ticalc.org Introduces New In-Program Ads
Posted by Michael on 1 April 2007, 02:06 GMT
As many of you know, in November we began running ads on ticalc.org in order to cover our bandwidth costs. While this trial run has proven highly effective, we are still falling short each month on ad revenue. Feedback has shown that our visitors are overwhelmingly against any form of graphic banner ads, so we are instead turning to something more creative.
Beginning in the next two weeks, all BASIC programs uploaded to our archives will automatically be edited to include pay advertising, similar to what is shown in the animated screenshot. This will allow advertisers to pay lump sum fees for perpetual product placement in the BASIC portion of our file archives and should solve our immediate financial situation.
We will attempt to balance the ad placements so that they are non-intrusive; however, as the editing is done by automated scripts, there may be a few instances of inappropriately placed advertising. Please vote on the survey to let us know what you think.
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romeopascal84
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Curse my all-believing mind! I was seriously beginning to get worried, but then I remembered it was 4/1...
I would, actually, be willing to give in to in-program ads would they become necessary. (But I would also wonder, how do they get money out of them?)
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1 April 2007, 11:56 GMT
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ElementFire
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Great, I came here just to check out what they would do this year. Nice!
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1 April 2007, 14:21 GMT
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Sic Transit Gloria ticalc.org
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aladdinslamp
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'nuff said. Happy 1st day of madness.
P.S. All supervillains, evil masterminds, evil geniuses, evil empresses, etc: I now have the access codes to U.G.F.aE. (United Goodness Forces against Evil) headquarters. Supervillains willing to purchase, please post a reply...
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1 April 2007, 15:15 GMT
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jonas debrave
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THANK GOD IT IS THE FIRST OF APRIL AND I HOPE YOU WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THT AGAIN
*my hart: BOMBOMBOMBOMBOMBOMBOMBOMBOMBOMBOMBOM @ speed c*
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1 April 2007, 19:08 GMT
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Ben Nagy
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Tsk, Tsk
This had better be some kind of sick April Fool's day joke! (Most likely) Yeah Right! Editing all BASIC programs that come in? There are so many! That's a laugh!
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1 April 2007, 20:37 GMT
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b-flat
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Wow, this is one of the best April Fool's day jokes ever. No one had done anything to me all day, so I was highly susceptible.
ROTFLOL
Anyway, the idea is a great idea, but only if you could really get the script to work (it would be quite annoying if it placed the ad in the wrong place & it kept popping up all of the time).
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2 April 2007, 01:15 GMT
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Joshua Huang
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I almost fainted when I saw this. lol. Then I saw the "fake news" thingy. April Fools!
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2 April 2007, 17:34 GMT
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patz2009
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To tell you the truth, I never found the current ads to be too intrusive, but that's probably because I'm only concentrating on the 50% of the pixels that aren't ads :)
However, with a 96*64 screen, you'll notice if an add is on your screen. Heck, you only have 6144 pixels to look at in the first place.
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2 April 2007, 23:31 GMT
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JAEM
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...Wow... that's...quite the April Fool's joke
I have to say, that's pretty great!
especially the URL - the .RU domain screams SCAM - lol
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4 April 2007, 01:26 GMT
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Pugboy
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I thought they were serious for a sec. Good thing they weren't! Iw ould have switched to Assembly!
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4 April 2007, 23:34 GMT
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TheStorm
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almost got me there :p but then i realized it would be pointless all I would have to do is edit the ad out of the programm duh!!
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5 April 2007, 19:37 GMT
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