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There are often times when I would like to post a question to get feedback from these people that I feel I have got to know and trust, but feel it is going to be off topic and either pulled or moved to another forum that I do not know or visit.
I have enjoyed the sometimes light relief banter that goes on here - and the sometimes flippant comments that get thrown around - re fridges, and mouse tracking etc. Is there any way that WW could almost put a subforum within a forum? ie "adsense off topic forum" or some such thing? Just a thought.:)
Opti, on Adsense Island the pub and the bank would be together in the same room.
Aha! A pal of mine has a late night license bar complete with ATM right next to the bar counter:-)
Incidentally, did you all move to AdSense island whilst I was in Italy?
No wonder it's quiet round here:-)
which is why they are deluded
you can't even contemplate adsense with out
content [webmasterworld.com] and even if you have content you may not know how to use it [webmasterworld.com]. You can't put up a site at all if you don't have some html [webmasterworld.com], maybe a little javascript [webmasterworld.com] but definitely some CSS [webmasterworld.com] for blending and styling.
If you expect your site to do anything useful then I suggest you use a little PHP [webmasterworld.com], PERL [webmasterworld.com] or even an MS [webmasterworld.com] solution. This could let you include that adsense code of yours across multiple pages or help your site management in amazing ways. You may even need a database [webmasterworld.com] to manage all that stupendous content you are writing.
Since you can't have a website without a server then you better learn something about Apache [webmasterworld.com] or IIS [webmasterworld.com].
Let's see, we haven't even arrived at the possibility of adsense yet
and if you do have a site you are definitely going to need some traffic. Maybe a visit to the Marketing World [webmasterworld.com] will give you some help getting things going.
and that is just a start.
we still haven't arrived at adsense
so...
the more members that wander around other forums, the better
we would be doing our members a disservice if we didn't encourage them to take full advantage of everything there is to offer
which is why they are deluded
Oh! So no AdSensers know about ANY of the things you highlight?
Strange...I'll go back to sleep now, my skills are not required any more:-)
However I can imagine it may be distressing for a thread initiator, especially for a new member, to see their post sink under the weight of one then three then five off-topic jokes all riffing off the first lighthearted remark. It comes down to respect for the OP and the discussion they initiated.
Naturally, one lighthearted remark isn't going to destroy a thread, and a little levity here and there is welcome. But oftentime that one remark spawns multiple responses and the thread is effectively killed. So one way to think of it is that these kinds of comments can be considered thread killers.
OTOH: In praise of light banter
Humor enhances a sense of community and I appreciate that. My personal opinion is that a post can indeed be on-topic and humorous, as long as respect is shown to the OP and the topic itself.
you know that isn't what I said Opti
hehe, if that was true Google would be in big trouble ;)
>> a post can indeed be on-topic and humorous, as long as respect is shown to the OP and the topic itself.
exactly
Yep, whole other building...'
'Ann
The main difference between Adsensers and the rest of the forums is we are grinding out a living for ourselves so there is more of a social bond.
Ahh, this is exactly why you have to get out and about a bit more often. ;-)
You would find that many, if not the majority, of WebmasterWorld members are "grinding out a living" for themselves, whether through Adsense, affiliate marketing, Mom and Pop e-commerce shops, freelance design and coding, etc. Every one of the other fora are filled with "independent" web professionals.
There's a lot of commonality all across WebmasterWorld.
For those folks who think the Foo forum is on the other side of the world and want a handy-dandy link to it, simply go to the system preferences page of your control panel. You can put any links you'd like in the custom code insert top and bottom fields.
Quite often the OT comments appear when a thread has drawn to its natural conclusions - therefore the lightheartedness is well appreciated. IMHO
This was not intended as a criticism of WW - more like a request for perhaps a future implementation. Hey maybe after a pre-determined number of posts we could be awarded a fridge or something.....
I don't think that's what he was saying at all, actually he's saying that there's no need to isolate yourselves as a sub community under the umbrella of the adsense forum, because you *do* know about the other things too, you must do or you wouldn't even have a site to put your adsense on.
Sharing/Learning that knowledge around the other Forums is the ethos of WebmasterWorld, who's tagline is..
News and Discussion for the Web Professional
When cliques (I'm sorry for terminology but that's what this would feel like to me) form in an online community that's when others will feel left out and the whole community will suffer as a result. Why not get into the habit of starting a thread like the friday foo thread in the Foo forum just with adsense humor on it, something like an "Adsense Cafe" thread. If you adsensers need to chat about your day/week everyone will get into the habit of going into their local cafe to chat! That way your online friends can join in and the normally quiet lurkers who are maybe put off by the gang, can get to know your humour and may even join in.. in both the Foo Forum and they might even join in with Adsense discussions again :)
[added] sorry JK answered his own post while I was on't phone! hope I didn't speak out of turn ;)
[edited by: SuzyUK at 5:27 pm (utc) on Oct. 13, 2006]
You sure about that jatar_k ;)
[edited by: Jenstar at 5:25 pm (utc) on Oct. 13, 2006]
Gee you never know whois hanging around.
[edited by: Khensu at 5:30 pm (utc) on Oct. 13, 2006]
right on the money SuzyUK :) which answers trannack's actual question
"Adsense Foo"
Then let others beware!-!-!
or you could do exactly what you did with this thread and put it in foo but pin it in the middle/top of the first page the Adsense fourm.
That is all we are asking (at this point).
We don't want to exclude anyone, we just want to include the usual suspects. We could title it "Random Adsense Foo".
trannack what do you think?
