FORUMula1.com

[Gaz]

I clicked on an ad that said I was the millionth visitor and that I had won a free iPad 2. So I was lucky. But that good luck must have run out because a few days later my bank account was emptied via my debit card and I can't stop my computer from playing a stream of a Mexican radio station in Tijuana. I'm still waiting for the iPad 2.

OMG the same thing happened to me but i did recive an ipad.

here is a pic

[Jabberwocky]

I am still waiting for my 2,500,000,000,000 US$ from my long lost uncle in Nigeria

[Gaz]

why even put up with them?

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Because loads of websites wouldn't exist if everyone had adblock? It costs a lot of money to host & maintain a popular website therefore as long as the ads aren't too obtrusive and don't slow my browsing down, I'm happy to support the owners of my favorite websites by not blocking the ads.

Seriously tho, websites shouldn't be about making money they should be about creativity.

and Web advertising although it fuels the web in some cases,has gone too far. Adverts have gone past being worthy and become irritating and even illegal.

the main page of this site, just looks tacky because of adverts just glad they haven't spread too far on this forum so they are every over post or something stupid like that.

And i think its cheap to ask people to "click" on adverts.

If i had a website, i'd prob make it advert free.

[Stephen]

I love the criticism directed at 'online advertising'. The fact remains it is the best way to monetise a content based website. Websites, just like newspapers, cost money to produce - you either pay to use it or you endure the adverts. You could use an ad-blocker but doing such would only reduce a websites revenue and potential development.

I must admit your post made me chuckle Gaz - criticizing Forumula1.com in one sentence and stating in another that websites 'should be about creativity'. Does that creativity stretch to new websites replicating Forumula1.com...

[Gaz]

I love the criticism directed at 'online advertising'. The fact remains it is the best way to monetise a content based website. Websites, just like newspapers, cost money to produce - you either pay to use it or you endure the adverts. You could use an ad-blocker but doing such would only reduce a websites revenue and potential development.

I must admit your post made me chuckle Gaz - criticizing Forumula1.com in one sentence and stating in another that websites 'should be about creativity'. Does that creativity stretch to new websites replicating Forumula1.com..

It costs very little to host a website that's a fact.

SecuthF hardly ever posts but i did remember that she did make a post last time the words "ad blocker" was mentioned that made me chuckle.

But my point regarding creativity is poorly a focus issue, some websites focus on making money from advertising and that detracts from the content of the website some websites focus on improving the user experience by adding new features and adding much more content.

at the end of the day a phpbb forum is a phpbb forum its not a website is it?

Our website is vastly different from forumula because its not a news site its a blog based around a podcast and opinion.

[Stephen]

It costs very little to host a website that's a fact.

Depends on the resources used - for my business I recently purchased a second server at £16k over three years. So it's not a fact is it?

SecuthF hardly ever posts but i did remember that she did make a post last time the words "ad blocker" was mentioned that made me chuckle.

Could have something to do with the fact her thesis was on this subject!

But my point regarding creativity is poorly a focus issue, some websites focus on making money from advertising and that detracts from the content of the website some websites focus on improving the user experience by adding new features and adding much more content.

A site that concentrates on content also needs to pay for it - once larger than a mere hobby site you'll find very few people who'll work for nothing.

Our website is vastly different from forumula because its not a news site its a blog based around a podcast and opinion.

Oh yeah, it looks vastly different!

[Gaz]

It costs very little to host a website that's a fact.

Depends on the resources used - for my business I recently purchased a second server at £16k over three years. So it's not a fact is it?

You don't need a 16k server to run this website or similar i work in IT i could run 200-300user company on a 16k Server so its irrelevant.

£3 a month for a site like this.

SecuthF hardly ever posts but i did remember that she did make a post last time the words "ad blocker" was mentioned that made me chuckle.

Could have something to do with the fact her thesis was on this subject!

Fair enough, but it came across to me as borderline begging, especialy with DD's comment about clicking adverts.

Don't get me wrong some adverts can add to a website in some cases but mostly they detract and like other people have said slow down and ruin the user experience

But my point regarding creativity is poorly a focus issue, some websites focus on making money from advertising and that detracts from the content of the website some websites focus on improving the user experience by adding new features and adding much more content.

A site that concentrates on content also needs to pay for it - once larger than a mere hobby site you'll find very few people who'll work for nothing.

Depends on how that content is generated, if the the content is generated by encouraging community creativity its easy to add valuable content that doesn't need adverts detracting from said content.

Our website is vastly different from forumula because its not a news site its a blog based around a podcast and opinion.

Oh yeah, it looks vastly different!

I was talking about the SITE not the forum.

Forums are so generic anyway for example,

[Hexagram]

Our website is vastly different from forumula because its not a news site its a blog based around a podcast and opinion.

Oh yeah, it looks vastly different!

Very different actually.

[Stephen]

Our website is vastly different from forumula because its not a news site its a blog based around a podcast and opinion.

Oh yeah, it looks vastly different!

Very different actually.

I was referring to the forum, and think I made that quite clear!

[Hexagram]

I was referring to the forum, and think I made that quite clear!

The forums? Looks different to me mate.

[Gaz]

If your going to edit posts to remove pictures thats fine ste but the fact is its the same forum software so they are bound to have some similarities.

Why all the editing to remove links/pictures its not as if we are a competing business why is the fact some members decided to do their own podcast/blog site bother you so much?

[Stephen]

It costs very little to host a website that's a fact.

Depends on the resources used - for my business I recently purchased a second server at £16k over three years. So it's not a fact is it?

You don't need a 16k server to run this website or similar i work in IT i could run 200-300user company on a 16k Server so its irrelevant.

£3 a month for a site like this.

Unlike your site, this site gets over 300,000 impressions per month and 30,000 users - it won't work on a basic VDS. As for a 200-300 user company, it's quite clear you have no idea what you're talking about. The business server manages a site which sees 6 million users on an average month.

But my point regarding creativity is poorly a focus issue, some websites focus on making money from advertising and that detracts from the content of the website some websites focus on improving the user experience by adding new features and adding much more content.

A site that concentrates on content also needs to pay for it - once larger than a mere hobby site you'll find very few people who'll work for nothing.

Depends on how that content is generated, if the the content is generated by encouraging community creativity its easy to add valuable content that doesn't need adverts detracting from said content.

"Doesn't need adverts" - and you're going to monetise UGC content with what exactly - again you haven't thought this through.

Our website is vastly different from forumula because its not a news site its a blog based around a podcast and opinion.

Oh yeah, it looks vastly different!

I was talking about the SITE not the forum.

Forums are so generic anyway for example,

Well I guess I should take heart that people want to replicate my forum's structure. Also, as I started the comparison between our forums (yours and the one you copied), I think it's probably fair to let me decide what's being discussed here - ie, the forum, not the site!

[Stephen]

If your going to edit posts to remove pictures thats fine ste but the fact is its the same forum software so they are bound to have some similarities.

Why all the editing to remove links/pictures its not as if we are a competing business why is the fact some members decided to do their own podcast/blog site bother you so much?

Your posts were edited by another mod - you didn't ask permission to promote another site!

As for second comment, I think I've answered that over IM.

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