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Garlick said:
They sit in the space where Google ads used to sit (at the bottom of forums). Google annoyed us with their demands so we took them off and added news links instead.
The space used is the same as before, but it looks strange at first, lets see how it settles in and we'll see if they are to stay.
Odd how the same space can look so much bigger with images instead of links' Time will tell if we get used to it. If not, we'll take a view I promise.
Paul
Utterly detest it here The space used is the same as before, but it looks strange at first, lets see how it settles in and we'll see if they are to stay.
Odd how the same space can look so much bigger with images instead of links' Time will tell if we get used to it. If not, we'll take a view I promise.
Paul
Completely detracts from the clean, no-nonsense look of the site and as another poster said it makes the page look "cheap"
And yes I'll confess that it does make it a little bit harder to be "under the radar" at work
By and large I don't actually mind advertising on the web, I do understand that "free" sites need some sort of revenue and if showing ads or running with affiliate networks etc is a way for them to achieve this without actually having to charge admission so to speak than I'm all good with that.
In the past I've always thought the adverts on PH struck a nice balance with only the odd intrusive mess here and there (yes Nikon and the spontaneously opening ad, I'm looking at you) but holy crap this Taboola lark is jarring
Garlick said:
They sit in the space where Google ads used to sit (at the bottom of forums). Google annoyed us with their demands so we took them off and added news links instead.
The space used is the same as before, but it looks strange at first, lets see how it settles in and we'll see if they are to stay.
Odd how the same space can look so much bigger with images instead of links' Time will tell if we get used to it. If not, we'll take a view I promise.
Paul
You're having a giraffe if it takes up the 'same space'. It's as wide as my screen. No google Ads are that big.The space used is the same as before, but it looks strange at first, lets see how it settles in and we'll see if they are to stay.
Odd how the same space can look so much bigger with images instead of links' Time will tell if we get used to it. If not, we'll take a view I promise.
Paul
Garlick said:
They sit in the space where Google ads used to sit (at the bottom of forums). Google annoyed us with their demands so we took them off and added news links instead.
The space used is the same as before, but it looks strange at first, lets see how it settles in and we'll see if they are to stay.
Odd how the same space can look so much bigger with images instead of links' Time will tell if we get used to it. If not, we'll take a view I promise.
Paul
Appreciate that, thanks Garlick! Not to join the haters with a cry of "It's a disaster! Burn it!", but perhaps something text-based would be a bit more in keeping with the forum's usual appearance? A couple of pictures are fine, but a whole block is very jarring compared to the very spartan forum theme.The space used is the same as before, but it looks strange at first, lets see how it settles in and we'll see if they are to stay.
Odd how the same space can look so much bigger with images instead of links' Time will tell if we get used to it. If not, we'll take a view I promise.
Paul
Garlick said:
Actually I'm going to tidy it up a lot in the next 30 mins or so.
As said before, it takes the same space as Google ads but without their ever-increasing rules and regs which were stifling to say the least.
Which one of these is 1600px wide? Let alone over 450px tall.As said before, it takes the same space as Google ads but without their ever-increasing rules and regs which were stifling to say the least.
https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/185665?u...
Definitely needs a rapid re-think. Very intrusive - more so than anything I've seen on any other quality forum site I regularly visit.
On some forum lists the 'You may like' link tiles now take up the majority of the screen space - particularly if you don't use a full-screen browser window.
Appreciate PH wanting to ditch the Google Ads, but this isn't the way to do it.
On some forum lists the 'You may like' link tiles now take up the majority of the screen space - particularly if you don't use a full-screen browser window.
Appreciate PH wanting to ditch the Google Ads, but this isn't the way to do it.
About an hour or so from now, not the 30 mins I mentioned, although we have already gone down to one row. next step is to get it between the forum borders.
It is all in hand however so thanks for the feedback, I do think content is better than ads but the way they are displayed is key.
It is all in hand however so thanks for the feedback, I do think content is better than ads but the way they are displayed is key.
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