I've changed a few superficial elements of the site - for a start, I've removed the National Geographic affiliate scheme - after nearly 3 months and nearly 394,000 impressions, it provided a single sale, earning CR £2.01. Which is pants.
If someone is really going to click an ad out of the site, better it's done through the AdSense links - again, the pay is a bit pants, but it does pay for the hosting costs. As we're now getting over 2,000 unique visitors a day to the site (and the figure rises continually) then that is a definite concern.
Also, there are a few small text ads at the foot of the site - there is no payment received for these - instead, it's simply a case of a larger scale "web ring" or "link exchange" - where a large number of sites simply get their link to help promote one another's interests.
Oh - I've also updated the navigation links on the main site, so that at the bottom of each is a direct link to the latest forum posts for that section. For example, check out the Christianity section:
http://www.comparative-religion.com/christianity/
Also noticed there are a few pages that seriously need updating - Judaism and Mesoamerica for starters.
And - although I may not have been posting much recently, I still do read every single post. I've just been a little busy to really get involved in any particular discussions.
Anyway, all that was just for your information.
If someone is really going to click an ad out of the site, better it's done through the AdSense links - again, the pay is a bit pants, but it does pay for the hosting costs. As we're now getting over 2,000 unique visitors a day to the site (and the figure rises continually) then that is a definite concern.
Also, there are a few small text ads at the foot of the site - there is no payment received for these - instead, it's simply a case of a larger scale "web ring" or "link exchange" - where a large number of sites simply get their link to help promote one another's interests.
Oh - I've also updated the navigation links on the main site, so that at the bottom of each is a direct link to the latest forum posts for that section. For example, check out the Christianity section:
http://www.comparative-religion.com/christianity/
Also noticed there are a few pages that seriously need updating - Judaism and Mesoamerica for starters.
And - although I may not have been posting much recently, I still do read every single post. I've just been a little busy to really get involved in any particular discussions.
Anyway, all that was just for your information.