One thing that you might want to consider is that the clickthough rate is really low. And is it really worth it. I've been using AdSense for awhile now and the clickthough rate, at least for me is very low on average. An average of 0.5%. That's with about 4000 impressions.
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:28:02 -0000, Jim Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Curtis L. Olson" said: > > > Dumb question: do we want to investigate the possibility of adding > > google adds to the FlightGear site? Is this out of bounds, or within > > bounds for an open-source project. It's a potential revenue generator, > > but it's unclear if it will generate $0.39 per month or $39.00 per month > > or $390.00 per month. > > > > As I understand it, we create a space on our page, and google puts > > whatever they want there, but they try to be as relevant to our page as > > their algorithms will let them. Supposedly we have ways to block > > "competitor's" adds in case (for instance) we don't want MSFS adds to > > show up on our page. > > > > Is this worth looking into, or would it be crossing some sort of > > open-source ethical line? > > > > It probably is, because high ethical standards are fundamental to the > open-source concept. A few general ethical issues along those lines: > > - more commercial appearance to site. > - ads are not particularly effective for advertisers (compared to adwords on > the google search engine pages), but they make a lot of money for Google. > - the content being linked to is not necessarily on the up and up. Google > does not screen new advertisers like aol and overture do. So ads for snake > oil and free software with spy/adware can show up. Just do a google search on > "viagra" or "baldness" and you'll see what I mean. > > You could add a couple more items to the cdrom page and call it a "Store" like > Mozilla does. PostGres runs their own ads, but not on the home page and only > one per page. It seems prudent to look at other high profile projects > (Flightgear is getting there!) and try not to stand out to much in the area of > commercialization. Google might be easy, but if there is an option that > might be a little more work (and better) I'd be glad to help out (rather than > just being a nay sayer ;-)). > > One good thing might be just a "Donations" link like a lot of oss web sites > show. Make sure that it is clear that even small donations are appreciated > (so that folks don't think they can't afford it). > > Best, > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > -- <Arthur/> - http://artooro.blogspot.com (Weblog) - http://machcms.sourceforge.net (MachCMS Project) - http://acalproj.sourceforge.net (Calendar Project) _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
