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Ok, this is the topic that i must create, because I really like this comunnity. And couple of days ago i got an email like this:

Hello again,
Just a few more updates:
: Fusion and rebirth are back up, however this will only be until the new server
: The new server will have 128 IPs, which means some cool rdns's
: Everyone that is active on the forum will be given a shell account on the new shell server regardless if they already have a shell account or not. (So if you aren't active, you may start want to)
: BACK UP ALL YOUR DATA, WE WILL NOT DO IT (Do it via SCP.)
: New ads have been added to the forum so we can afford the best shell servers

I mean that this is fair, everyone who is active on forum will be given a shell account on the new shell server. This can only do Phoenix. So people, if you want to support phoenix, then click on ads at least once per day, like me

Phoenix Thank You, it is a priviledge and honour to be your member!

Don't click excessively or yahoo will cut phoenix out.

besides clicking adds, is there anyway i (we) can support you guys ?

so if add get too many clicks they drop it?

TonInter wrote:besides clicking adds, is there anyway i (we) can support you guys ?

You can send them some money . Check this out.

chris.kemp wrote:so if add get too many clicks they drop it?

that's what google did (drop phoenix, that is).

Its not too many clicks as such, its false positive CTR. Advertisers only want to pay for ad space which brings customers to their business and produce income.

Which is why ad publishers like Google and Yahoo penalise end level publishers (us). Now don't get me wrong, you guys clicking on the ads is nothing but good for me and krod and I have no reason to believe Yahoo and Google and such mind a little of this but large scale of this type of thing (where 100% of the CTR produces nothing) is bad for them as advertisers pull out.

So at the end of the day a click a day or whatever is probably good for everybody but anything more than that is unnecissary for us and makes them like us even less

(For the record, CTR is click through rate which is how many people click the ads relative to how many ads are displayed)

Yes, but when I click on Ad, i stay a while and browse the site... i don`t just click, it is no purpose to click and close window... I am browsing a site, and sometimes found something interesting, that is the purpose of ads... and it can help phoenix

May my 10$ help you pay your bills. i just donated, i hope more of you guys do the same