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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2006, 05:13:26 PM »
I want the logogogo version. That one sounds like a party!
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2006, 05:14:21 PM »
I think the ads above the logo looks ridiculous. However, what does everyone else think?
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2006, 05:14:32 PM »
The add doesn't need to be wider, just not breaking up the unity of the page context. I'm looking at the scale of the whole page together, not just the ad.

But as of now, I do like the positioning at the top of the page more. Just not the size of the ad itself.
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2006, 05:16:10 PM »
I agree with Tage it looks silly up there.  What about on the site or after the first post in every thread?
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2006, 05:17:45 PM »
Is there a reason it can't be placed at the bottom? Like before the TWG powered by...
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2006, 05:18:11 PM »
I wouldn't want to break up the flow from post to post, that would be very obtrusive.
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2006, 05:18:15 PM »
I liked it better when it wasn't as wide. And I prefer the logo at the top of the page. Smaller and under the logo wasn't as obtrusive.
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2006, 05:27:13 PM »
How about on top with no border and whatnot? I'm not sure it's the best, but it looks better than the big bright box up there.
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2006, 05:29:02 PM »
I still like the two thin ads under the logo, but if ya'll like the "just words" version above the logo, I can live with that.

We can switch to the thin two-word ads above the logo, too, if the wider one is too much.
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #24 on: January 20, 2006, 05:29:10 PM »
part of the reason it looks off is that the header graphic doesn't fill the screen.
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #25 on: January 20, 2006, 05:31:25 PM »
Yeah, and it never has. We always had the "white box" on the right because of it. But if we're centering ads at the top of the page, we might as well center the freaking logo.
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #26 on: January 20, 2006, 05:36:09 PM »
I really like them under the logo better, now that I've seen it both ways. And I dig the "just words" version.
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #27 on: January 20, 2006, 05:37:51 PM »
I have to say, I really like the "just words" under the logo as well. Can we try this out for a bit?
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #28 on: January 20, 2006, 05:48:59 PM »
Is there anyway to change it so these adds open in a new window?  Right now they cause you to leave TWG which is a bad thing, if we can't then I vote to dump the adds.
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Re: Google Ads
« Reply #29 on: January 20, 2006, 06:31:58 PM »
Um... I can't see any ads.  Anywhere.

Why would that be?
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