Ads on the wiki

1. Like others have said, I'm fine with anything that isn't flash based or intrusive.

2. I don't use an ad blocker.

3. I'm unemployed but it might be a good idea to have donations open for people who want to help.

4. No.

Also, I personally recommend Project Wonderful [1] I've seen it used on a lot of independent sites and it seems like you get a lot of power in terms of what types of ads you get displayed.

I personally don't mind ads that don't directly relate to the site so long as they're still something a visitor might be interested in (ads for other games, web comics, tv shows, animu etc). I think Project Wonderful is good at avoiding the "OMG U R TEH 1000th VISITUR" and "OHNOES U HAS TEH VIRUS" ads (By that I mean I've never seen ads like that on project wonderful at all, ever).

Thanks for the network suggestion! Do the sites you visit that use Project Wonderful display relevant ads? I'm not familiar with them at all. The interesting part to me is that this would also incorporate the previous idea of guild ads, because anyone can bid on the space.

Most of the sites I see have ads for other independent projects. Some of the more popular sites have more mainstream ads but they're still usually relevant in one way or another, like the examples I listed before. It seems like you can manually decline certain ads if you don't want them there. It's not automated though so it might take a while for people to start placing bids depending on how many people know of the site.

It might work for the guild ads and it might not. I'm not sure how many clicks the wiki gets but if it's popular enough bigger companies might want ad space and they might outbid player ads by a lot. Maybe if you have separate ad spaces for guild ads and such.

EDIT: The people saying google ads might be more convenient have a point. The wiki is pretty niche. Though Project Wonderful would probably still work for the guild ads.

The big downside to us is that Project Wonderful doesn't do ad rotations by definition. We aren't fans of that, but we do like the flexibility they offer and will keep looking for something that might offer similar features.

What are some ways we can make ads less painful (ad placement, ad network choice, etc)? Just keep them along the sides and unobtrusive. Also, getting ads for stuff we might actually be interested in is always a plus.

If you use an ad blocker, how can we get you to whitelist our site for ads? I pretty much keep my adblock+ on at all times, but if whitelisting Mabiworld would help support the site I would do so.

Would you consider donating money to save everyone the trouble of ads? This option is only acceptable if we can get a constant flow of donations. I have donated in the past but I really can't afford to stedily supply you guys with cash. I haven't bought NX in a very long time either.

Would you pay a sum of money to disable ads for yourself for some length of time?

Nah, I'd live with 'em