Ads on the Site
By jeff 91 Comments
Just had it reconfirmed that those "Ads by Google" ads that have been showing up on the site are NOT supposed to be there. We're in contact with the guys we're partnered with for advertising and they should be gone shortly. Thanks to those who brought it up. Though, I have to say, this one that Brad found is pretty fucking hilarious:
Ideally, the ad market will figure itself out and allow us to run smarter advertising that doesn't immediately make your skin crawl and force you to run, screaming to a copy of Ad Block Plus. When all of that lines up, that, along with our paid members, are going to give us the fuel we need to grow. From new sites to new equipment to new personnel, all of us across all of these sites have ideas about where to go once the rest of the world catches up to us.
So, just to recap, here's your five-year plan:
1. Start websites.
2. ?????
3. Profit.
4. Buy fireproof suit, convince Will Smith to set me on fire, aim live camera directly at fire.
5. Oh, right, continue writing about video games and shooting interviews and being honest and stuff since that's why we're all actually here even though it sometimes seems like some of you totally don't care that we're covering games and just want us to film ourselves setting ourselves on fire.
Right now we're somewhere betweeen step 2 and 3, I think.
Thanks to all of you. Whether you've decided to slide us some cash or not, you really are the ones that make this possible. We'll surely hit some bumps along the way, but I can guarantee that we'll at least make it interesting to watch.