Bitcoin Forum

In order to collect more money for the creation of good forum software and for other useful purposes, the forum is selling ad space in the area beneath the first post of every topic page.

Ads are allowed to contain any non-annoying HTML/CSS style. No images, JavaScript, or animation (no marquee or blinking). Ads must appear 3 or fewer lines tall in my browser. Ads will be prefixed with "Advertisement:". Ad text may not contain lies, misrepresentation, or inappropriate language. Ads may not link directly to any NSFW page. Ads may be rejected for other reasons.

There are 10 total ad slots which are randomly rotated. So one ad slot has a one in ten chance of appearing. Seven of the slots are for sale here. Ads appear only on topic pages with more than one post, and only for people using the default theme.

The ad lasts at least 7 days starting from when I put it up. (However, if you look at the ad history (https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adstats) you'll see that ads frequently get 1-2 extra days, but this is random and definitely not guaranteed.)

Stats

Exact historical impression counts per slot:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adstats

Info about the current ad slots:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adinfo

Ad blocking

Hero members, Donators, VIPs, and moderators have the ability to disable ads. I don't expect many people to use this option. These people don't increase the impression counts for your ads.

I try to bypass Adblock Plus filters as much as possible, though this is not guaranteed. It is difficult or impossible for ABP filters to block the ad space itself without blocking posts. However, filters can match against the URLs in your links, your CSS classes and style attributes, and the HTML structure of your ads.

To prevent matches against URLs: I have some JavaScript which fixes links blocked by ABP. You must tell me if you want this for your ads. When someone with ABP and JavaScript enabled views your ads, your links are changed to a special randomized bitcointalk.org URL which redirects to your site when visited. People without ABP are unaffected, even if they don't have JavaScript enabled. The downsides are:
- ABP users will see the redirection link when they hover over the link, even if they disable ABP for the forum.
- Getting referral stats might become even more difficult.
- Some users might get a warning when redirecting from https to http.

To prevent matching on CSS classes/styles: Don't use inline CSS. I can give your ad a CSS class that is randomized on each pageload, but you must request this.

To prevent matching against your HTML structure: Use only one <a> and no other tags if possible. If your ads get blocked because of matching done on something inside of your ad, you are responsible for noticing this and giving me new ad HTML.

Auction rules

Post your bids in this thread. Prices must be stated in BTC per slot. You must state the max number of slots you want. When the auction ends, the highest bidders will have their slots filled until all seven slots are filled.

So if someone bids for 7 slots @ 5 BTC and this is the highest bid, then he'll get all 7 slots. If the two highest bids are 7 slots @ 4 BTC and 1 slot @ 5 BTC, then the first person will get 6 slots and the second person will get 1 slot.

The notation "2 @ 5" means 2 slots for 5 BTC each. Not 2 slots for 5 BTC total.

- When you post a bid, the bids in your previous posts are considered to be automatically canceled. You can put multiple bids in one post, however.
- All bid prices must be evenly divisible by 0.25.
- The bidding starts at 0.50.
- I will end the auction at an arbitrary time no more than 12 days from now. (I will probably end the auction 1-3 days before the ads are scheduled to go up.)
- If two people bid at the same price, the person who bid first will have his slots filled first.
- Bids are considered invalid and will be ignored if they do not specify both a price and a max quantity, or if they could not possibly win any slots

If these rules are confusing, look at some of the past forum ad auctions to see how it's done. I also post periodic status updates which should help make things clear.

You must pay for your slots within 24 hours of receiving the payment address. Otherwise your slots may be sold to someone else.

I saw on the factoids slot, how did that get there? I thought those were interesting factoids not ads, do they stay there?  Also, there are some duplicates like

Stats.

195 uniques from 1 slot (round 91).

US 62
RU 16
DE 14
CA 14
CN 10
NL 7
GB 7
ES 6
UA 5
others 1+

Paid 5.5 BTC. 0.0028 BTC per click. $0.2 per click.

Pretty expensive for text ad.

7 @ 5

Actually it is 0.028BTC or ~$3 per click with your provided stats.

Yes. Moreover expensive. It is more than pay per search click on regular gambling prices.

That ponzi runners like Inaba and wtfASICS looks mega profitable and push ad prices.

Donators and VIPs get one "permanent" (not guaranteed -- may be removed at any time) ad in the factoid area.

For most types of ads and products, the value of these ads is probably more in product awareness. You know that a lot of people are seeing your ad. It's in a prime location; people can't help but see it. Next time they want to gamble, maybe they'll think about your casino. It's pretty unlikely IMO that people will want to drop their current activity and start gambling right now after seeing your ad. Similarly, people aren't going to immediately go preorder a BFL unit after seeing their ads, but if they ever want to get into ASIC mining, they're likely to think of BFL first because BFL had ads here for so long.

Ads demanding immediate action rather than just promoting a product will probably get many more clicks. Like:
    CaesarBIT: Gamble with double deposit at lowest house edge
    Click this ad to get $5 free credit -- this week only

But I'm not an advertising expert. People serious about advertising here might do well to contact someone who specializes in developing effective advertising strategies.

7 @ 5.25

1 @ 5.5

7 @ 6

1@6.5

7 @ 6.75

2 @ 7

This prices are such a BS, omfg.

Here comes the 28nm pre-order ads :)

I'm just jealous I didn't pre-order enough to transfer to a Monarch :P Don't mind me.

1 @ 7.5

1 @ 7

2 more weeks™

7 @ 8

4 @ 8.25

1 @ 8.5

7@9

4 @ 9.25

1 @ 10.5

7 @ 10.75

3 @ 11

1 @13

3 @ 12

Wow...

Current state:
Slots BTC/Slot Person
1 13 minerr
3 12 HashFast
3 11 Inaba

Like I said... BS prices.

This is just stupid as hell, you should consider donating something to charity or some organization.
I don't see how all this money will be spent anyways...

6 @ 13

6 @ 13.25

Due to the very large size of this bid, and because you haven't purchased ad slots before, I will not accept this bid until you pay in advance. I PMed you.

Current state:
Slots BTC/Slot Person
1 13 minerr
6 13 kncminer

3 @ 13.5

1 @15

his forum, his money - though donating a part or keeping some for important aspects in the future would be nice
bfl should be banned from advertising

HashFast prepaid. Current state:
Slots BTC/Slot Person
1 15 minerr
3 13.5 Inaba
3 13.25 HashFast

3 @ 14

3 @ 14

An ad is so far beyond the normal businessman it's not funny. This is bullshit.

All this ALLSEVENSLOTS@1500BTC crap does is push out all the Bitcoin startups and gives money to the guys who already have too much.

How about a slot limit?  Or increase the slots? Stop screwing the little guys ay?

This makes over HALF A MILLION US DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR DESCRIMINATORY ADVERTS.

Enjoy your money theymos, and thanks for helping out the community.

*sigh*

+1

Auction ended. Final result:
Slots BTC/Slot Person
1 15 minerr
3 14 kncminer
3 14 Inaba