A special thank you to the Driverheaven members

Zardon · Sep 30, 2004, 12:07 PM

Id just like to put out a special thank you to all the driverheaven members who have this month been clicking the ads (primarily the ad under the top ATI ad). This month has been our highest ever click through rate and will massively help the funding of this site.

I really appreciate the fact a lot of our regulars have taken my news post last month on board and have clicked the ads and especially the emails ive received from members who cant afford to donate but have told me they click a few times now everytime they come here. This is honestly so important to the funding and future of Driverheaven.

It also ensures that apart from funding future events like competitions and giveaways it means I can keep the level of ads we have at the minute and not go down the road of more aggressive forced advertising, as you will notice we have also removed intellitxt as it was affecting quite a few people on the site with the speed of loading. If you guys continue to click the ads then we dont need forced advertising like intellitxt.

Once more thank you and i hope you will continue to help support Driverheaven.

Allan "Zardon" Campbell
www.hardwareheaven.com site owner.

WisMerHill · Sep 30, 2004, 12:21 PM

Anytime Zardon !

tho i did donate, i also disabled popup-blocking for driverheaven and occasionally click the main banners.
It's so easy to give something back for you in return for the wonderfull site and community you started, so i see no reason not to and advise/encourage all other readers to contribute their share of bannerclicks.

patje · Sep 30, 2004, 02:38 PM

WisherMill,

I will never ever call a dutchman "stingy" (gierig) anymore!

Really, it's people like you who turn this place into an even better place.
Thanks, and thanks to everyone else who has been helping out.

snake · Sep 30, 2004, 03:44 PM

You're welcome

Keep up this site that good, DH rulz

ericdrum · Sep 30, 2004, 03:55 PM

Your wish is my command.

riles9262 · Sep 30, 2004, 04:25 PM

This is the thing I like about DH: it's more personal than other sites, and members here are not scared to thank fellow members. People seem to appreciate others here, rather than using them for a cheap joke and such. I don't have the money to donate as of yet, but I will continue to click the ads at home and especially at work where things get boring sometimes

Thanks for the great site,
Mark

Shinjikun · Sep 30, 2004, 04:58 PM

No problem Zardon. I've been coming to DriverHeaven for over a year now (... and 2 1/2 weeks on the forums

) and I've been very impressed with the content and the community behind the site so I'm glad to be able to assist in some way. Running a site of this magnitude isn't free -- not to mention cheap -- so we do what we can to give back.

airjrdn · Sep 30, 2004, 05:10 PM

As I use Firefox and don't see the ads, I donated 10 bucks.

pr0digal jenius · Sep 30, 2004, 05:25 PM

well, your welcome for the cash, as well as any clickage I can give (probably a dozen or so a day)...you keep the site up...i'll keep sittin here doin my part to pay the bills

me.myself.&.ATi · Sep 30, 2004, 05:31 PM

"To Click & To Post"

Me.Myself.&.ATi reports for duty Sir!

Thank you very much Mister Zardon

Falstaff · Sep 30, 2004, 06:02 PM

I had to buy a mouse with bigger buttons on it, but it was worth it, and a huge yellow trackball in the middle of it, lol.. click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click

me.myself.&.ATi · Sep 30, 2004, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fallang_jeff

I had to buy a mouse with bigger buttons on it, but it was worth it, and a huge yellow trackball in the middle of it, lol.. click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click

ooooooooooh boy!!...

the old fart got a new gizmo

Zardon · Sep 30, 2004, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by airjrdn

As I use Firefox and don't see the ads, I donated 10 bucks.

Then you should have a donation medal, please PM the date and email used for the paypal donation, thanks !

El Kapitano · Sep 30, 2004, 06:46 PM

The least we can do Zardon, keep up the good work.

Lchevy79 · Sep 30, 2004, 08:04 PM

you are welcome man i try to click at least 3 adds each time i open the site and seeing that it may be upwards to 10 times a day on weekends i figure it should add up

Drakon · Sep 30, 2004, 08:36 PM

your very welcome, Z. Wish i can contribute more financially as this is probably one of the few sites i truly enjoy reading and posting, but recently i've been pretty short on dinero. clicking a few ads doesn't hurt...

