Howdy all,
We're instituting a change in the next week or so with ads. Yes, there will be more of them.
In short: The directly sold ads you see up top take an inordinate amount of my time, and given my lack of attention to managing them - the revenues are now close to zero. Truthfully - I've just other priorities in life these days. Mike and I have decided to bring on an ad agency that will manage things, and since they'll be taking a cut - more ads.
Here's the deal, though. Yes, it would be great if you whitelisted us in your ad blockers if you run them. No, we're not going to put any of those annoying "You're running an adblocker, please turn it off" messages up. If the ads bother you, block them. I'd be a hypocrite to suggest I don't run an ad blocker myself, but I do disable it for sites I want to support.
One of the ads you'll see is somewhat annoying and perhaps surprising the first time you see it. It's called a "Web interstital" ad unit, and according to the ad agency - it will happen no more than once per visit to the C-Brats. Basically, it pops up an ad when you click a link here, i.e. opening up a topic from the list on the home page. An ad will pop up with an "Open" or "Close" button. Clicking "Close takes you where you were going and you won't see it again. Trust I'll keep an eye on this thread for feedback and if there's an uproar, we'll have it disabled. Here's an example:
Now, a bit of good news to offset this annoyance.
I've been absent here for quite a while. I've checked in routinely, but missed a lot. That's what happens when you're boatless I suppose. The last C-Dory I had that got used was my 22 and it's been gone since 2014. My relatively brief venture in Nordic Tugs made clear I'd made a mistake - for me, lots of people love them. Still, once that boat was gone I wasn't sure if I had any boating days left in me. That all changed a few weeks ago...a very special C-Dory is headed my way in a couple weeks, but you'll have to wait for that post elsewhere - it deserves its own discussion.
Anyway, for better or worse - my involvement at the C-Brats will increase. I'll never catch up to Dr. Bob, but I'm looking to be more involved with my old C-Brat pals, along with all the new ones I've yet to meet. And, I've now plenty of motivation to get the promised site upgrades going that are years overdue.
Will
We're instituting a change in the next week or so with ads. Yes, there will be more of them.
In short: The directly sold ads you see up top take an inordinate amount of my time, and given my lack of attention to managing them - the revenues are now close to zero. Truthfully - I've just other priorities in life these days. Mike and I have decided to bring on an ad agency that will manage things, and since they'll be taking a cut - more ads.
Here's the deal, though. Yes, it would be great if you whitelisted us in your ad blockers if you run them. No, we're not going to put any of those annoying "You're running an adblocker, please turn it off" messages up. If the ads bother you, block them. I'd be a hypocrite to suggest I don't run an ad blocker myself, but I do disable it for sites I want to support.
One of the ads you'll see is somewhat annoying and perhaps surprising the first time you see it. It's called a "Web interstital" ad unit, and according to the ad agency - it will happen no more than once per visit to the C-Brats. Basically, it pops up an ad when you click a link here, i.e. opening up a topic from the list on the home page. An ad will pop up with an "Open" or "Close" button. Clicking "Close takes you where you were going and you won't see it again. Trust I'll keep an eye on this thread for feedback and if there's an uproar, we'll have it disabled. Here's an example:
Now, a bit of good news to offset this annoyance.
I've been absent here for quite a while. I've checked in routinely, but missed a lot. That's what happens when you're boatless I suppose. The last C-Dory I had that got used was my 22 and it's been gone since 2014. My relatively brief venture in Nordic Tugs made clear I'd made a mistake - for me, lots of people love them. Still, once that boat was gone I wasn't sure if I had any boating days left in me. That all changed a few weeks ago...a very special C-Dory is headed my way in a couple weeks, but you'll have to wait for that post elsewhere - it deserves its own discussion.
Anyway, for better or worse - my involvement at the C-Brats will increase. I'll never catch up to Dr. Bob, but I'm looking to be more involved with my old C-Brat pals, along with all the new ones I've yet to meet. And, I've now plenty of motivation to get the promised site upgrades going that are years overdue.
Will
Colby