Submitted by sam on Thu, 07/14/2005 - 20:17.
Guys, running this site is rather expensive, and, thus far, I have been footing the bill entirely on my own. However, it's gotten to a point where I really need something to help support this site's bandwidth usage. So, what I have done is sign up for Google Ads (which you can see in the lower right hand corner). These ads are hopefully unobtrusive and will not detract from the site in any adverse ways.
Of course, the really funny thing is, given the context of our site, thus far all of the ads have been for gil sellers :-) Just want you to know, that's not my design... it's just the way it worked out based on the contextual analysis of our site.
Anyway, I hope the ads dont bother you all in any way.
Catapult?!
Okay, the ads are getting a little wierd. I just saw one for Pumpkin Catapults on eBay. WTF?
No problem here.
Google is my best friend at times when I'm troubleshooting tech issues.
It *is* a bummer about the content though. ^_^ Whaddaya gonna do?
Whaddam-ay gonna do?
Well, one thing I did was put in all the gil seller sites I know as competitors (so they wont show up on our page). I already know I didn't catch all of them, and I wonder what that may do adversely for me.
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Who cares?
I have no problem with the gil seller ads. Sure, they make my life hell when I camp VE or MD, but I get kind of a perverse satisfaction in knowing they are actually paying for ad space on our site^^
Since an alternative might be you having to charge for membership to pay the bills, I have no problem with it.
RARE/EX Items
Also, according to the new update, we will be getting alternative RARE/EX items which may drop during the battle that have equivalent effects. It seems pretty radical.
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