Shadow Lady · Sep 30, 2004, 10:02 PM

no problem, after all DH rulz

GutterPunk · Sep 30, 2004, 10:47 PM

I try to help out by clicking, but i also donated... Clicking away clickity click click... whats 10 seconds of my time to click 4 ads and browse in a bit...

do you get extra $$ when people browse further in, or does it only count for clicking on it and entering the web page?

Zardon · Sep 30, 2004, 10:54 PM

Well its nice if you guys visit the sponsors too (OCZ/ULTRA/ATI) but the main ad for making the site revenue is the top ad under the ATI banner. also the towers front page help. but hey whatever you can do, a few clicks a day from everyone would help, doesnt matter the page.

Ev!L-aLphA · Oct 1, 2004, 12:08 AM

You are welcome man!
most of the time when i go on dh i click the ad's!

I would like to thank every one else too for helping this great site!

ExitiosuS · Oct 1, 2004, 12:23 AM

I click on ads whenever I use the site at school, however, that home hardware type ad is pissing me off the way it opens down and covers half the site.

Just an opinion, but I love DH

dzjepp · Oct 1, 2004, 12:56 AM

I love this site and I will continue to click, but I'm just slightly curious, how does it exactly work that users that only click but never actually purchase anything, how does that add revenue?

I mean, it would only seem logical that for any company to earn revenue = they have to sell a product.

I've wondered about this before and excuse my ignorance on this subject but how does that work? The members that click ads but never end up purchasing anything - how does that turn out revenue?

I would like to wish DriverHeaven the best of luck in the future.

BWX · Oct 1, 2004, 03:56 AM

I've been clicking ads here for years...

I don't block them either, as long as they behave! It's good that others are clicking too-

Zardon · Oct 1, 2004, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ExitiosuS

I click on ads whenever I use the site at school, however, that home hardware type ad is pissing me off the way it opens down and covers half the site.

Just an opinion, but I love DH

that was removed.

Matth · Oct 1, 2004, 06:33 PM

My firewall is my blocker, so I've now granted "external content" permissions to DH - and revoked flash - as an Nvidia user, I refuse to assailed by animated ATI on every page.

I tend to click the google ads, as they tend to be the least scummy, and semi-relevant - though I bet the "Free spyware remover" would pull google up for tracking cookies.

Necessary evils, but evil they certainly are - mind you, only tribalfusion.com are on my shoot on sight list, for having no redeeming features whatsoever - tribalfusion are SCUM.

falkag (the banner under the ATI) seem to need to be read the riot act rather too often by Z, but at least on this site, they are kept in check.

The way banners work, as I understand is:
1. Per 100,000 show - rare these days, unless it's a banner exchange... maybe some really huge sites may still have pay per show - very low rates.
2. Per 1000 clickthrough - as I understand it, most banners would be on this basis, with some protection against abuse.

3. Per action - this tends to be an affiliate banner, rather than an ad-agency banner, and rates of up to 2.5% of resulting sales, or several pence for a comparison site search and qualifying clickout.

I've mentioned Amazon before - with a decent set of affiliate schemes, DH could probably dump all those scummy adservers.

Sep 30, 2004, 12:07 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	A special thank you to the Driverheaven members Id just like to put out a special thank you to all the driverheaven members who have this month been clicking the ads (primarily the ad under the top ATI ad). This month has been our highest ever click through rate and will massively help the funding of this site. I really appreciate the fact a lot of our regulars have taken my news post last month on board and have clicked the ads and especially the emails ive received from members who cant afford to donate but have told me they click a few times now everytime they come here. This is honestly so important to the funding and future of Driverheaven. It also ensures that apart from funding future events like competitions and giveaways it means I can keep the level of ads we have at the minute and not go down the road of more aggressive forced advertising, as you will notice we have also removed intellitxt as it was affecting quite a few people on the site with the speed of loading. If you guys continue to click the ads then we dont need forced advertising like intellitxt. Once more thank you and i hope you will continue to help support Driverheaven. Allan "Zardon" Campbell www.hardwareheaven.com site owner.

