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Dis is offline Dis
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Post  Old Post 11-04-2001 22:13 Visit Dis's homepage!
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Apolyton for once has some good ads Get a bigger avatar today!

It's ok to say no to marijuana

while I don't agree with the message , it may be beneficial to the younger posters.

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</font>Apolyton for once has some good ads
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do something about it, click them!

Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by MarkG on 04-11-2001 03:45 PM</font>
do something about it, click them!
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Actually I did click on one of them and was reading about some stuff. Advertising half price stuff in dollars and then having to pay a small fortune to ship it over here is useless to me, but stuff that contains decent information is fair enough!

Solver is offline Solver
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Post  Old Post 12-04-2001 22:37 Visit Solver<br><img src=/forums/images/staff-icon.gif>'s homepage!
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If that would give you much more money than now, I'd click on the ads. Just assure me...

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hmmm, clicking on the ads means money for us
is that what you wanted to hear?

connorkimbro is offline connorkimbro
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  Old Post 13-04-2001 05:23
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Enter the AD-FREE zone

I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but i for one, don't visit this site, so that you make money. i visit the site because i'm interested in it. if you happen to make money also, so much the better.

and very rarely does an ad interest me enough that i'll click on it. though it DOES occasionally happen.

OH, by the way mark. . i've stopped using proximitron, since the e-bay **** is gone now.

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Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Good ads! *clap clap*

Narck is offline Narck
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by connorkimbro on 04-12-2001 08:23 PM</font>
I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but i for one, don't visit this site, so that you make money. i visit the site because i'm interested in it. if you happen to make money also, so much the better.
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>I don't think they mean they're making money from these ads to increase their personal wealth. It sounds to me as if the money earned from the ads, is needed to keep the site afloat, so that you and I are actually able to visit it. And to me, it sounds only reasonable that I click an ad every now and then (even if I'm not that interested in it) to assist in this goal, which also benefits me, after all.

The Mad Monk is offline The Mad Monk
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Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

Hey--that Lycos ad isn't just a banner ad, it's an honest-to-goodness search engine!

I clicked it expecting to be taken to the Lycos site, but got to do a search (which took me to the site) instead.

Very cool.

Caligastia is offline Caligastia
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Dissident on 04-11-2001 01:13 PM</font>
It's ok to say no to marijuana

while I don't agree with the message
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Yes, its not ok to say no to marijuana! Everybody must get stoned!!

Solver is offline Solver
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What would happen if I click on the ads, and close them soon? You'd be very rich then, right?

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Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

"You'd be very rich then, right?"

No, Slover.

That said, Markos and I are not rich in any monetary sense as a result from ads being displayed on Apolyton, but they are paying the server bills which is what is important.

If Markos and I had operated ACS such that we intended to make money from it, I do believe it would have been shut down long ago...

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Solver is offline Solver
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Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Dan,
As I want Apolyton to exist, I can easily click on the ads, and when they load, I close them. Thus, assuming I open at least 15 ads each day, it would improve the position of Apolyton, right? And that's what I want to do. I'm interested about how exactly Apolyton earns - by number of clicks, or how?
And - do you and Markos get money in your pocket from Apolyton, at least 100$, or not?
Edit: watch out, I'm not Slover, as you write .
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<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Solver (edited April 15, 2001).]</font>

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we have all kinds of ads

- paying per impression(when the banner is shown, example: ugo ads)
- paying per click(when the banner is clicked, example: lycos, hotbot)
- paying on purchases(when the banner is clicked and a purchase is made, example: chips&bits)

in all cases, clicking helps one way or the other, directly or indirectly...


on the other question: 100$ for how long? 1 month, 3 months?

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Solver:

Our exact financial status is a most personal matter and will not be disclosed. I don't mean for this to come across as being rude, but it's not really any of your business. That said, and curse me for my attitude if you feel you must, rest assured that there is enough revenue being generated by our online advertising to pay the server costs.

If and when we do actually see any kind of revenue, it is always nominal in amount and goes to pay additional costs incurred (e.g. bulletin board scripts, domains etc.). We are not "making" any money that we are able to use in other capacities -- we do not earn any disposable income, just enough to pay all our creditors. {grin}

In the end, this is all we could have hoped for when Apolyton began, and indeed since we began webmastering fan sites for the Civ community; in the case of the former, this is they way it has always been.

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Solver is offline Solver
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Put an end to popups!

Excuse me Dan. I didn't actuually want to seem impolite by asking about your finances. I'm more interested in the way the server bills I paid, but OK, it's not crucial. And please be assured I only asked this because of my wish to support Apolyton. Anyway, I now click the ads time to time, and hope this will improve your position .

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Suffering from ads?

Apology accepted, Solver. If what you have said in your most recent post is actually what you were getting at, than that is reasonable to ask (although your post prior to the latest one in this thread did not come across that way).

To answer the question, server bills are paid for on the GameStats end (GameStats has the contract with UGO (us in turn as an affiliate, and they own/operate the server). We never have to deal with the bills for this directly. Any other expenses incurred, however, e.g. forum scripts/domains etc., we manage ourselves.

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Solver is offline Solver
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Suffering from ads?

Dan, it's my imprefect English that made you miss the point. I really don't mind your personal finnances, as that is, of course, your business.'
Thanks for explaining the ad system, however.

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