[edited by: Khensu at 6:12 pm (utc) on Oct. 13, 2006]
Frankly, I want you adsensers hanging out with the rest of us more often ... so please come have fun with us in Foo (and sometimes here in Community Center, too, although we tend to be more serious here).
A lot of people tend to stick around in the few areas they know very well ... but we don't want everything to be so insular here. We WANT everyone to come together in the common areas. Not only does that get us all talking more, but it gets more knowledge passed around, too.
More than anything else, think of it as a compliment. We like you, now come play with the rest of us more often! :)
For those folks who think the Foo forum is on the other side of the world and want a handy-dandy link to it, simply go to the system preferences page of your control panel. You can put any links you'd like in the custom code insert top and bottom fields.
I visit the AW/AS fora (?) regularly because I find it useful and helpful. I spend some time trying to help others. It already take more of my time than it should. I find a little humour while I work helps brighten the day - sometimes I can't help myself if something I read sparks an amusing thought I like to share it.
I do recognise that its not good to take a thread off target - prehaps the issue is responding to an OT/aside without letting the thread get back on track.
Does anyone in the foo know how much beer fits in an adsense fridge? Or why it would be good to ask trannack this question?
Could we have a permanent shortcut link to the foo (like the library link) and maybe something we could include in our responses when we want to make an amusing observation in a response (eg make a smilely a hot link to a foo thread)
It interesting that a number of Adsensers have followed this thread to the WWCC - wonder how many of them looked at the other threads here.
For those folks who think the Foo forum is on the other side of the world and want a handy-dandy link to it, simply go to the system preferences page of your control panel. You can put any links you'd like in the custom code insert top and bottom fields.
Sounds partway there, but I can't get it to work for me.
I have learned how to put boxes round quotes though. I know someone who hasn't got a fridge yet who I can really wind up about this :) 'cos she doesn't know how to do it yet!
<a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/">Foo</a>
You can put a whole nav to different WebmasterWorld fora in there.
Note that the bottom field appears under the footer when you view your page.
<a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/"><b>Foo</b></a>
Repeat as required for links to other sub-forums. Very handy tip, I'm pleased that jimbeetle mentioned it.
Edit: haha, jimbeetle beat me to it.
[edited by: Etonian at 10:10 pm (utc) on Oct. 13, 2006]
Adsense is possibly one of the biggest forums on WW
Egads! Adsense is "the biggest" only because it's the most obsessive-compulsive gaggle of geese on the WebmasterWorld planet . . just slightly more anal than the world of domainers. ;-P
Spread this illness to other fora? Please, quarantine this illness before it spreads!
Either that or next we'll see:
"My javascript is running a little slow this morning! How about yours?"
"Unfair! I just got banned from another forum for invalid comments!"
"Hey! My content production is up 3 words a minute today! How about yours?"
"Monday is going to be a holiday in the U.S. Does this mean my reciprocal link requests will be down?"
Back! Back! Back into your Adsense forum! I don't have time for this! I have to go check my stats!
just slightly more anal
yep, and we like it that way. Sure you want to hang with us?
Adsense is "the biggest"
So that would mean we also have the most paid subscriptions, so we should get what we want!-!-!
<stamps feet incessantly>
Yeah, yeah I know the tree house belongs to the Borgerators so the heck with that! -:o)
[edited by: Khensu at 12:39 am (utc) on Oct. 14, 2006]
Can we tell lawyer jokes here?
The problem with lawyer jokes is that lawyers don't think they're funny and no one else thinks they're jokes!
Chapman
A: 42 [google.com].
I really like this thread. The more I read, the more I love it :-)
Maybe we can make new forum:
[webmasterworld.com...] ;-)
Physically I sit all day in an office with my real life colleagues.
But in my mind I am busy all day with plans and ideas to improve my online business. When I am in some boring meeting with my boss I am making notes about questions I will ask on the WW Adsense forum.
But to go back on topic again (although the entire point of this thread is the possibility of going off topic):
For many of us, our online business is our way of life.
The Adsense forum replaces meetings and conversations one would normally have in a workplace.
At the office we have a lunchroom. You can go there and have a chat with your colleagues about whatever you like. It doesn't need to be on topic. That lunchroom is our office-FOO.
I think the Adsense forum should have its FOO too.
A Muslim, a Hindu and an WW-moderator are walking in the desert.
They are looking for a place to spend the night.
Soon they encounter a farm with a furnished room with only 2 beds.
Next to the farm is an old shabby barn.
"Well OK then", the Muslim says. "You guys take the room, I will sleep in the barn".
But when the Hindu and the WW-moderator are about to close their eyes, the Muslim knocks on their door."
"I am very sorry my friends", he says. "There appears to be a pig in the barn. As a Muslim I can not sleep next to a pig. I politely ask if one of you is prepared to sleep in the barn".
"Well alright then", the Hindu says. "I will give you my bed, and I will sleep in the barn next to the pig".
So the muslim and the WW-moderator go to sleep in their comfortable beds. At least, that was the plan. Because when they are about to close their eyes, the Hindu is knocking on the door.
"I am very sorry my friends", he says. "There appears to be a cow in the barn. As a Hindu, I can not possibly sleep next to a cow. Dear WW-moderator, are you prepared to sleep in the barn?"
Well, we all know WW-moderators. But let's not get into details.
After a nasty debate and some mildly violent interaction the WW-moderator is going to the barn to sleep next to the pig and the cow.
So at last the Muslim and the Hindu are going to have a good night sleep in their comfortable beds. At least, that was the plan.
Because when they are about to close their eyes, there is a loud knocking on the door. It's the pig and the cow.