Sep 30, 2004, 12:21 PM	#2
WisMerHill DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 468 Rep Power: 0	Anytime Zardon ! tho i did donate, i also disabled popup-blocking for driverheaven and occasionally click the main banners. It's so easy to give something back for you in return for the wonderfull site and community you started, so i see no reason not to and advise/encourage all other readers to contribute their share of bannerclicks. __________________ [color=sandybrown][color=white] [/color] [color=white][color=white]M[/color][color=white]y Computer[/color]: [/color][color=white]3DMark2001[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]3Dmark2003[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]3DMark200[/color][color=white]5[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]PCMark2004[/color][/color]

Sep 30, 2004, 02:38 PM	#3
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 64	WisherMill, I will never ever call a dutchman "stingy" (gierig) anymore! Really, it's people like you who turn this place into an even better place. Thanks, and thanks to everyone else who has been helping out. __________________

Sep 30, 2004, 03:44 PM	#4
snake HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: France Posts: 421 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	You're welcome Keep up this site that good, DH rulz __________________ i7 930@4Ghz-DFI T3EH6-6Go OCZPC12800-GTX480+8800GT Barton 2600+@2.16 (188x11.5) # GeForce 6800 GT@Ultra 1.5Go PC3200 #Asus A7N8X Deluxe Bios 1008 26397 3DMark06/ 57736 3DMark01/163152 Aquamark3

Sep 30, 2004, 03:55 PM	#5
ericdrum DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The SLC Posts: 149 Rep Power: 0	Your wish is my command. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra 2 gig Corsair XMS 3200 eVGA 6800 GT SB Audigy2 w/ KX Project Drivers 2-80 gig Western Digital SATA 7200 RAID 0 200 GB Seagate Barricuda 7200 for Storage Ultra Xconnect 500W Power Supply Windows XP SP2 Antec P160W case

Sep 30, 2004, 04:25 PM	#6
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	This is the thing I like about DH: it's more personal than other sites, and members here are not scared to thank fellow members. People seem to appreciate others here, rather than using them for a cheap joke and such. I don't have the money to donate as of yet, but I will continue to click the ads at home and especially at work where things get boring sometimes Thanks for the great site, Mark __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Sep 30, 2004, 04:58 PM	#7
Shinjikun 第3 子供 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nerv HQ Posts: 1,319 Rep Power: 0	No problem Zardon. I've been coming to DriverHeaven for over a year now (... and 2 1/2 weeks on the forums ) and I've been very impressed with the content and the community behind the site so I'm glad to be able to assist in some way. Running a site of this magnitude isn't free -- not to mention cheap -- so we do what we can to give back. __________________ Xfire: [Shinji1225 \ Status] A7N8X-E Deluxe Athlon XP 2500+ (@ 2.2 GHz 11x200 MHz FSB) Corsair TwinX XMS 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel (2-2-3-5) [color=red]ATi [/color][color=white]Radeon 9500 Pro (@ 330\310) \ [/color][color=white]Omega Catalyst Drivers v2.5.90[/color] [color=white]Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU[/color]

Sep 30, 2004, 05:10 PM	#8
airjrdn DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	As I use Firefox and don't see the ads, I donated 10 bucks.

Sep 30, 2004, 05:25 PM	#9
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	well, your welcome for the cash, as well as any clickage I can give (probably a dozen or so a day)...you keep the site up...i'll keep sittin here doin my part to pay the bills

Sep 30, 2004, 05:31 PM	#10
me.myself.&.ATi .:z0diac Knight:. Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: .:this is definitely not my timeline:. Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	"To Click & To Post" Me.Myself.&.ATi reports for duty Sir! Thank you very much Mister Zardon __________________ "No cause is a good cause as long as personnal interest is of matter." N. Ahdour

Sep 30, 2004, 06:02 PM	#11
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,047 Rep Power: 206	I had to buy a mouse with bigger buttons on it, but it was worth it, and a huge yellow trackball in the middle of it, lol.. click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Sep 30, 2004, 06:46 PM	#14
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	The least we can do Zardon, keep up the good work.

Sep 30, 2004, 08:04 PM	#15
Lchevy79 -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 725 Rep Power: 0	you are welcome man i try to click at least 3 adds each time i open the site and seeing that it may be upwards to 10 times a day on weekends i figure it should add up __________________ msi K7N2 delta2-AMD 2800xp@2083-1gig of pc2700ram -ati x850xt 256mb -Audigy mp3+ - 1 80gig maxtor 8mb and 1 250gig 16mb maxtor -48x24x48 buslink burner-and a lite on 4x +/- dvd burner xp home samsung lcd (19") 930b monitor

Sep 30, 2004, 08:36 PM	#16
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 56	your very welcome, Z. Wish i can contribute more financially as this is probably one of the few sites i truly enjoy reading and posting, but recently i've been pretty short on dinero. clicking a few ads doesn't hurt...

