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 you'll see that ads frequently get 1-2 extra days, but this is random and definitely not guaranteed.)
StatsExact historical impression counts per slot:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adstatsInfo about the current ad slots:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adinfoAuction rulesPost 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.
From this round forward, hero members, Donators, VIPs, and moderators will have the option of disabling ads. People who don't see ads due to this will obviously not count toward the number of impressions. This option is buried in the profile settings, so I don't expect this to affect impression stats or ad efficacy significantly, but I'll guarantee at least 420,000 impressions per slot for this round.
