No, because they are intent on crushing all your souls. Only joking. My guess (hope) is that nothing much will change, except that the site will become self-funding via Google ads. Any objections?
yes. We had a period with google adds. Apparently it wasn't right since the adds were abandoned. Well, i can still see google adds under unfavourable conditions.
They're fairly discreet though, aren't they? Personally I wouldn't mind. Indeed, it would be quite amusing to see what they think (wrongly) that I might be persuaded to buy. I would draw the line at big pop-up windows urging me to buy health insurance though.
The google ads were cancelled after we came back from that forum downtime. The ads started getting clicked again and it freaked Google out. They thought that people were clicking the ads on purpose to generate revenue for the site or something. Either that, or there were actually some people who were doing just that and google figured it out. It was never actually made clear... As to what was being advertised... mostly kooky pseudoscience garbage.
Oh, I vaguely remember that now. Didn't Google vow never to advertise with Sciforums again or something? I seem to recall rumours to that effect. Could cause problems for the new owners if that's the case.
Does anyone know how come I can see google adds on sciforums then? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Were you logged in when you see the ads? I've browsed the forums with IE every now and again and I see ads when not logged in. The last time I saw them they were amazon ads or... something. I never pay attention to them anyway. Pretty sure they weren't google ads though. In my normal day to day browsing I see no ads whatsoever. Logged in or not. Why? Because I'm smart.
when i'm logged in with my sock puppet i see adds. when i'm logged in with da monk i don't see anything.
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! is this the beginning of the end? Will this be like one of those wierd/sad dramas where "in one moment everything changed"...then everyone goes there seperate days and one day we'll look back and wonder what happened....