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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

1/3 of 1%

One THIRD of ONE PERCENT.

That's the clickthru ratio on the banners.

To break even, that needs to be no less than three quarters of one percent. A little more than double of what's being done now.

What I'm asking isn't much. One visit on a sponsor a day, take just a moment of your time and check them out.

One click a day, people.

One.

If you don't, I won't have the money it takes to keep us afloat.

Feel guilty yet?

Good.

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Charles is right! Lets click, people!

*waves an 20lb board*
Intimidated yet? Good...

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*click*

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

???

Well, it appears to be a (hopefully temporary) bug of some sort, but I just tried to click on the ad at the bottom of the page, and nothing happened.

I right-clicked, and discovered there was only an image, but no link.

--Baloo

P.S.: Apparently it was temporary. The ad at the bottom of the "reply page" worked.

Go fig.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

*click, click, click, click, and click.*

There, that's my quota for the week.

*points* YOU! Little non-clicking user! Puny human! Help Site! Click, or Hulk will smash!

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

Yes SIR mister Hulk SIR

I just love to click the addies.

singing:
Clicking on addies,
clicking on addies.
Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click

Clicking on addies,
clicking on addies.
CLIIIICK, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click.

OLE!

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

*Follows the Damned Nicest's lead and click 167,493 times*

What do you mean, I'm a lier?!

*Storms off in huff to get his blankie*

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

Only one click per six hours counts. Browsing the sponsor's site is highly reccomended.

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Tarrant: "Calculated risks."
Avon: "Calculated on what? Your fingers?"
-- Blake's Seven, Ultraworld

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Well THAT'S daft.. I could explore DOZENS of sites in 6 hours.

At the very least, It should count per banner per 6 hours, anyway. It's not YOUR fault half the sites they put banners up for are dull as mud...

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Mmm...debt consolidation.

Also known as the most boring site ever.

Well, a close second to the Macy's bridal page. Gah! Like there are a whole lot of potential brides around here.

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Posted by Feste on :

Hmm. Apparently not too many potential grooms either. But yes, the sites are really boring. Even Mr. Zingy who sounded faintly carnal turned out to be a come on for a digital camera.

Charles, I know you've gone to a lot of trouble to get these sponsors and it's not your fault they make people's eyes glaze over. Still, it would be a nice change of pace if something like Mr. Hat's Hell Hole or Gurl Talk showed up. The latter is a 'zine for teenaged girls that's on another Trek site. They have riveting discussions about nipples, acne, boyfriends and Kosovo.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Some of these sites require you to provide information that could allow them to spam you before you can leave their first page.

Those, I just "X-off" and try something else later.

--Baloo

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

My favorite is the bookclub deal... *L*

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A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu' scosse.
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Non torno` vivo alcun, s`i`odo il vero,
Senza tema d`infamia ti rispondo."
- Dante`

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Dante quote! Dante! Dante!

Uhm... yeah...

Dante's the best... And, besides that, CC, you have to take into account those that actually can't click on them every six hours...

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

From Dante's Inferno, from the 8th Circle of Hell:
"If I thought that my answer were to one who might ever return to the world, this flame would shake no more; but since from this depth none ever returned alive, if what I hear is true, I answer you without fear of infamy."

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Well, I don't remember offhand who said that, but I'd say he made a bit of an error in judgement... *L*

Oh, and, IIRC, "Inferno" was just the name of the first section of the book. The actual title is The Comedy of Dante Alighieri, often called "The Divine Comedy". *end trivia bit*

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Posted by Feste on :

Like "car parts shouldn't cost more than body parts" and it really grabs one's attention when the arms and legs fall off the little man. Do you suppose its creator was a fan of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"?

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Yup yup, or in French, as I first read it: La divine com�die.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*shrugs*.. I never read it. That was just a pull quote from the begining of T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock" .... which, by the way, is an EXCELLENT piece of poetry.

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

*still clicking*

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

*Yes. Me too. ~L~*

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

Thanks all you clickers... Keep going!

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Click, click, click your mouse...
Gently o'er those ads...
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily...
Buy up all those fads.

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Posted by HMS White Star (Member # 174) on :

What the hell is going on with ads, yesterday they opened a new window, today when you click they switch the little screen the ad is in, what the hell. BTW I click every day at least once, more that likely twice (sometimes 3 times).

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Charles.. you WILL tell us if we're having a measurable effect next time you get a check (or however it is they work out payment), right?

*Imagines CC gleefully rubbing his hands as $ pours in from the sudden mad influx of clicks, while we, the clickers, remain oblivious to the change...*
*shakes head*
Naah, not CC.

Me, sure. I'd do that. Not Charles.

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

*envisions that*
*o_O*
*LOLOLOL*

(Haw Haw I'm the first on page two! Hey there! :-)
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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Nah.. He'd do it. I know my guy far too well.

*j/k!*

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

*LOL*

Yes, it's working... Current clickthru rate is .78%, which is pretty good...

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Avon: "You really do believe in taking risks, don't you?"
Tarrant: "Calculated risks."
Avon: "Calculated on what? Your fingers?"
-- Blake's Seven, Ultraworld

Posted by Jaresh Inyo on :

*Clicks* Take that, money problems...

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Me: Oh, I agree. I think they're spending too much time together, that is of course, if you catch my drift.
Asher: I think he's *ucking her, and he's cheating on his wife, and he's risking his marriage, and if his wife finds out about it she'll leave him and take their son, and his life will be ruined. If you catch my drift...

Posted by HMS White Star (Member # 174) on :

Cool the Ads are working now cool.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

re: mouses on ads

Mine keeps on clickin', clickin', clickin... into the future...

Sorry.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Fly like an Eagle, to the Sea, fly like an Eagle, let my spirit carry me.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*cues the TSN musical interlude now*

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

I think not.

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Avon: "You really do believe in taking risks, don't you?"
Tarrant: "Calculated risks."
Avon: "Calculated on what? Your fingers?"
-- Blake's Seven, Ultraworld