Fanatics -
I write this with great frustration today as few things create more stress on me as the publisher of Cyclone Fanatic than when you guys are having problems accessing the site in an easy manner.
Since day one, my goal in publishing this site has been for CF to cover the Cyclones in a way unlike nobody else. I feel like we do that but if some of you have issues accessing it, what good does it do?
The good news is that it’s a small number of people who have been having issues on the forums lately. I want you to know that we are doing everything in our power to make things better though.
A few things…
On April 1, we moved all of our ad ops to a different company specifically because of problems with bad ads. About a month prior to that, I made another change that made significant improvements for those having problems. We went from having 4-5 reports a day to only about that many in the entire month of March. So yes, I am doing everything in my power to get a handle on this. It's why I'm so frustrated.
Why do we go through somebody else to serve ads? Well, I have to. I could simply throw Google ads up on the site but we’d go bankrupt in about two months if I did that because Google doesn't pay. This is where the issues come from. Bad ads are disguised and snuck into these chains, making life on publishers like myself a living hell. If I ever quit this gig, it will be because of this type of crap. It just never ends.
The good news is that there is more technology being developed by the day to block such things.
Lately, things have apparently been bad again for some users. I just want you guys to know how seriously we are taking the bad ads. I’ve spent a ton of time on this over the weekend, working with our team that let me tell you, is no slouch in this world. They are committed to stopping this and are some of the most experienced people in the industry.
I also want you to know that this isn’t just a CF problem. I’ve been on a number of national sites the last few weeks and had similar issues. I'm in a lot of groups with other publishers and we are all experiences this problem.
It’s just such a struggle these days. We are making pennies on the dollar compared to what the industry did five years ago. Keeping this site free is harder than ever and our traffic is two to three times what it once was.
It’s no excuse though. We’ve got to do better and are committed to doing so.
One more thing…
I do plan to roll out an ad-free option for forum users over the summer. I’m still trying to figure out how much to charge for something like this.
Thanks for your patience and hopefully we can make some really positive changes in the next few weeks.
I write this with great frustration today as few things create more stress on me as the publisher of Cyclone Fanatic than when you guys are having problems accessing the site in an easy manner.
Since day one, my goal in publishing this site has been for CF to cover the Cyclones in a way unlike nobody else. I feel like we do that but if some of you have issues accessing it, what good does it do?
The good news is that it’s a small number of people who have been having issues on the forums lately. I want you to know that we are doing everything in our power to make things better though.
A few things…
On April 1, we moved all of our ad ops to a different company specifically because of problems with bad ads. About a month prior to that, I made another change that made significant improvements for those having problems. We went from having 4-5 reports a day to only about that many in the entire month of March. So yes, I am doing everything in my power to get a handle on this. It's why I'm so frustrated.
Why do we go through somebody else to serve ads? Well, I have to. I could simply throw Google ads up on the site but we’d go bankrupt in about two months if I did that because Google doesn't pay. This is where the issues come from. Bad ads are disguised and snuck into these chains, making life on publishers like myself a living hell. If I ever quit this gig, it will be because of this type of crap. It just never ends.
The good news is that there is more technology being developed by the day to block such things.
Lately, things have apparently been bad again for some users. I just want you guys to know how seriously we are taking the bad ads. I’ve spent a ton of time on this over the weekend, working with our team that let me tell you, is no slouch in this world. They are committed to stopping this and are some of the most experienced people in the industry.
I also want you to know that this isn’t just a CF problem. I’ve been on a number of national sites the last few weeks and had similar issues. I'm in a lot of groups with other publishers and we are all experiences this problem.
It’s just such a struggle these days. We are making pennies on the dollar compared to what the industry did five years ago. Keeping this site free is harder than ever and our traffic is two to three times what it once was.
It’s no excuse though. We’ve got to do better and are committed to doing so.
One more thing…
I do plan to roll out an ad-free option for forum users over the summer. I’m still trying to figure out how much to charge for something like this.
Thanks for your patience and hopefully we can make some really positive changes in the next few weeks.
