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Also a request if any of you are experience with it, we're interested in new ad strategies (that retain our "minimalist" approach, allowing expansion without up

Also a request if any of you are experience with it, we're interested in new ad strategies (that retain our "minimalist" approach, allowing expansion without upsetting users) so if anyone either works for an advert company or has experience at our volume (or similar) we'd love to hear from you. sam@redstonewire.com :-) (Hopefully this is okay, I'm not a regular HN user, mainly lurk, it isn't mentioned in the guidelines but it might be one of those secret rules that are learned as you go along... be gentle!)

benologist 16y ago
Isn't minecraft making like, a house a day in revenue? Is it really worth tossing ads in forums? Anyway I'd suggest you guys chat with CPMStar - http://www.cpmstar.com http://www.cpmstar.com, they're the king of gaming-ad-stuff. Drop me an email (check my profile) and I'll pass you the addresses I know there.
- citricsquid 16y ago
  We're not connected with the people behind Minecraft, we're totally separate entities. The forums and wiki are community ran and while we've had brief discussions with the Minecraft company (Mojang) nothing has come of it. The general consensus is that we're best operating as separate entities, it means Mojang can focus on game development and we can focus on growing the community, it means that we can remain impartial (although whether or not that is an issue, I have no idea). We've never had a penny of Minecraft proceeds :-) I'll send an email now, it'd be great to talk to some people over at cpmstar!
  - benologist 16y ago
    Oh sorry mate my mistake heh.
aberkowitz 16y ago
Have you considered affiliate links through Amazon to popular games akin to reddit[1]/ qghy2? [1] I know you're very active on reddit, so I'm sure you've already thought of this.
Alan01252 16y ago
I ran a wiki once where I changed the search box to a google search box. Made some good money even with very little traffic. Of course you're taking people away from your site but my website was pretty rubbish so wasn't too worried about that personally. Just an idea anyway :)

benologist 16y ago

Isn't minecraft making like, a house a day in revenue? Is it really worth tossing ads in forums? Anyway I'd suggest you guys chat with CPMStar - http://www.cpmstar.com http://www.cpmstar.com, they're the king of gaming-ad-stuff. Drop me an email (check my profile) and I'll pass you the addresses I know there.

citricsquid 16y ago
We're not connected with the people behind Minecraft, we're totally separate entities. The forums and wiki are community ran and while we've had brief discussions with the Minecraft company (Mojang) nothing has come of it. The general consensus is that we're best operating as separate entities, it means Mojang can focus on game development and we can focus on growing the community, it means that we can remain impartial (although whether or not that is an issue, I have no idea). We've never had a penny of Minecraft proceeds :-) I'll send an email now, it'd be great to talk to some people over at cpmstar!
- benologist 16y ago
  Oh sorry mate my mistake heh.

aberkowitz 16y ago

Have you considered affiliate links through Amazon to popular games akin to reddit[1]/ qghy2? [1] I know you're very active on reddit, so I'm sure you've already thought of this.

Alan01252 16y ago

I ran a wiki once where I changed the search box to a google search box. Made some good money even with very little traffic. Of course you're taking people away from your site but my website was pretty rubbish so wasn't too worried about that personally. Just an idea anyway :)