If it's a big deal to anyone, I can remove the ads from any specific
pages where content is generated from EVDL members. No pop-ups and no
tracking from my end. Actually, if there's much interest in this, I'll
probably take the opportunity to go back through the EV History pages
and take the ads out. More trouble than they're worth anyway.
I definitely won't be offended if the consensus is to go another way.
I know there have been a few updates in those pages since 2009, but
admittedly not many. I still have the interest, but since the arrival
of my grandson and doing the business start up thing, time has been
harder to come by.
Darryl
(I'm on digest mode, so it may take a while for me to reply to specific
posts)
On 10/5/2015 4:03 PM, via EV wrote:
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Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 02:21:47 -0400
From: EVDL Administrator via EV<ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List<ev@lists.evdl.org>
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV pioneers
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On 4 Oct 2015 at 21:40, Darryl McMahon via EV wrote:
>In the past, I have rescued some EV-related website material which was
>in danger of being lost, and have gathered it into my EV History pages
>on the econogics.com website.
That's an interesting idea! Darryl's page is a comprehensive resource, and
as he says, it has a long history itself. That history might help its
search engine positioning, though the last update in 2009 could undermine
that.
Once nice thing about it (IMO) is that it's good old fashioned table-based
static html. It loads fast, though it does have 2 ad and/or tracking
scripts. Other than navigation links that are a bit too close together, it
works OK on small screens, at least in landscape mode. And his server is
powered by renewable energy, which I think is pretty cool.
My main personal objection (sorry, Darryl) is that it's ad-supported, and
though I didn't see any pop-ups, the ads aren't very subtle. When I checked
just now it was hawking the [ICE] Hyundai Sonata; and, oddly, water
filtering, a 2011 Corolla, VW repair, a Salem attorney, Loop Loc (whatever
that is) and (of all things) wedding flutes. No, I am NOT clicking on those
buttons to find out what they are.:-(
Don't get me wrong, I understand the need to pay hosting costs, though the
EVDL's are low enough that I can easily cover them out of pocket. Darryl's
green server probably costs more than my admittedly brownish shared hosting.
Still, if I set up a wiki at evdl.org, I guarantee it won't have ads or
tracking. That might not be a big deal for a lot of you, though.
At any rate, check out Darryl's page
http://www.econogics.com/ev/evhistry.htm
and let us know what you think.
David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator
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Darryl McMahon
Freelance Project Manager
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