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Sponsors:
OC Fun Dive has no sponsors we are simply a group of divers who dive together for fun.
Advertisements:
Text only Google assigned advertisements have been added to the site to help compensate for the costs of running/maintaining the site. The final location of these adverts is yet to be determined.
The ads are context sensitive based on text Google detects on the page.. for some reason it defaults to pet supplies...
Cafe Press Store:
Not yet open. But will eventually offer shirts etc with OC Fun Dive logos so you can show your OC Fun Dive pride! Proceeds from that shop will also go into hosting/upgrading of the site.
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Thanks for the explanation. For me, if it's a matter of money to support the site, I'd gladly pay my fair share (or more?) to keep ads off the site. How much are we talking, ballpark, to run/maintain the site for a year?
The cost would be well worth it to me.
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Are the ads really that noticeable? Maybe another location would be better?
Personally I'm not a big fan of their current location. I'm thinking at the end of every post.. or maybe on the right side of the page would be better.
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I think you should put the adds Vertically in the middle of certain posts. like Nancy's post (thats your new name, Greg)
AAAaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh... Ads!!! they burn like fire...
If you take me seriously at this point, Greg...well...you just...uhhh...Don't.
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I vote for off to the side. But other than that I don't care.
When are you going to start advertising Chris's lotion? That aught to bring in a few duckets. I think that Chris aught to give us all t-shirts so that we can walk around advertising for him.
Just picture it... "I got your f'in lotion right here!" plastered across your body all over downtown Disney.
Personally I am holding out for the F'ing Soap on a Rope. F'ing toothpaste would be nice too. Pass me the f'in shampoo.
The F'in brand. No frenchy-poo fag-nasty here, just f'in products.
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So...what was that ballpark figure on keeping the site up & running for a year?
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There is no ballpark figure.
I much prefer to make any minor maintenance fees back from non-intrusive advertising than from taking money from divers as this is not a pay service and there are no guarantees, no duty of care and therefore no liability.
I am probably going to put in some code so I can remove ads from certain accounts when people decide they do not want to see them.
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OK. I only asked b/c depending on the ballpark figure, I would offer to pay for the first year upfront to keep the ads off, but I understand your legal liabilities and legally-obligated hands-off position.
Let us know when/if you get that code thing hammered out-
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let greg pay... he has lots of money... or leave the ads and greg can give me the money...
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Ha ha ha, Ms. Smarty-Pants.....
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I know that Google is really strict about ad clicking. They get pissed off when your friends click on them. They will ban you if you tell your friends to click on the ads or have arrows pointing to them. I use them in my blogs, but they really don't pay you much. You really need thousands of visitors a day to make anything decent. How many visitors come to this site each day?
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I think this "ads" discussion deserves more of our time. This is a bump post to keep this topic alive. Lets schedule a meeting to determine the dept/cost/time to revenue/financial quarterly goals for the fiscal year...etc etc. life's too short! Oh, and Randy...Here you go 
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What in the Blue Corn F$@k does this have to do with me?
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rsiegel wrote:I vote for off to the side. But other than that I don't care.
When are you going to start advertising Chris's lotion? That aught to bring in a few duckets. I think that Chris aught to give us all t-shirts so that we can walk around advertising for him.
Just picture it... "I got your f'in lotion right here!" plastered across your body all over downtown Disney.
Personally I am holding out for the F'ing Soap on a Rope. F'ing toothpaste would be nice too. Pass me the f'in shampoo.
The F'in brand. No frenchy-poo fag-nasty here, just f'in products.
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Need I say more... A little ginko baloba may solve this issue!
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Oh. yeah. I forgot all about that.
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I just snickered and snickered and then drank some chocolate milk and then snickered some more.
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