Re: [Gossip] Survey: Google AdSense on Mail-Archive?

2003-07-14 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
Earl, I'm also worried about me changing my mind - where to put the AdSense, whether to use it at all. So I'm tempted to make the changes as unpermanent as possible at first. Hopefully there is an Apache module that can do a simple search and replace on the fly for HTML. William, these would be t

Re: [Gossip] Survey: Google AdSense on Mail-Archive?

2003-07-14 Thread Earl Hood
On July 14, 2003 at 20:34, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > The static page nature of Mail-Archive might be a problem, as > it doesn't lend itself to experimentation. I might have to tell > apache rewrite the pages before shipping them out or something, > which could be a pain. You should be able to i

Re: [Gossip] Survey: Google AdSense on Mail-Archive?

2003-07-14 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
> I think it's a good way for a site like yours, > with a lot of page views, to make money. Well, "making money" is probably the wrong idea. Mail-Archive utilizes a network that forbids commercial for-profit use. I don't expect ads to be particularly lucrative. And, I'm not really interested in s

Re: [Gossip] Survey: Google AdSense on Mail-Archive?

2003-07-14 Thread Stephen Turner
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, William J. Kammerer wrote: > As long as there are no annoying pop-up ads, I don't see any problem > with a discreet ad banner - which would be ignored anyway. Of course, > you also can't have a mandatory click-through like Yahoo! groups, > either. > If they were ignored, he

Re: [Gossip] Survey: Google AdSense on Mail-Archive?

2003-07-14 Thread Stephen Turner
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > > So I just heard about Google AdSense, which appears > to be a fairly easy way to put text based ads on a website. > I wonder if that makes sense to add to Mail-Archive. > I doubt it would generate a significant amount of money, > but it might help t

Re: [Gossip] Survey: Google AdSense on Mail-Archive?

2003-07-14 Thread William J. Kammerer
As long as there are no annoying pop-up ads, I don't see any problem with a discreet ad banner - which would be ignored anyway. Of course, you also can't have a mandatory click-through like Yahoo! groups, either. William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. - Original Message - From: "Jeff Breide

[Gossip] Survey: Google AdSense on Mail-Archive?

2003-07-14 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
So I just heard about Google AdSense, which appears to be a fairly easy way to put text based ads on a website. I wonder if that makes sense to add to Mail-Archive. I doubt it would generate a significant amount of money, but it might help to defray costs without pissing off too many users.