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Offline Sandwich

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Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
on: January 13, 2006, 10:44:13 am
Mr. Fury saw this and took a screenshot (attached). I've never seen anything like it before, and I have no clue why it's appearing on HLP. I HEAVILY doubt it's Google's fault. Anyway, if that - or anything similar - happens to ANY of you, get a copy of the source of that page and PM it to me.

Thanks.

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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #1 on: January 13, 2006, 11:20:47 am
I'm guessing it's an image-cache thing. **** like this usually is.

Like when I was getting ads instead of buttons.
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #2 on: January 13, 2006, 01:50:46 pm
I'd tend to agree with you, but there's nothing that's part of HLP that should be centered like that at the top of the page.

EDIT: Oh, wait.... the webring?? ...Styxx!!
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #3 on: January 13, 2006, 01:52:28 pm
Excuses, excuses - you're just trying to make the ads more visible, you cheeky wee scamp.
 

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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #4 on: January 13, 2006, 08:50:26 pm
The admins are making millions of dollars from Ebay ads.
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #5 on: January 13, 2006, 08:52:06 pm
Oh...so that's the bank account I've been stealing from.

It was only supposed to take a fraction of a penny!
 

Offline ToecrusherHammerjaw

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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #6 on: January 13, 2006, 08:57:20 pm
Oh God, I can see it now:  "Giant Mutated Web Advertisements launch offensive against HLP!  an0n commands this horrifying massacre! Staff and populace flee in terror!"

It'll be worse than the April's Fools stunt.  :shaking: :shaking:
 

Offline WMCoolmon

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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #7 on: January 14, 2006, 09:17:45 am
 :lol:

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It'll be just like the Final Fantasy Movie, except with popup ads instead of Phantoms. "Oh ****! My soul!"
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #8 on: January 14, 2006, 11:40:50 am
How much does HLP cost per month anyway?
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #9 on: January 14, 2006, 11:43:11 am
30 GBP, plus a few yearly charges that amount to around $20-odd USD per year.
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #10 on: January 14, 2006, 01:37:31 pm
Thirty quid a month? ****ing hell.
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #11 on: January 14, 2006, 03:02:56 pm
Quote from: Sandwich on January 14, 2006, 11:43:11 am
30 GBP, plus a few yearly charges that amount to around $20-odd USD per year.

Though you could save half the latter if you itched the Alexa ad/spyware thing on the bottom........
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #12 on: January 14, 2006, 03:26:57 pm
Quote from: Raa on January 14, 2006, 03:02:56 pm
Quote from: Sandwich on January 14, 2006, 11:43:11 am
30 GBP, plus a few yearly charges that amount to around $20-odd USD per year.

Though you could save half the latter if you itched the Alexa ad/spyware thing on the bottom........
Dude? Go see a doctor. Now. First of all, the Alexa ad thing never cost me a thing. And second, it's been gone for days now. :wtf:
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #13 on: January 14, 2006, 05:35:05 pm
I need teh sleep.s.
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #14 on: January 15, 2006, 09:33:45 am
Do the ads generate profit just by being displayed, or do we need to click them for it to do any good? I already make it a point to disable adblock when I visit the forums, but I haven't seen anything clickworthy yet.
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #15 on: January 15, 2006, 02:32:37 pm
Yeah, it would be worse then the April Fools Stunt..
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #16 on: January 15, 2006, 02:35:17 pm
Quote from: Shade on January 15, 2006, 09:33:45 am
Do the ads generate profit just by being displayed, or do we need to click them for it to do any good? I already make it a point to disable adblock when I visit the forums, but I haven't seen anything clickworthy yet.

You have to click them.
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #17 on: January 15, 2006, 03:03:52 pm
Dunno if this is of any use, but on some other ad-funded fora (eg. Filesoup), they have a thread dedicated to ads. So you click a random ad and see what weird stuff it takes you to, and then you post about it. Yes, it basically amounts to spam, but you'll get a lot more clicks if you give people (especially certain people) a reason to post. Just a thought...
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #18 on: January 15, 2006, 04:57:29 pm
Well, for now the repositioning of the ads definitely generated a bump in revenue (at least, I hope it's a bump and not just a spike). We'll see what the situation looks like in a week or so.

Oh, and for whoever's interested... designating the post body to be the primary source that Google should look at to get context-sensitive ads is said to take up to 2 weeks to come into effect. So if the ads are still ridiculously off-topic in another week and a half or so, lemme know. ;)
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Re: Giant Mutated Ads on HLP??
Reply #19 on: January 15, 2006, 05:05:48 pm
Every time I see this topic I keep misreading it as "Giant Mustard Ads on HLP". :lol:
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