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  • #128858
    Editor
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      Hope everyone’s keeping safe!

      A bit of background. This site has been running now for just over 3 years. In that time, I’ve put an awful lot of time and effort into creating and maintaining the site. I’ll continue to do exactly that and have no plans to do anything drastically different any time soon.

      With that said, I don’t make a penny from the site. It costs me money in upkeep, both in invested time and paying for the domain name and everything else involved in running a site.

      Therefore, I’m going to be experimenting with some ad placements. Rest assured, if it starts to become overly obtrusive or annoying in any way, I’ll be taking action and removing placements straight away. Bear in mind I’ve never added ads to a site before (not that I’ve ever run a site before, mind) so don’t be surprised if things temporarily don’t look right or don’t work as expected. If so, I’ll act swiftly to fix it.

      So, again to summarise:

      – Any placement which feels like it gets in the way of the functionality of the site, let me know and I’ll fix it or remove it.
      – Hopefully you’ll understand my reasoning. If the site can start to pay for itself at least, great. If it can even make a small profit, it can be reinvested in ads to get more users. One thing I’d love to do would be to get some proper football content creators to do some articles to drive some traffic to the site.

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      #128862
      threeps
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        Sounds reasonable. TT at one point (not sure if they still do) had ads in the middle of posts, I would strongly advise not to do that.

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        #128863
        sean the sailor
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          No worries Ed, best of luck

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          #128871
          Editor
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            Completely agree Threeps. Very much an experiment to start with though so just bear with me if anything like that starts to happen

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            #128877
            nine nine nine
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              Ed, perfectly understandable and we all owe you a debt of gratitude for creating the site and everything you do for it. Cheers 9’s

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              #128894
              Chelsea.man
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                I agree with others Ed. go ahead anything that is intended at improving the site is welcome. and i have no problem with that.

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                #128914
                Nike19
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                  That’s fine and understandable Ed. Ads are one of the ways in trying to generate money. We need a Superstar in Holmes to write for Articles for us πŸ˜€

                  That would be a Great Reunion πŸ™‚

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                  #128938
                  Brian blue
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                    To keep the forum going does require some support because it is worth it, so I think it is a good way to explore opportunities

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                    #128956
                    Chucky McChuckface
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                      Go for it Sweedy Eddy!!!

                      As with everybody else, I doff my cap in you general direction for all the hard work you put in here, along us numpties to talk smack when we’re bored!!

                      If (and maybe when) we ever organize a Footydeabte piss-up, your beers will be on me!

                      (Buffy is paying for his own, he drinks like a fish!)

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                      #129069
                      Mikus LFC
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                        Thank you for all your hard work Ed.

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                        #129073
                        Chucky McChuckface
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                          Don’t know how you did it, but I’ve got ads for discount go-karting down the road here… πŸ™‚

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                          #129131
                          steveosnakeeye
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                            They are most annoying
                            But that’s ads!!
                            Do it Chris
                            You the man, bout time you got a little back ?
                            You deserve much more especially putting up with Nancy ?
                            Oh and Nancy I’m a total lightweight drinker!!!

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                            #129133
                            Chucky McChuckface
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                              You Essex Vampire Slayers all are, whiff of the barmaids’ knickers and you’re all over the place.

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                              #129137
                              steveosnakeeye
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                                They don’t usually wear em
                                It’s Essex ?

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                                #129179
                                Brian blue
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                                  Just to make you smile Ed. Noticing one of the “ADs” for Aviation Engineers/NL. I though I will have a look at this, maybe they will not notice I am 86 next week and it is. 65 yrs since I last serviced an aircraft, my tool box contained all the spanners etc plus needle and thread because some of the aircraft I worked on half fabric half metal, nevertheless I thought I could service an F=16 OK but then I had to eat a lot of Pancakes since it was based in Holland and it has taken me over two years to stop eating cream cakes. I will have to pass this one up but thanks for the opportunity!!!!!

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                                  #129208
                                  Editor
                                  Keymaster

                                    Always good for a story Brian!

                                    Yeah they’re probably a bit excessive as things stand, at least on mobile. On desktop they’re not quite as bad. Will look to tone them down a bit tomorrow.

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                                    #130395
                                    threeps
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                                      Ed starting to see ads in the middle of posts on the desktop.

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                                      #130414
                                      steveosnakeeye
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                                        And mobile

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                                        #130453
                                        Editor
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                                          Ok leave it with me. Cheers for the heads up

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                                          #130480
                                          Editor
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                                            Rather than switch it off (which I’ve realised is difficult without blocking almost all the ads that appear), I’ve drastically turned down the amount of ads each visitor sees. Some will still appear in posts, unfortunately. Do keep me updated though. If it’s still really annoying, let me know and I’ll try something else.

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