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Originally Posted by StuartDH

After spending a lot of time designing the site to look the way we want it, we don't like them spoiling the look and usability either, but the revenue is way too much for us to switch them off at the moment. Servers, software, developers and all the other costs are rising fast and we need to pay the bills, as well as paying to significantly grow the website and develop the charity offsite.

To avoid the big ads, visitors just need to register and log in. We're getting over 6,000 unique visitors a day at the moment. The bounce rate (the number of visitors who leave with just 1 page view) has only gone up 1.8% since the new ads were put in - and lots of them are exiting through the adverts, so overall they're definitely a benefit.

Stu


P.S. I've set up my account so that I still have to look at them, even when I'm logged in. It should then help me to work how long it takes before they drive me nuts...lookarly theeere ahving know affekked at teh moomeunt

ha ha good luck.
Thanx for making it so we dont have to look at them