Google Ads on the web sites

apeiro · 2003-08-18 18:47:25

You've probably noticed the text ads by Google sitting at the top of the forum and the main web site.

This is an attempt to help alleviate some of the costs I bear for the archlinux servers. Donations haven't really been working out (zero in the last six months) and I won't be able to afford the costs myself when school starts up again (yay tuition!).

I hope you all understand. I chose Google because their ads are targeted and non-intrusive, so hopefully they don't annoy too much.

jlvsimoes · 2003-08-18 20:46:59

for me i say .
i understand sorry i cant help

dp · 2003-08-18 21:37:16

i also understand fully ... and i feel with you, as i'm also a student

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy,
But it's very funny -- did you ever try buying them without money?
-- Ogden Nash

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
-- John D. Rockefeller

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

_JeffG_ · 2003-08-19 03:32:22

Honestly I did not notice them until they were pointed out. They look like they belong there... not something always getting in the way. So, what do we do with them to make Arch money. Click on them? or is just looking at them sufficient?

Jeff

netkrash · 2003-08-19 14:17:09

https://www.google.com/adsense/

* Earn money when users click on AdWords ads displayed on your site.
* Enhance user experience with relevant ads that will interest your users.
* Manage your own account with easy-to-use tools to track your earnings.
* Get started fast. Pay nothing to participate, and once approved, serve ads in minutes.

uberGeek · 2004-02-17 04:53:58

Well, I'm click'n on them every time I check the forums now, and I'll be sending a donation, if my tax bill is not huge. I should know within a few weeks. I'll also talk to my web host when I get home (end of Feb.) and find out how much bandwidth I can donate for mirror purposes.

Guest · 2004-02-17 11:10:45

Hi,

should we simply click on the "ads by Google" ?

I don´t know how it works, but if we only use the mirrors e.g. ftp.tu-chemnitz.de, etc... the bandwith costs should fall, or ?

Kin

wdemoss · 2004-02-17 14:04:32

What sort of costs are for the bandwidth? I mean, will a 50 dollar donation help? I think alot of people could scrounge up $20 or so dollars to help out. Maybe if you made these costs more public, like hey it costs 100 dollars a month to host arch, please help, or something then people might be more likely to contribute. Just a thought, I'm going to go click on pay pal now

apeiro · 2004-02-17 22:54:01

Kin wrote:

I don´t know how it works, but if we only use the mirrors e.g. ftp.tu-chemnitz.de, etc... the bandwith costs should fall, or ?

Yup, that will definitely help. Using mirrors takes the load off of the arch servers.

wdemoss wrote:

What sort of costs are for the bandwidth? I mean, will a 50 dollar donation help?

50 bucks is more help than you'd think. That could pay for a server for two weeks, just from that one donation. Seriously, even 10 bucks helps, it just takes more donations to get up there.

A big thanks to the 6 or 7 people that donated yesterday/today. I've created a "Donations" page on the website to list the people that have helped us out with costs.

andy · 2004-02-18 01:11:15

About the other possibility of helping : do you have a feeling what the requirements for a mirror are ?
Storage and especially bandwidth ? What about the CD-only mirrors ? Any idea how much bandwidth they need ?

wdemoss · 2004-02-18 16:59:17

Also, just a thought, what if you put a thermometer type display (or something to that affect) on the front page to indicate what percentage of yearly costs are being covered with donations, google ad revernues, etc.... Something like 30% of target donations recieved for this year.

Don't know just an idea.

Luis Q. R. · 2004-02-29 17:27:45

I did it, I've sent 50$ through Paypal. I want you to keep this project up for years to come. Now tell me what mirrors should I use to save your bandwith costs.

Greetings

Luis Alberto Quesada Rueda, Spain.

wdemoss · 2004-02-29 18:44:48

copied from the top of /etc/pacman.conf

# To re-sort your mirror lists by ping/traceroute results, use the
# /usr/bin/sortmirrors.pl script.  It requires the "netselect" package.
#
#     # sortmirrors.pl </etc/pacman.conf >pacman.conf.new

Then copy /etc/pacman.conf.new to /etc/pacman.conf

Another thing i do is then edit /etc/pacman.conf and be sure that the same mirror is used for current and extra, probably not necassary, but it gives me a warm fuzzy about consistancy

Tannjew · 2004-02-29 20:30:12

apeiro wrote:

Kin wrote:
I don´t know how it works, but if we only use the mirrors e.g. ftp.tu-chemnitz.de, etc... the bandwith costs should fall, or ?
Yup, that will definitely help. Using mirrors takes the load off of the arch servers.

That's why I specielly advised in my German AL HowTo to put the ftp.tu-chemnitz.de server on the top in the list in /etc/pacman.conf - and in addition it's also faster for German users.

molinero · 2005-04-05 17:44:45

I didn't even know you could donate and hadn't thought about it. But I just donated 20US dollars. I love Arch and use it every day on my laptop both at home and in school.

jp_fielding · 2005-04-05 19:19:03

i second wdemoss' suggestion. it's a good reminder for those who can and will donate to know when is a good time.

FUBAR · 2005-06-01 16:39:31

I feel bad: my router has Squid with AdZap installed. I don't see the ads. When I do see them (on a different computer) I regularly click them tho.

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