Hatrack River Forum: Google Ads on Hatrack?

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Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

Maybe I am late in noticing this, and maybe this has already been mentioned, and maybe this had been going on a long time and I am just blind [Razz]

, but...

Has anyone else noticed the topic-appropriate Google ads at the bottom of the threads? [Eek!]

Examples: LOTR Wenches' Tavern - LOTR jewelry

Is this a girl thing or a Mormonism thing - Mormon singles ads

Greatest SF movies - Movie download sites

Etc.

Is this something new? Did anyone else notice this?

Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :

I personally LOVE the ads. I click on threads I never would have before just to check out what ads they've produced.

My favorite so far is the one for the Ender's Game Study Guide.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

I dunno if it's just me, but most of the ads have nothing to do with the thread they're in. They seem pretty random to me.

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

This is about the tenth "Google Ads on Hatrack?" thread [Big Grin]

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Thanks, Ela, for clearing up a misimpression. Until you mentioned Hatrack, I didn't know what Google ads people were refering to, and just assumed they were talking of the results pages from a Google search.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Jitterbug.

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

I really love the ones at the bottom of the forum page..."Hookstore Hat Racks" and "Cap Racks." [Smile]

I bet we're one of the only sites on the web that gets advertisements like these.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

It apears there's no randmoness invovled in the ad selction. That's really interesting, it's the same everytime, so though the algorithim assigning the ads may use fuzzy logic, no random numbers are generatered. This strikes me as a rariety. [Dont Know]

Hobbes

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Ohh, I take that back, it appears there is some randomness. You just have to do more than refresh to get it to appear.

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

Well, the first 3 threads I looked for ads in seemed to have ads related to the content, but I found it hard to understand the relationship between this thread the these 2 links which appeared at the bottom for me:

Ender's Game Audiobooks
Funny Johnny Depp Movies.

Ender's Game study guide also seems to be a popular one for some of the threads I looked at today.

Anyone been clicking on the ads? [Wink]

Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :

Honestly, I'm glad the Cards are doing this. At Endercon I talked to Kristine about the costs involved in running this site and even though I couldn't get a dollar amount out of her, I got the idea that they're pretty substantial.

If it helps defray the costs, then all the better.

[ April 15, 2004, 08:32 PM: Message edited by: Trogdor the Burninator ]

Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :

I want to use the hatrack link to Amazon.com to buy stuff if it helps, but I can't tell that it helps hatrack at all unless I buy an OSC book. Once I type in something else, the name "hatrack" disappears from the address and I assume it isn't helping anymore...

Anyone know?

Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :

Theca, your answer can be found here.