Re: [Scid-users] A Simple Step to Help TWIC (or any other Ad Site)

2012-01-08 Thread Ben St-Pierre
> Actually the ads on the TWIC page are of the London Chess Centre [...] Here are the ones I see right now: - 2seeitlive.com - chesscube - e2e4 chess - chess U - e+chessbook Ads are sold because people go see them. If this is true: > If you only make it your homepage and never actually buy any

Re: [Scid-users] A Simple Step to Help TWIC (or any other Ad Site)

2012-01-08 Thread Remco Gerlich
Actually the ads on the TWIC page are of the London Chess Centre, also the shop that hosts TWIC and that employs Mark. If you only make it your homepage and never actually buy anything, the number of hits they see will increase but you'd only be costing them (a tiny bit of) money for the hosting.

[Scid-users] A Simple Step to Help TWIC (or any other Ad Site)

2012-01-08 Thread Ben St-Pierre
Hello again, Alexander Wagner underlined an important problem in a previous email: > TWIC is a sponsored website. Their "business model" > relies on some advertisement they place on their website. Since I use bots to fetch games, I feel responsible to offer a solution. I just found the most eco