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Post by YL on May 14, 2014 18:04:39 GMT 1
I do not usually use adblock on Kogama, but I did it for a minute for this report If you turn on your adblock in Kogama, it will not look like no ads, it will leave a rather bad looking gap between the GUI and the games:
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Post by Noble on May 15, 2014 2:53:44 GMT 1
That's where an ad would normally be, and since it's blocked, it will just appear blank.
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Post by Daniel Everland on May 16, 2014 16:05:56 GMT 1
I don't think the guys would be joyous if I asked them to properly support AdBlock :b
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Post by Jatsu on May 16, 2014 20:16:15 GMT 1
It's not uncommon for websites to detect when AdBlocks are being used and to replace the ads banner with something prettier than empty space. Reminding players to whitelist websites they love to use daily is harmless, especially if you're nice and friendly about it. You could make it interesting too - make them laugh, let them know that their visit is appreciated no matter what they choose. Here's a quick draw up of an example: In all honesty, I sincerely urge you to mention it to the devs, Daniel. On average, nearly 1 in 3 users on both Firefox and Chrome use ad block. Now Kogama's audience is mostly younger, so they might not be aware of ad block - therefore it won't be 33% of users blocking your ads - it's probably going to be lower for you. However, even if it was 20% of players blocking ads, you're still losing money - so why not be proactive about it and try to reduce this? Consider an example, you ideally get $20,000 a year from ad rev - those 20% would cost you $4,000, and you'd only receive $16,000. It matters.Obviously, you wouldn't get all players to whitelist Kogama, but you would get some - which means revenue back in your pocket. There's even tutorials that help web devs set this up too, if you need them.
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Post by Daniel Everland on May 16, 2014 21:11:39 GMT 1
Ah, I never looked at it that way. I don't use AdBlock so I didn't even know replacing it with a message was a thing, but I can see why that would be useful. I'll pass it on
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