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I was reading the other thread and people wanted to know how we were doing from the Adsense program. After reading the program policies there is no restrictions from letting people know how we're doing from the program so here it is.

Although I had higher expectations from the program, the revenue is generated by clicks rather than how many times the ads are seen. Over the past 7 days, we have received 100 ad clicks in total leading to a revenue of $21.59 which is not very much . The weekly average ranges from $19-$27. I wish more people viewed or clicked on ads to keep Gamingforce semi self sufficient although I am not allowed to directly encourage it. Attached is a screenshot of the revenue made over the past 7 days.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to click on some ads once in a while...

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Wow, that seems pretty sad compared to how it first did on the temporary forums we had during GFF's downtime:

[img]removed due to google's ToS[/img]

I was expecting at least 50 dollars a week.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Alright, I guess the difference was that we actually clicked the ads on the temp forums. I'll get to clicking ads more often.

Thanks for the report, bobo. =)

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Fair enough, I'll get clicking too.

How ya doing, buddy?

Good to hear about the progress. I'll try to click a few each day.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I honestly don't even see the ads thanks to certain Firefox plugins. Like I said earlier, you should just replace all of Megalith's posts with ads. Nine out of ten LeHahs agree.

FELIPE NO

Very surprising, I just don't understand the pay scale, I guess. GFF had almost half a million more page views and most Internet estimates valued that highly. Clicking is quite important, I guess.

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I heard that google tries to screw you when it's time for them to pay up. Saying you've cheated and whatnot. Hopefully this doesn't happen.

*click*

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Eleo

I honestly don't even see the ads thanks to certain Firefox plugins. Like I said earlier, you should just replace all of Megalith's posts with ads. Nine out of ten LeHahs agree.

that's probably adblock that is blocking the ads. Look at the botom right of your screen you should see the word Adblock, rigth-click on it and choose, whitelist this whole site. This will bring back the ads. Even if all of the member wold put the ads in his sig, the adblock will block them all...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Thanks for the update, bobo. Like I said in the other thread, I didn't notice the ads until yesterday, at which point I clicked. I will continue to click from here on out.

And though bobo isn't allowed to encourage ad clicking, mightn't we?

How ya doing, buddy?

And I thought I was the only one who didn't notice the ads till now, but hey at least they ain't pop-up ads. If it helps GFF then I'd be glad to help support by clicking.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Might this be moved to a more public place? I think more people would like to know about this.

Double Post:

Originally Posted by Eleo

I honestly don't even see the ads thanks to certain Firefox plugins. Like I said earlier, you should just replace all of Megalith's posts with ads. Nine out of ten LeHahs agree.

Nine out of ten LeHah's agree? Usually people assing some sort of positive image to the thing they're basing their rating scheme on (stars, thumbs ups, pants, etc)

I was speaking idiomatically.

I too will start working on clicking more often.
Chances are, many other people will see this thread and pick up the pace.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Don't overdo it on the clicking, guys. You're gonna end up with Google accusing bobo of click fraud :P

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Originally Posted by bobo

I wish more people viewed or clicked on ads to keep Gamingforce semi self sufficient although I am not allowed to directly encourage it. Attached is a screenshot of the revenue made over the past 7 days.

Not to be a jerk, bobo, but the $27 you got is $27 you wouldn't have had otherwise, isn't it? >_>

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Mo0

Not to be a jerk, bobo, but the $27 you got is $27 you wouldn't have had otherwise, isn't it? >_>

Well, he's got to get to 100bux before they pay out, I believe. However, it isn't the resounding success that would pay the monthly bills quick fix that we, or at least a good number of us, thought.

HOWEVER, 100 dollars is 100 dollars.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'd do my part, but honestly I can't even see the ad at the bottom of the page. Maybe you should make something Adblock couldn't get rid of so easily, it seems it's smart enough to block all of Google's ads.
Of course I could use IE to open the ad, but well I try to use IE as little as possible. Plus I haven't really clicked on adds for about four years now.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

la la la

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by disgust

going out of your way to click on ads is not a good idea-- it will activate smart pricing. don't do it. not to mention it risks getting the adsense account terminated.

also, you're allowed to reveal revenue, but not specifics-- if you want to remain in the terms of service you NEED to remove that screenshot or remove all details but the revenue. ecpm, impressions, ctr, etc cannot be revealed.

again, I can help you optimize things to get more decent earnings if you're interested. quite frankly, this is a pretty pathetic adsense campaign. there's a lot you could do to improve your earnings.

It seems from your other posts that your solution is to put ads in places people don't want to see them. Gamingforce isn't an ad-driven community, for the most part, and I don't think bobo wants it to be. It's his call, though.
This also isn't your site with the ads in every place you look, and besides I don't think the members would put up with ads everywhere.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Did take Sarah's suggestion to get rid of the screenshots, forgot those were against the ToS.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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Originally Posted by disgust

bottom line: I can show you how to keep gamingforce afloat financially. seeing as that's a problem you guys seem to have, I'd think you'd be interested-- not hostile-- in hearing suggestions.

No we won't fill Gamingforce with more ads.

How ya doing, buddy?

Is there a way to force someone to click the ad before they can log in or is that considered click fraud?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Uh... I don't think any type of forcing to click the ad is allowed.

How ya doing, buddy?