A google trick. 3rd May 2012 1:07 PM
PostsHave some adverts had their day? 3rd May 2012 1:01 PM “I have a general dislike for all banner type advertising I just find it annoying. Although I understand why sites such as this have it...” agree totally, that's why all the adsense disappears (or it should!) for any members that have over 10 posts. But newbies or visitors that click the ads pays for the running cost of the forum and keeps it free. We do have 3 small banners, but they are at the very bottom of the site, and hopefully non intrusive. It does get tiring when you visit forums and they are riddled in adverts. “Another thing I find annoying is when you visit a particular shopping site, say for example Screwfix or John Lewis once you have left their site you will get their product adverts all day long till you disable it...” Bloody contextual advertising. First time I noticed it was James Caan from Dragons Den, he seemed to appear on every site I went to, thought he was personally stalking me! UK Startups With Potential 3rd May 2012 11:31 AM “I think companies that prioritize growth over profit can technically be called a 'startup' though in year terms, I guess any company older than 10 years is probably not a startup.” Maybe I'm too cynical, the problem in my mind seems to be, or at least since the first dot com bubble, is get some venture capital and investment, then concentrate on growth and worry about profit or a working business model later on, Amazons a classic example. It's ok if you have a nice big pot to burn through, but it's a pretty dangerous strategy which has burnt many investors and seen plenty of failures. IMHO I think growth and profit should go hand in hand, giving you a commercially viable base, unless of course you are a charity  Googles launched an interesting project, a startup campus in London. Be interesting to see how many and the type of successful businesses that emerge from here. Can you believe it? 3rd May 2012 10:51 AM You need to write a book! The life and times of Barney, from your accountant woes to traffic offences and hedgehogs, it'd be a great read  Mylocalforums 2nd May 2012 5:09 PM lol I get everywhere! Been experimenting with Terry from UKSBD and playing with the author tag and it's working. Unfortunately Google won't show any logo's or non Google+ profile pictures at present. You can show your own photo on threads you've contributed on by adding the following line to your signature: [U R L="https://plus.google.com<your google+ link>/?rel=author"]Google+ Profile[/URL] (remove spaces in first URL) Eventually I want to add it into everyone's options, so you will get any credit for any post, but still at the tinkering stage A google trick. 2nd May 2012 3:56 PM lol sam you have too much time on your hands! ahem... I took down 17 zerglings with 99 APM Bank Lending and Media Hype 2nd May 2012 3:45 PM I genuinely believe a lot of it was media hype, along with reckless lending. Although the banks now are obviously far more cautious, if your business has a good trading history, more money comes in than goes out, then there's no reason why you will be refused a loan. It's easy money for the retail banks. If a small business isn't viable and needs a loan just to cover overheads, then regardless of the market conditions, or "just waiting for that contract", it's a high risk. I think that has been a lot of the problem, a lot of small and micro businesses have folded due to bad financial planning, or a poor business model. We wobbled ourselves when the recession first hit, high overheads, wrong model. It was fold or reinvent ourselves. Easy access to more cash just would have delayed the inevitable and made the problem worse. Have some adverts had their day? 2nd May 2012 3:28 PM Obviously we all know displaying adverts on your site is a lucrative business, but I'm surprised you still see some of the corny 1990's vintage shaking adverts still doing the rounds. eg:  Do people really click on these adverts? I suppose they must to still be used. Popups has to be another, remember those? Most browsers have long blocked them by default, but they are still out there. Maybe we will see a future google penalty for displaying ropey ads? Hmm on second thoughts... Anyone else spot any adds which should be consigned to the archives? Different Ways To Monetize Your Website 2nd May 2012 2:26 PM never tried any video stuff, maybe you can claim any adsense that is clicked on the actual video? They run adsense at the bottom of vid's now don't they? UK Startups With Potential 2nd May 2012 10:52 AM Never even heard of Badoo! But apparently it started in Spain in 2006, so not exactly a new company. So what is the definition of a start up? Brand new, 6 months old, 18 months? I remember we came second at the 118 awards in 2007 in the new directory category, and were beaten by the Post Office!?! Apparently as they had just launched their own directory services, they were classed as a new business. So a company that can trace its roots back to 1516 was classed as a start up If Google launches a new company in the UK with a $5 million budget, is that a start up? |
