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Google just gave me £55 worth of adwords, so if you happen to see an advert, do not click it ! :lol:

Also, because it was free, this does not mean I have abandoned my no adverts policy :D
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Can't you somehow trade back the adverts for real cash?
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Tino wrote:Can't you somehow trade back the adverts for real cash?
:lol: That would be nice but no :(
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Tino wrote:Can't you somehow trade back the adverts for real cash?
Not really, no. But you can make your advert point to a site with tons of google adsense on it.
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Balance used up already :lol: It gave us one new member http://betterphp.co.uk/board/memberlist ... file&u=104 a spam account by the looks
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I've been noticing a lot of advertisement-like usernames, and thought something was fishy.…
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JelvinJS7 wrote:I've been noticing a lot of advertisement-like usernames, and thought something was fishy.…
Yeah, they haven't made any posts though, and there are no website links in their profile. So I just left them ;)
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jacek wrote:
JelvinJS7 wrote:I've been noticing a lot of advertisement-like usernames, and thought something was fishy.…
Yeah, they haven't made any posts though, and there are no website links in their profile. So I just left them ;)
Lucky. My forum is mainly spam advertisements that ive blocked.
Wait I mentioned that already…
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JelvinJS7 wrote:Lucky. My forum is mainly spam advertisements that ive blocked.
That may happen here at some point :?

The only anti-spam is reCaptcha at signup.
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jacek wrote:
JelvinJS7 wrote:Lucky. My forum is mainly spam advertisements that ive blocked.
That may happen here at some point :?

The only anti-spam is reCaptcha at signup.
Yeah. My guestbook would have like 300 ads, then I added a reCAPTCHA, and it disappeared!
And I put reCAPTCHA on the forum. Here's hopin'! :)



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Google tends to send out coupons like this really easily. I think I have received three over the last few years. They used to be €75, but lately it seems €25 was what they gave away.
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I guess you would have to spend thousands to get a decent increase in users.
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jacek wrote:I guess you would have to spend thousands to get a decent increase in users.
Depends on what currency you're using :D I used 2.000 SEK (190 GBP) and I did get a serious increase in both active users and views on the forum I ran a while back. You just have to target the right audience with your keywords.

I get checks from google for 200 SEK (20 GBP) every once in a while, and I am able to share these with whoever I want.
So I could donate my next check towards the growth of Betterphp if you want.
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Temor wrote:So I could donate my next check towards the growth of Betterphp if you want.
If I wanted your money, there would be a donate button on the forum.

thanks for the offer but I don't really need it.
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jacek wrote:
Temor wrote:So I could donate my next check towards the growth of Betterphp if you want.
If I wanted your money, there would be a donate button on the forum.

thanks for the offer but I don't really need it.
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Hmm, for anti-spam make it so that any account with < like 3 posts after 1 week of creation gets an reactivation email?
I don't like to brag, but I wasn't circumcised. I was circumnavigated. ;)

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after a week of that you get banned or deleted?
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i dont now what alex did on his forums but worked out well, a mean like no spam!! :shock:
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ta2shop wrote:i dont now what alex did on his forums but worked out well, a mean like no spam!! :shock:
He said anti-spam mods, but I didnt find any of those. captcha seems to be working so far.
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