Ads on Railroadfan?

[bnsfben]

Okay, is it just me or are there small ads now at the bottom of each thread?

[Big Frank]

Okay, is it just me or are there small ads now at the bottom of each thread?

yes there are im guessing its a funding issue maybe adds would help keep the sight free due to low donations this year as i said before just a guess

[Jochs]

I don't see any, other than links to phpBB and Mark Alexander, and a donate button.

[conrailmike]

Yep, Google Ads at the bottom

[SW]

I have been getting the Google ads also.

[PAT.C]

THIS SITE COSTS ZACK MONEY TO OPERATE.

DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AND NEEDED.

THE ADDS BRING A LITTLE MONEY IN TO OFFSET THE COSTS .

LAST I RECALL WAS THAT DONATIONS WERE NOT COVERING ALL THE COSTS SO PLEASE BE GENEROUS TO ZACK---
WE ALL ENJOY THIS SITE AND OWE ZACK OUR THANKS [AND DOLLARS].

[bnsfben]

Yes, I agree with Pat C. I was just posting this to see if it was just me for some reason. The ads do not bother me at all! I would MUCH rather have ads than not have railroadfan.com. I would start getting angry if there were pop-up ads like on railpictures.net!

[AARR]

The ads are not intrusive IMO

[TrainWatcher]

I was going to add something last night and noted it, I like the idea as some of the ads are quite funny.

[AARR]

It's been noted that quite a few of you have clicked on the penile enlargement ads

[~Z~]

You guys are correct, the donations are not keeping up with server costs anymore. Thought it was a good idea to see how these ads would do. I'm also going to contact a number of railroad related companies to see if they are interested in displaying a banner on the site. As for the ads, never planning on any pop-ups, and I hope they remain very unintrusive. If you are interested in something that the ads shows.... well, I'm bound by their Terms of Service not to expand on that thought.

[MQT3001]

I installed Google Ad-block for Google Chrome....no more ads!

My question is would that affect ad revenue?