Am I the only one seeing Cadillac ads at the bottom of BrickBoard posts? Eeeewww....

Good god! If you use this board, pleeeease slide a donation to Jarrod so we don't have to sell out to Cadillac!

-Ryan
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Buckeye Volvo Club

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While I understand the need to have revenue, I too am really put off by the recent deluge of ads appearing on the Brickboard.

Have we simply become a vehicle to generate income? The video spots for Cadillac are disgusting and perhaps are only a preview of things to come. It is disappointing for sure.

Randy

My ad revenue has been falling in addition to user contributions. These changes have so far tripled ad revenue.

It's all about the content for me as it has always been. My recent changes are focused on giving the user fast and easy access to the content. Now that I'm a mortgage paying, 9 to 5 type and a dad I can't be so idealistic about things. If this site becomes a burden, then I will be forced to sell it. I don't want that. If the other Volvo sites are any indication, the Brickboard in other hands would become another cookie cutter site.

I can't control content of ads, unfortunately. Advertisers probably just see Volvo owners as a demographic, so unfortunately that means we'll see irrelevant ads for some generic concept of luxury.

Note that I decided to remove one of two ads seen when viewing posts.

-JSBB
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Thanks for the update, Jarrod. I didn't mean to come off harsh either. I kind of figured that it was a third party ad set-up that has control over the content. 90% of the ads are pretty transparent. Fine by me!

The BrickBoard is an oh-so-important resource to Volvo owners... and it's a great diversion to work! :-) We appreciate it!

On the plus side, there's a nice silver lining to some of these Cadillac ads: namely, they remind you what else is out there and scare the crap out of you! To the hipster with the lip-ring trying to sell me a pimped out Caddy, I'll keep my 245, thank you. :)

Thanks again!
-Ryan
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Athens, Ohio
1990 245 DL 130k M47, E-codes
1991 745 GL 280k (Girlfriend-mobile)
Buckeye Volvo Club

Yeah. That guy bothered me too. I finally saw what you all were talking about.

I liked that the video didn't run automatically though. At least that was less offensive.

-JSBB
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The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. —Bertrand Russell

Jarrod,

I have always appreciated your efforts in keeping the Brickboard alive and well. Obviously it must take a tremendous amount of your time. I am sure that it creates hassles for you that you would otherwise not experience in your life. The recent changes to the site make it easier to use and find the information people seek. Thank you for your continuing efforts.

I understand that you must have a positive cash flow and, therefore, the need for ads. Until the Cadillac video clips I did not find them to be all that distracting.

From your response it would seem that a third party is responsible for ad content. Is that the case? Do you sell the space and then someone else controls the ads that run in that space? I am totally unaware of how that side of an internet business functions.

I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my grumpy post. While you have not changed my opinion of the appropriateness of the Cadillac videos on the Brickboard, I now have a little more insight into the apparent limitations you have in controlling ad content.

Randy

What is Cadillac?
I have heard, there is a province somewhere in France called that, but how it consired in THE VOLVO-vechiles??

YRS: WEBERMAN

Out at night.
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