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Hey Sev, I paid 5 bucks, so I guess I can only complain about 20% of the things you gold site people do eh? :laughing:

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Mmm...A.D.....ohh look, something shiney!!!....D.....


Hey Sev, I paid 5 bucks, so I guess I can only complain about 20% of the things you gold site people do eh? :laughing:


Guess you need to stop posting as often ;)

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Mmm...A.D.....ohh look, something shiney!!!....D.....


Hey Sev, I paid 5 bucks, so I guess I can only complain about 20% of the things you gold site people do eh? :laughing:


Guess you need to stop posting as often ;)


meh, I only have 1/5 the posts as you do sev...Im in line :laughing:

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Mmm...A.D.....ohh look, something shiney!!!....D.....


Hey Sev, I paid 5 bucks, so I guess I can only complain about 20% of the things you gold site people do eh? :laughing:


Guess you need to stop posting as often ;)


meh, I only have 1/5 the posts as you do sev...Im in line :laughing:


In my defense... I have more free time?

You coming to Alberta/Edmonton anytime soon? Beer n Burger's on me if you are.

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I've moved this to the suggestion box as anything a member wants to address reguarding the site I'll know aobut it and can help in this forum. :D


Even though this thread has been answered quite well, let me put my 1.5 cents in and see if I can help more. :D




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I am just curious, with all of the support from the members of this site, why is there still a need for pop-ups and ads? Is this someone's full time job to monitor?


Earwig - Yes, Total Motorcycle is my fulltime job. It takes that much work (12 hours a day) and dedication (up to 7 days a week) to keep this valuable resource up and even more valuable to you, all at no cost to members, all I ask is you don't block the ads so I can get the basics to live on and pay the bills of the site.


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Really? There's a full-time mod? Haha, damn. I didn't know that. The popups are suddenly less annoying. :laughing:


Yup, thats me.. haha! :D



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Having talked to Mike personally about it, I don't envy him his job. It's a ton of work, so if it means I need to stare at a couple of ads once a day when I login I'm not going to complain about it.

Oh and if you really wanted to do the math. Cheap hosting (remember we have 500000 a hits a day) is something like $20-30 a month. And TMW is not cheap hosting (needs to be high bandwidth and VERY reliable with great customer support). So that requires that one new person become a site supporter EVERY month. It doesn't seem that big a deal, though I have to say that personally it took me 3 years to become a site supporter.

So under the assumption that we're probably paying a couple hundred a month to keep the site up and running, that means we need quite a few people donating every month in order to keep the site up. This is unprobable and unlikely in the extreme. Aside from that, it's not a steady cash flow. He might get 4 people to become gold support one month and 0 for the next 3 months.

Ads provide a constant, reliable income (with supplementar donations) to keep the site that we've come to know and love up and running.


http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/BBS/view ... hp?t=14280
annoying add removed
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/BBS/view ... hp?t=13502
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http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/BBS/view ... hp?t=13256
What's your fav/least fav form of advertising?


Sevulturus, thank you for helping explain this question out and for your ongoing support and help. You are 100% correct in many of your guesses. Running the site isn't cheap and doing it full time requires some sort of income so I can at least afford a non-name brand Mr. Noodle lunch to live on..haha If I get all depressed and work it out, the revenue from the site I take is near proverty. Everytime someone blocks ads it hurts me in a very personal way as I am trying to do is provide a friendly, useful and helpful resource for free for anyone who wants it in the world to help them out. All it "costs" is a few ads and nothing out of anyone's pocket. I do not expect anyone to become a site supporter but many do and I appreciate every one of them. A little bit of money goes a long way. :D


Have a great day all and if you have any other ad concerns please do PM me and I don't bite, much. haha.

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i've seen the bike Mike rides, the pop-unders don't pay as much as people might think ;)

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i've seen the bike Mike rides, the pop-unders don't pay as much as people might think ;)


:laughing:

I really don't know how to react or what to say about that Bok... haha

For those who do not know, my bike is 24 years old, I paid $860 for it, it doesn't like to start 100% of the time and it needs new tires. That's what I ride, a real mans classic bike, arrrr. :D Now don't feel too bad for me I do enjoy riding the bike and the seating position. :mrgreen:

Now I want a raise. haha. Or at least a bike with radial tires! :frusty:

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will a platnium membership get you them shiney tires mike? *lol*

Pop under ads for this site? a small price to pay for everything we get in return.

BuzZZ said it best in another thread, those who complain have quite a set! :laughing:

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Do you get money if someone clicks on one of the ads? Or are you just paid for having them pop up or under or whatever?

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