Sep 30, 2004, 10:02 PM	#17
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	no problem, after all DH rulz __________________ Oblivion ftw

Sep 30, 2004, 10:47 PM	#18
GutterPunk I = Greatest Dood Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nebraska Posts: 5,949 Rep Power: 70	I try to help out by clicking, but i also donated... Clicking away clickity click click... whats 10 seconds of my time to click 4 ads and browse in a bit... do you get extra $$ when people browse further in, or does it only count for clicking on it and entering the web page? __________________ Rock On \m/ Thank you Mousey for the Sig! --------------- Intel Core2Duo E6660 (3.4GHZ) ~ Tuniq Tower 120 ~ Enermax Galaxy 1000W ~ Corsair Dominator @ 1090MHZ 5-5-5-15 (OCZ XTC Modded Cooler)~ EVGA 8800GTX W/ HR-03 Plus 120MM ~ Asus DVD-RW LiteScribe ~ LG DVD-RW ~ Corsair Voyager 2GB ReadyBoost Drive ~ Vantec Nexus Fan Controller ~ ThermalTake Armor 25CM fan ~ Personal Finance Blog: Dent Your Debt

Sep 30, 2004, 10:54 PM	Thread Starter #19
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Well its nice if you guys visit the sponsors too (OCZ/ULTRA/ATI) but the main ad for making the site revenue is the top ad under the ATI banner. also the towers front page help. but hey whatever you can do, a few clicks a day from everyone would help, doesnt matter the page.

Oct 1, 2004, 12:08 AM	#20
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 60	You are welcome man! most of the time when i go on dh i click the ad's! I would like to thank every one else too for helping this great site! __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Oct 1, 2004, 12:23 AM	#21
ExitiosuS Simian Masterpiece! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, Ont. Canada Posts: 358 Rep Power: 59 System Specs	I click on ads whenever I use the site at school, however, that home hardware type ad is pissing me off the way it opens down and covers half the site. Just an opinion, but I love DH

Oct 1, 2004, 12:56 AM	#22
dzjepp Black Mesa Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 76 Rep Power: 0	I love this site and I will continue to click, but I'm just slightly curious, how does it exactly work that users that only click but never actually purchase anything, how does that add revenue? I mean, it would only seem logical that for any company to earn revenue = they have to sell a product. I've wondered about this before and excuse my ignorance on this subject but how does that work? The members that click ads but never end up purchasing anything - how does that turn out revenue? I would like to wish DriverHeaven the best of luck in the future.

Oct 1, 2004, 03:56 AM	#23
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	I've been clicking ads here for years... I don't block them either, as long as they behave! It's good that others are clicking too- __________________

Oct 1, 2004, 06:33 PM	#25
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,410 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	My firewall is my blocker, so I've now granted "external content" permissions to DH - and revoked flash - as an Nvidia user, I refuse to assailed by animated ATI on every page. I tend to click the google ads, as they tend to be the least scummy, and semi-relevant - though I bet the "Free spyware remover" would pull google up for tracking cookies. Necessary evils, but evil they certainly are - mind you, only tribalfusion.com are on my shoot on sight list, for having no redeeming features whatsoever - tribalfusion are SCUM. falkag (the banner under the ATI) seem to need to be read the riot act rather too often by Z, but at least on this site, they are kept in check. The way banners work, as I understand is: 1. Per 100,000 show - rare these days, unless it's a banner exchange... maybe some really huge sites may still have pay per show - very low rates. 2. Per 1000 clickthrough - as I understand it, most banners would be on this basis, with some protection against abuse. 3. Per action - this tends to be an affiliate banner, rather than an ad-agency banner, and rates of up to 2.5% of resulting sales, or several pence for a comparison site search and qualifying clickout. I've mentioned Amazon before - with a decent set of affiliate schemes, DH could probably dump all those scummy adservers. Last edited by Matth; Oct 1, 2004 at 06:44 PM.