good batch of n00bs latley - Page 6

Undertoad · 09-05-2008, 05:20 PM

I like it! We had a long period of just us, now it's time to shake things up a little.

It seems like we are getting a better class of n00b as well.

I'm not sure at all, but I think we lost a lot of noob visits when Google decided that they would serve up just the image in Google image search, and not the page containing the image. This also has led to a lack of much ad money at all coming in via the Image of the Day blog view pages.

BigV · 09-05-2008, 06:50 PM

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Can you change the design of the page in some way that still shows the image or a thumbnail of the image enough to engage the attention of the searchers and then entices them to click through to an ad revenue generating page?

ps, I don't know what I'm talking about here..... non-news to most, but I don't want to misrepresent myself.

Cloud · 09-05-2008, 07:01 PM

what? when did that happen? my results have always shown a link to the page . . .

(goes off to check)

ETA: I see pages and links from the Google Images results.

Undertoad · 09-05-2008, 08:30 PM

If you click directly on the image though

xoxoxoBruce · 09-06-2008, 12:55 AM

If you click on the image, it shows a thumbnail with the address right next to it. Then below that it says, "Below is the image in its original context on the page: www. where-the-pic-came-from. whatever", which is a link.
Then it show the larger image, in context.

Are you saying by showing the whole page, they don't bother clicking the link, so never see the ad links?

Undertoad · 09-06-2008, 03:10 AM

Right

09-05-2008, 06:50 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	........... Can you change the design of the page in some way that still shows the image or a thumbnail of the image enough to engage the attention of the searchers and then entices them to click through to an ad revenue generating page? ps, I don't know what I'm talking about here..... non-news to most, but I don't want to misrepresent myself. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-05-2008, 07:01 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	what? when did that happen? my results have always shown a link to the page . . . (goes off to check) ETA: I see pages and links from the Google Images results. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-06-2008, 12:55 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you click on the image, it shows a thumbnail with the address right next to it. Then below that it says, "Below is the image in its original context on the page: www. where-the-pic-came-from. whatever", which is a link. Then it show the larger image, in context. Are you saying by showing the whole page, they don't bother clicking the link, so never see the ad links? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-05-2008, 05:20 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I like it! We had a long period of just us, now it's time to shake things up a little. It seems like we are getting a better class of n00b as well. I'm not sure at all, but I think we lost a lot of noob visits when Google decided that they would serve up just the image in Google image search, and not the page containing the image. This also has led to a lack of much ad money at all coming in via the Image of the Day blog view pages.

09-05-2008, 08:30 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If you click directly on the image though

09-06-2008, 03:10 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Right

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