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Who would have known that these ads would result in so much entertainment. I decided to turn my ads on just for the fun.
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gee, $10 for a whole year's subscription? I think I can handle that
I appear to be grandfathered in for several years due to my previous donations so, until I saw this, I didn't realize you were only asking for $10 a year.
You can't even run most local 5K's for $10--and that lasts a half hour or less! A year's worth of service for $10? That's crazy talk.
A pair of running shoes(~$80) = 8 years worth of Running Ahead? That's crazy talk.
I want to see you and this site do well so I'm suggesting something I've never done before: a price increase. Seriously.
I appreciate your wanting to keep this site widely available but going bankrupt isn't gonna help anyone.
How about something like this:
That way you give many folks who can afford more a concrete target. And, if folks can afford even more, great.
P.S. Your handling this transition so well that my Cool Running / Active PTSD symptoms are abating.
Eye of Sauron
Tramps, it's already set up so you can make an additional donation. If'n you wanna.
10's way low to me as well.
So far, the ads are kind of fun. Most of my ads are running related. Including "SAP: Run Better" because google has either moofed up a different meaning of the word 'run', or it knows I used to be an IT Operations guy.
And once again Mr. Wizard (aka: Stevie Ray) explains the internet.
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"SAP: Run Better"
That's pretty insulting.
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Yeah, but I suspect the psychology of this is that if you say "it cost $10" most people will pay $10. I love the fact that Eric wants to keep it accessible to folks with limited funds but many of us can easily afford to pay more and suggesting a specific amount (I threw out $25 but it could be some different number) will likely generate more income. That's why fundraising appeals never say "Donate what you can" they say things like "Make your donation of ___$10 ___$25 ___$50 or more $_____" to orient the donor.
Well, the ads seem to persistently want me to be in Boston. Ok, I'm being somewhat dramatic. But I *do* keep getting presented a yelp ad that is Boston-specific. Then again, I've gotten several Seattle ads too. Ad technology fascinates me.
Well, the ads seem to persistently want me to be in Boston. Ok, I'm being somewhat dramatic. But I *do* keep getting presented a yelp ad that is Boston-specific.
Then again, I've gotten several Seattle ads too.
Ad technology fascinates me.
I share your curiosity. Does anyone know the basic premise for how Adsense works? Are my ads based on my posts in RA, my Google searches, or what? Here's a sample of my ads this morning:
- Become a Personal Trainer -- makes sense on a fitness board
- 13.1 Minneapolis -- yup
- Windows Log Management -- maybe
- 5* Log Analyzer -- maybe
- American Family Insurance -- everyone needs P&C insurance
- Send money to the Philippines -- WTF???
- Holly
MTA: wow - something that hasn't happened to me in a while - costs me less in Canadian to donate in American dollars - doing a double happy dance (feel good about donating AND happy about the exchange lol)
I predict good things for the Blue Jays in a year or two. That's what happened the last time the Canadian dollar was this strong.
Ad stuff is really complicated and it picks up bits and chunks from various places. One thing is that some ads (not all ads) are based on the context of the page itself... really, key words. And sometimes it gets a little weird. Those two log things? Are you in IT? More likely, google doesn't get the difference between various computer-y logs (like the windows event log) and ye olde running log. It's log! It's log!
For the same reason, I am occasionally getting an ad for Running SAP.
But there are other things. I was in Seattle. For a couple hours this morning, I was at DFW. And I got a couple Dallas-specific ads. Now I'm in KC, but so far no KC ads.
Edited: No, it still seems to think I'm in Dallas. I've a hunch about this. I will see later when I log in via something other than American Airlines' network.
Yeah, I figured that TRX would be the first thing to pop up.
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Gmail - sometimes when I exchange emails with my musical groups I get ads for scrap metal and brass dealers. Again, insulting.
Gmail also--I get one that says 100-00-50K. Turns out it's a part number for some electronic device. But they got a click-through!
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Adsense definitely posts ads based on things you have recently viewed/searched, as well. I keep getting ads for See's candy fundraiser programs...which I was looking at a week or two ago via a Google search.
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So here on RA, AdSense presumably doesn't actually know who we are (unlike gmail), but it knows (tries to know) our geographical location, and of course the subjects mentioned in each thread. Is that your take on it, srlopez? Or maybe it does know who I am. Might it track via cookies the topics I've visited as being different from yours? Can it do cross-site analysis with other sites that use Google ads?
Are the rest of you seeing home security system ads? Why do I need one? If Google says so, them maybe a burglary is imminent.
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