The Mitsubishi Pajero Owners Club®

PoCUK

I am trialling this to see if it can work for The Club ... please stick with it ...

The POCUK continues to be free-to-join, with voluntary contributions and Lifetime Memberships helping to fund The Club, but I would like to step things up a gear AND keep The POCUK free to use.

This means, looking at opportunities to generate revenue in other ways.

The Google Ads look like a fair way to do this ... I've chosen options to keep them discreet, so they're not intrusive and, while there's a 'learning period' within google, the ads are 'context sensitive' and should only be 'Pajero related'... this can take up to 48 hours to settle in.

Google assure me that there are no offensive advertisers supported in their program, so you won't see any violence / porn / gambling / drugs related links and nor should you see (after the settling-in period) anything that you really don't want - ie personal loan offers etc.

I'd like to give this a trial for one week and, if enough people generally have mis-givings, then it can be removed.

If you do vote, then please add a comment to this thread to say why you chose to vote the way you did.

ATB

Simon

Google · Sponsor

PoCUK · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 9:18 Post subject:

I'll kick this off ...

I've given it a "thumbs up" as the ads are discreet and the potential is there to generate 'click-thru' revenue to help develop The Club further.

In addition, the ads are context sensitive, so should only offer useful links to Pajero / Shogun / Montero owners.

I will do whatever I can to keep the POCUK 'free-to-join' and this is one way that will help to maintain that goal.

Simon

wiggletiger · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 9:26 Post subject:

just a question
in the past viruses have been passed on via some of the things within the google network particularly ads, have you got the filters in place to identify any that could potentially harm this forum .
If so then i for 1 know this is your business and that really the choice/decision is yours

PoCUK · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 9:34 Post subject:

bob cole · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 10:34 Post subject:

Number 2.
Worth a try.
bob

tazbabe · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 10:43 Post subject:

funds have to generated somehow, so it seems reasonable source to try this out.

Turvey · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:10 Post subject:

If the ads are kept fairly inobtusive and relevant and the links also provide links back to POC I don't see there being any problems thumbright

more x 4 · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:11 Post subject:

i've got a couple of concerns simon,more along those lines Wink

but anything that helps keep the club going is a good thing,and also,there is nothing making you click the link Very Happy

SHED · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:18 Post subject:

my question is would anybody use them,do u get revenue from them been there or hits they get from this site Very Happy

more x 4 · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:24 Post subject:

one other thing simon,is there any way of setting the link to open in a new tab,rather than just swapping the page?(my end or yours?)

ahalton · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:27 Post subject: Ads

You mean like right click and open in new window/tab Confused

Fine by me, as long as like Paul says the club makes money without them been clicked, because I won't

Unless the more times you click them the more money you make and then I might click them for fun to build revenue, as long as it doesn't mess my computer up Laughing

Andrew

SHED · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:31 Post subject:

thats what i mean,i probably wont use them,but i cant see them getting revenue for them just been there Very Happy

more x 4 · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:43 Post subject: Re: Ads

nick the nurse · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 13:30 Post subject:

I'm all for it did wonder they had appeared but if it brings revenue into the club and helps it grow and keeps it free....why not indeed thumbleft

john bird · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 19:11 Post subject:

i fear that the adds thing always gets out of hand .the bigger the firm the harder to reign in.you raise revenue but let the genie out the bottle and it never goes back in....... ever thought of a pay for classified adds section?link it to auto trader.the link may raise advertising revenue from them and would certainly bring people back to the pocuk site...just a thought.jb.just another thought shouldnt we be nurturing a sense of brotherhood between all 4x4 drivers as we will all face the same green party attack in the next 20 years and divided we are weak and ineffective.i have no problem with land rovers or suzuki vitaras etc whilst i understand a lot is said in jest there is a lot of vitriol flying about and one day if we dont all stand together we will lose the right to drive big gas guzzling cars,which is a terrible shame as my other car is v8!