"Dr. Anton T. Squeegee" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,
(known to some as Geoffrey S. Mendelson) scribed...
Dave Platt wrote:
Looks as if the server's off the air.
Couldn't happen to nicer people in my opinion. When I complained that
they
had Google ads on their site which directly supported BPL, the owner of
the
site told me that BPL was an INTERNET technology and since his site was
RADIO related, it wasn't his concern.
boggle
Sheesh... If the site comes back up, I'm yanking my account. I must
not have seen the ads thanks to my ad blockers...
He also said that without Google ads, he could not keep the site alive,
so he choose Google and BPL.
Fooey. There have to be other ads he can have up there without
supporting a spectrum-destructive technology.
The website owner doesn't choose the ads to appear, Google does that
automatically, based on keywords.
But Google adSense has a filter option to trash any undesired ad. A simple
matter to put the "offending" ad in the filter list.
Eham has been a valuable resource for hams. With the high cost of running a
Mega Site such as eham, I suggest we support the site, otherwise it may go
away.
You will notice a lot of the Ham Megasites are using Google AdSense. Why?
It is bloody expensive to run a megasite. When the site gets popular, a
"Normal" provider will add outrageous costs for excess bandwidth, forcing a
web master to get a server. Servers ain't cheap. There are other costs as
well, main provider, link checkers, domain name costs, computer maintenance,
anti-virus checkers, software, etc.This says nothing about the Web Master's
labor to keep the site running. Many of the mega sites are free - such a
deal.
AND - you buy a magazine -- full of ads, Movie rental - full of ads, cable
TV - full of ads, etc.
I suspect the ads income on Mega Sites don't come near the covering the cost
of running a Mega Site. Even if it did, so what - you don't have to click on
the ads or read them. Can't do that with magazines (;-)
The BPL ads -- maybe run your own Anti-BPL ad Huh
--
CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be !