--Just curious.. was there ever a donate option @ ruby-lang.org
instead of Google Ads?
Revenue that helps expand this community is very important and I
completely understand this. I'm just not so sure Google Ads are as
affective as having an 'option' to donate.
Ruby not only gives me the tools to create productive applications,
but the intuitive syntax puts those tools at my finger tips. -- That
being said, I'd much rather say thanks to Ruby in financial fashion
than be greeted with an option to purchase a ruby necklace @ whole
sale price. If a gsub could be done, I'll gladly start my donation @
100.00 USD.
--Just curious.. was there ever a donate option @ ruby-lang.org
instead of Google Ads?
Revenue that helps expand this community is very important and I
completely understand this. I'm just not so sure Google Ads are as
affective as having an 'option' to donate.
Ruby not only gives me the tools to create productive applications,
but the intuitive syntax puts those tools at my finger tips. -- That
being said, I'd much rather say thanks to Ruby in financial fashion
than be greeted with an option to purchase a ruby necklace @ whole
sale price. If a gsub could be done, I'll gladly start my donation @
100.00 USD.
In a way I agree with you x1. I got the same feeling, but on the other
hand it is a very easy way to support ruby too.
The message that should be clear to all the ruby community is: click on
that freaking ads!!! I started clicking everyday since yesterday,
everytime I visit the site. Guys, let's click the ads on ruby-lang.org
and we will give thousands to the cause of Ruby.
If a gsub could be done, I'll gladly start my donation @
100.00 USD.
I would like to see the site *add* the donate feature while keeping the Google Adsense.
I know all ads are annoying, but Adsense seems to be the least obtrusive of the lot. I have no idea what ruby-lang.org is making but all of my sites typically make $US5-20 per month per thousand daily visitors. All of my sites are running donations as well; adding Adsense had no effect on donation rates. So if ruby-lang.org is pulling 20k daily visitors, that's somewhere around $US200 of "free money" to help pay for hosting.
Just my $0.02 (per clickthrough).
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David Brady
ruby_talk@shinybit.com
C++ Guru. Ruby nuby. Apply salt as needed.
In a way I agree with you x1. I got the same feeling, but on the other
hand it is a very easy way to support ruby too.
The message that should be clear to all the ruby community is: click on
that freaking ads!!! I started clicking everyday since yesterday,
everytime I visit the site. Guys, let's click the ads on ruby-lang.org
and we will give thousands to the cause of Ruby.
Clicking on Google Ads without any interest in the content is stupid, as anyone who pays or receives money for advertisement will confirm. In the long run there is only one gainer: Google.
I guess that's one way to go about getting the ads off the site
Douglas
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2005/9/17, Mike Novecento <mike.novecento@gmail.com>:
In a way I agree with you x1. I got the same feeling, but on the other
hand it is a very easy way to support ruby too.
The message that should be clear to all the ruby community is: click on
that freaking ads!!! I started clicking everyday since yesterday,
everytime I visit the site. Guys, let's click the ads on ruby-lang.org
and we will give thousands to the cause of Ruby.
The message that should be clear to all the ruby community is: click on
that freaking ads!!! I started clicking everyday since yesterday,
everytime I visit the site. Guys, let's click the ads on ruby-lang.org
and we will give thousands to the cause of Ruby.
I can't speak for the Ruby site owner, but as the owner of a handful of sites that runs Google Adsense ads, PLEASE STOP. I know you already know that you can't get something for nothing. But your thinking is, Google or the advertiser that paid Google can pick up the slack here.
Your thinking is wrong. Google calls these "fraudulent clicks" and they're VERY good at detecting them. The BEST thing that can happen is that your IP will be declared fraudulent and all your clicks (possibly along with everyone else's that uses your ISP!) will be eliminated from the site owner's payout. A worse option is that Google can declare the entire ruby-lang.org site to be fraudulent! They'll stop serving ads and refuse to pay out any pending legitimate ad money. This has happened already to one site of mine due to overenthusiastic "help" from zealous fans.
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David Brady
ruby_talk@shinybit.com
C++ Guru. Ruby nuby. Apply salt as needed.
If a gsub could be done, I'll gladly start my donation @
100.00 USD.
I would like to see the site *add* the donate feature while keeping the Google Adsense.
I know all ads are annoying, but Adsense seems to be the least obtrusive of the lot. I have no idea what ruby-lang.org is making but all of my sites typically make $US5-20 per month per thousand daily visitors. All of my sites are running donations as well; adding Adsense had no effect on donation rates. So if ruby-lang.org is pulling 20k daily visitors, that's somewhere around $US200 of "free money" to help pay for hosting.
I'd like to second this. As a person who uses Google advertising what you are advocating is stealing. If you aren't interested in the product all you're doing is taking money out of my pocket or the pocket of some other advertiser. I had to disable Ad Sense ads because they click fraud rate is so high I wasn't seeing a return on investment. The only way for this to continue to be effective is for advertisers to feel they're getting effective returns on their ad dollars.
Roy
David Brady wrote:
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Mike Novecento wrote:
The message that should be clear to all the ruby community is: click on
that freaking ads!!! I started clicking everyday since yesterday,
everytime I visit the site. Guys, let's click the ads on ruby-lang.org
and we will give thousands to the cause of Ruby.
I can't speak for the Ruby site owner, but as the owner of a handful of sites that runs Google Adsense ads, PLEASE STOP. I know you already know that you can't get something for nothing. But your thinking is, Google or the advertiser that paid Google can pick up the slack here.
Your thinking is wrong. Google calls these "fraudulent clicks" and they're VERY good at detecting them. The BEST thing that can happen is that your IP will be declared fraudulent and all your clicks (possibly along with everyone else's that uses your ISP!) will be eliminated from the site owner's payout. A worse option is that Google can declare the entire ruby-lang.org site to be fraudulent! They'll stop serving ads and refuse to pay out any pending legitimate ad money. This has happened already to one site of mine due to overenthusiastic "help" from zealous fans.
