Out of the Blue [Aug 19, 2003, 09:22 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Yesterday the instability of the computer I've been working on finally pushed me
back to troubleshooting my real work PC, as I could not stand to lose any more
productivity to the crashes the emergency box was subject to. The problem with
my real Win2K workstation is a memory leak I was experiencing with FrontPage, a
problem that persisted even after uninstalling and reinstalling the whole Office
suite. As it turns out, I have not actually determined the cause of the problem,
just a workaround, which is simply to save my work in a different subdirectory.
I'm sure there's a logical explanation for this (there always seems to be), but
it certainly defies the easy explanation that there was something corrupt in the
directory structure where I was previously saving things, since it's working
fine now, and I'm using the exact same directory as before, simply copied to a
new location. Anyway, I'm quite ecstatic at being able to work on my proper work
machine, and I'm guessing my newly learned habit of saving my work after every
keystroke might even come in handy one of these days.
Today might see some experimentation begin with some ads that are probably more obtrusive than what we're used to here. This is not a step that is taken lightly, but is essential to the ongoing survival of this site, and I can only hope that you will consider this a fair trade-off. As always, feedback on this is welcome.
Today might see some experimentation begin with some ads that are probably more obtrusive than what we're used to here. This is not a step that is taken lightly, but is essential to the ongoing survival of this site, and I can only hope that you will consider this a fair trade-off. As always, feedback on this is welcome.
What would be even better is a subscription-based page without ads. I would gladly contribute to the site.
Unfortunately I do not think this will work very well.
Slashdot has that, and it is not doing all the great for them(it is not losing them money, it just aint making them a lot either), and they even add the subscribers, get most of the articles 10-15min ahead of non-subscribers.
IGN, that you pay for, to remove all add's is ridiculously expensive. But they also offer exclusive downloads. They also tie that in with a hoard of websites, and ad revenue from those websites.
All in all, I do not think it will work well unless you have lot's of unique content, or porn.
These kind of add's are not that bad, under certain conditions.
1. They are not so large it takes forever to load for dial-up users.
2. They do not force you to wait, they do allow you to click through, and it does not load a popup when you click through.
3. They are not too animated, some is fine, but let's not have a 30 sec long flash-ad.
4. No sound, period...end of story!
And, by what Blue said, about them (once all the kinks getting worked out) should not appear for you more then once in a 24 hour period is great! As IGN's is totally random, some times from going from page 1 to page 2 of a article I get them, and then again from page 4 to page 5!
So this does sound like a decent solution to me, for now.
One thing though, All ad's in general on the internet, do not seem targeted to the proper audience well. I think, if they would take time, and really do this. The actual click through rate, from interest in the product would go up 10 fold. I have never once seen an AD that interested me on Blues News. Well, a few game ad’s sorta got my interest, but when Blue then just has a link to the review, or screen shots on the page, that in my opinion is a better ad then anything!
I still say Blues gotta start reviewing hardware. Even if he does not think he has enough knowledge(I got no idea if he does). He can hit the angle, Can/Will the average be able to get the full benefit from this piece of hardware, kinda thing….then sell the old stuff on eBay for even more money!
"Science is but an organized system of ignorance."
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
- W. C. Fields
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