga.org members. But PPC fanatics, maybe. And I dont mean those who are online regularly but those who never write to forums.

I don't think anyone here is as stupid as this seems to suggest.  There are no "PPC fanatics" that would have a reason to attack me personally by getting Amiga.org disbarred from the Google Adsense program.  There are only a few delusional members of a small clique bound and determined to destroy anything related to the Amiga, this site, and me in particular.

[Gelb]

> You're spamming Amiga.org right now advertising for
> #amigazeux

Hello Wayne,

this is a funny comment made by you. Congrats, although I somehow doubt you get the funny bit in it.

Small advice for the holy webmaster (your avatar implies it, sorry): Before you post such things, make sure you know about what you are posting.

What is #amigazeux? We are a loose group of friends who meet every now and then in an IRC channel. Some of us create software for AmigaOS and MorphOS (which might be part of your less-than healthy paranoia). We are not creating software for a profit. We have done this for years and we are planning to continue with it for the next couple of years (BTW, the amiga part in our name originates from a time where there was no MorphOS available and then, we consider MorphOS to be as much AmigaOS as AmigaOS itself). We never needed many advertising because we really don't want every person to join our channel and destroy the cozy atmosphere there :-). Yes, you were there too and got quite some fire IIRC. Was it deserved? Of course! Please continue reading.

Now: Avatar-advertising. Could you imagine that using a common logo in an avatar could be meant to show an affilation to a group of people described above? Could you imagine that some people are proud of having the #amigazeux logo in their avatar because they know what it stands for and because they show where they think they belong to?

The advertising bit: To make the advertising even more efficient, we would be very happy if we could link to our site using the avatar. Heh, yes, very funny. We want to shamelessly abuse your site for our immoral cause. Yes, I'm being sarcastic.

TBH Wayne, I think you are a bit off of this world now. Maybe taking a few days off or some sort of vacation could do you and especially us a great favour.

Have a nice one!

[Karlos]

:-?

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What, are you claiming responsibility or something?