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jonks · 04-05-09, 12:51 PM

simple question does the forum get any money if we /I click on an advert?

brian · 04-05-09, 07:42 PM

We don't encourage people to click on the ads, as it's against the Terms and Conditions of advertising.

If you see an ad that you are genuinely interested in, then there's nothing to stop you clicking it - but any effort to recommend people clicks ads for the sake of it aren't welcome and could get our advertising account banned!

jonks · 04-05-09, 08:38 PM

thx brian just thought that some forums encourage it to generate money rather than donations.

brian · 04-05-09, 09:09 PM

Unfortunately doesn't work like that - because advertisers are paying for clicks, if those clicks aren't from genuinely interested people, it means they're burning their spend, and Google doesn't like that.

So, if you see an ad that's of genuine interest, there's nothing to stop you clicking it - but under no conditions are we going to recommend anyone clicks on ads just to generate income for the site.

Hope that helps.

lee-ds · 04-05-09, 09:41 PM

yep, IIRC, encouraging people to click on any advertisements is against T&C's and may lead to sites being unable to advertise in the future, thus losing £££.

jonks · 05-05-09, 07:54 PM

ok thanks brian / lee-ds for info ,just wondered .. jonks

04-05-09, 12:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
jonks Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: s wales Posts: 58 Thanks: 43 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	adverts simple question does the forum get any money if we /I click on an advert?

04-05-09, 07:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Posts: 3,726 Thanks: 286 Thanked 1,682 Times in 584 Posts	Re: adverts We don't encourage people to click on the ads, as it's against the Terms and Conditions of advertising. If you see an ad that you are genuinely interested in, then there's nothing to stop you clicking it - but any effort to recommend people clicks ads for the sake of it aren't welcome and could get our advertising account banned!

04-05-09, 08:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
jonks Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: s wales Posts: 58 Thanks: 43 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Re: adverts thx brian just thought that some forums encourage it to generate money rather than donations.

04-05-09, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Posts: 3,726 Thanks: 286 Thanked 1,682 Times in 584 Posts	Re: adverts Unfortunately doesn't work like that - because advertisers are paying for clicks, if those clicks aren't from genuinely interested people, it means they're burning their spend, and Google doesn't like that. So, if you see an ad that's of genuine interest, there's nothing to stop you clicking it - but under no conditions are we going to recommend anyone clicks on ads just to generate income for the site. Hope that helps.

04-05-09, 09:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
lee-ds Cable Animal Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The Capital Of Yorkshire Posts: 1,673 Thanks: 163 Thanked 451 Times in 350 Posts	Re: adverts yep, IIRC, encouraging people to click on any advertisements is against T&C's and may lead to sites being unable to advertise in the future, thus losing £££. __________________ If at first you don't succeed.......flash and flash again!

05-05-09, 07:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
jonks Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: s wales Posts: 58 Thanks: 43 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Re: adverts ok thanks brian / lee-ds for info ,just wondered .. jonks

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