GOT Needs Your Help

[SerenityNigh]

We do mate, it's here.

Good shout in that it's invisible/hidden though!

On a serious note, is there an option for non-paypal donation?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I sent you a pm about donating monies last week lad. *awaits response*

Sorry mate, I've got about 15 conversations to catch up on. Will catch up on them all by tonight.

Work has been manic, so GOT has been on the backburner the past week or two.

@GrandOldTeam you missed answering my question re: clicking on the angry bird or the f...any advertising revenue in clicking those?

The icons top right? They just go to our facebook and twitter pages mate.

Ty for your answer, and since i wrote this I have been thinking, its good if you make money on keeping grandoldteam running, cause its a great forum which I am on a lot. Of course its not ok if u say " we need donations, or else the site will go down," and its not the truth ( like the rumours was for BK, which I dont know if is true or not). But other than that, its cool if u can get some money for ur work on this site trough ads and such. So keep up the good work, and I will keep my adblock off like I have done since I read your enquiry about it for the first time.

Completely mate.

The intention behind this thread was to ask fans to disable adblock, not to ask for money. That was very much a "if you must remove adverts, signup to a forum supporter and this removes adverts".

I hate ads of all forms - visual nagging litter that has trained me not to read a whole page properly as I filter things out. I end up missing out on real info. However, this is fair enough if it funds the site, as it's a free site. I've disabled adblock for this site and this site alone (and toffeeweb).

Thanks Chris.

How many ad clicks are roughly equivalent to being a forum supporter? I may a lazy arse when it comes to forum support, but I've certainly got nothing better to do than click some banners.

No idea mate - it depends on a few variables, like how much the company is paying Google to have their ad on their network.

It's also important fans only visit ads that interests them otherwise we'll get told of.

So what if this site IS a profit making organisation? If a songwriter can write / sing one catchy song, and sit back their entire life watching the royalties come in, doing nothing else, why shouldn't the person who had the idea and gumption to set up a site like this, enjoyed by dozens, be able to make a living by continuing to run it?

It's a daft way we view things really. On the one hand it's quite alright for middle men the world over to buy a mass produced product for a pound and sell it on for a tenner, but we view dimly a forum creator making a living, or when a school sells on a biro it spent 9p on for 10p it's a shocker!

Ah, would be the dream! Being able to sit here, dedicating full time hours into running an Everton website.

Rather than an hour or two a day!

I contribute to forum costs as I really appreciate GOT and the free work that the mods, admins and Danny do to keep it running.

I'd also be willing to chip in some quid if it meant the rep system returned like...

Ta mate.

I've submitted a developer request to take it on like, seems there's little demand from forum owners for it but we'll see.

On a serious note, is there an option for non-paypal donation?

I dont think you need a paypal account fella to donate, you can just skip the bit where it prompts you to login.

 

[SerenityNigh]

I'm getting ads on iPhone. Granted, I'm not up on my IT, but what are the others doing wrong?

 

[SerenityNigh]

I dont think you need a paypal account fella to donate, you can just skip the bit where it prompts you to login.

Cheers

 

[thirdmantackle]

What's this adblock thing?

Must check it out

 

[Tubey]

Always surprised GOT stays running without an intrusive advert or subscription model, so more than happy to turn off ABP for this site and always have done.

This is one of the only sites on the internet where it genuinely doesn't make a difference if ABP is on or not.

 

[ilikecheese]

The icons top right? They just go to our facebook and twitter pages mate.

I know...just thought that it might since it is meant to drive traffic to their/our sites and you have them displayed so prominently.

*clicks Samsung Galaxy S6 ad on the bottom of the page

 

[njligernj]

I realize everyone adding GoT to exceptions in adblock is the biggest needle mover. Just curious if you've explored header bidding etc to maximize the ad revenue you do get?

 

[ilikecheese]

Hey @GrandOldTeam how come when I click on an ad it doesn't open in another tab. Takes me away from here.

 

[heatmeiser]

I never got a mug though. Fuming tbh.

 

[mkrudden]

Haha, as if I'm paying extra for internet. NEA.

It's a nice website and all, but it's just not worth any of my money. Let's be honest, it would die a slow death if it was only open to paying members.

I can appreciate that the site needs to be supported, but I'm passing the buck

Oh mate...

 

[ilikecheese]

I never got a mug though. Fuming tbh.

PM Danny he'll get one right out to you by March.

 

[Joey66]

Oh mate...

I agree - The main post was not for for paying members- just a mention of donations not mandatory!
For instance if every regular poster just donated a £1.00 voluntary per annum if they could afford it that is every little helps-
The main post was mainly about AD blocking the GOT advertising revenues, as like me i had to ask my son if we had a AD block on and I did not know, but when you are 60 its not easy - or anyone who is new to the net or anyone who is only familiar with basic computer knowledge - it was never a cap in hand post anyway!
I donated what I could afford as its a great site for any blues fans!

 

[ilikecheese]

Hey @GrandOldTeam how come when I click on an ad it doesn't open in another tab. Takes me away from here.

Weird...the one I just clicked on did open in a new tab.

 

[AdamEFC]

Just upgraded, spend basically all day in work reading this to pass time so might as well give something back