I wasn't sure where to post this, but I thought andy might see it here.
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I know I've been fairly vocal in my feelings about the ads, and while thanks to the wonders of premium member gold, when I'm at home I no longer have to look at them. I do hope that I can perhaps be more helpful towards finding a solution, than just being a complainer.
I just happened upon this today. I know it's targeted towards webcomics, but I'm sure the comments are broadly applicable. Perhaps you all have already explored all these options. I don't know.
But since Andy has said the google ads have been a poor revenue generator (which is confirmed by this article), perhaps exploring other options would be beneficial and more profitable.
Maybe it makes no difference since I imagine interland gets significantly more page views than these sites, but I thought I would share anyway. Maybe the google ad rates you get are higher than those you could get on these other sites, I don't know. But since you suggest that google ads aren't working out cause no one clicks, maybe these options might work out better (where people bid, or where it's based on views more than clicks).
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Ideally, maybe this could result in fewer ads - and then maybe they wouldn't be so annoying and ugly, and then maybe people wouldnt choose to block them (if they have that option) and then you would have even more views. And perhaps happier people.
Who knows.
And if this is just a repeat of things you already know and have thought about, then my apologies for wasting your time.