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Post by Pete on Sept 16, 2017 23:49:30 GMT
I'm sure you've seen those by now, top & bottom of the page.
Do I like them? No, I do not. But I'll grudgingly accept them since they provide us with a free forum.
I do however have the option of making this group ad-free if I choose, but that ain't free. It would require me to pay a monthly fee. There are a range of plans based on how many hits one thinks their forum will get monthly. The fee range is this:
50,000 for $6 ranging up to 10,000,000 for $720.
The first number is the hits. If ones group exceeds the guessed-upon hits there's an additional charge added to ones monthly bill.
And the more popular ones group becomes the more hits it'll get. Thus an increased fee.
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Post by UB on Sept 17, 2017 5:48:25 GMT
I use a HOSTs file (Windows), I don't see any ads
UB : )
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Post by Hank on Sept 17, 2017 6:20:33 GMT
any idea what the hits were in 4.0
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Post by Pete on Sept 17, 2017 19:03:16 GMT
Henry, I've no idea. Hits weren't recorded anywhere. Only these numbers were in 4.0:
Total posts 55713 • Total topics 11009 • Total members 76.
BTW, 4.0 is now officially locked down & inoperable.
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Post by Hank on Sept 18, 2017 5:10:26 GMT
now a baby basin(est).
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Post by david on Sept 18, 2017 20:25:26 GMT
The ads don't bother me so save your money 
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Post by dave2 on Sept 18, 2017 22:40:14 GMT
Same here, Pete. They would be a nuisance if they were popping up here and there through out the page but as it is, if it hadn't been mentioned, I wouldn't have even thought about them at the top and bottom. It seems as though everywhere you visit there's some form of ad, sometimes partially covering the subject matter until deleted.
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Post by Pete on Sept 18, 2017 22:53:45 GMT
David & Dave, OK. Thanks for letting me know they don't bother you.
Dave, a question for you: are you Dave A from our 4.0 group? If so do you want me to install the avatar you used over there for you here? I don't recall what it was but I can grab it.
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Post by Hank on Sept 19, 2017 17:37:36 GMT
do they pay 4 their own spots 1 has to wonder? 1st car ad today.
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Post by Hank on Nov 7, 2017 18:20:19 GMT
Same disc diff browser, same time diff ads.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2017 17:19:20 GMT
they don't bother me
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Post by heyred on Nov 12, 2017 14:20:09 GMT
Save your money for something fun. Ads are no problem....
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Post by qw545 on Nov 18, 2017 3:12:38 GMT
I disabled my ad blocker to see the ads and they aren't a problem. The only ads that bother me are the ones that cover part of the website's photos or text.
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Post by Hank on Nov 18, 2017 5:58:07 GMT
U made it!
I have not had any due that in the group.
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Post by Pete on Nov 18, 2017 9:08:26 GMT
QW, my original forum was hosted by Yahoo, back in '99. Only lasted a few months before I closed it down. One of the reasons for that was that Yahoo began inserting ads directly into member's posts.
Imagine an ad right here.
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