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Bye Bye Adsense

If you’ve been to the site recently, you would have noticed a slew of changes taking place to improve the user interface. A better interface implies a better user experience. google-adsense-Yahoo-MicrosoftOne of the most challenging decisions we’ve had to make was with regard to the Google Adsense ads which were located on the website. There were a few significant draw backs with using these ads; to put it in simple and remarkably few terms, they didn’t look very pretty. However, considering the ever increasing traffic too the website, they did serve as revenue generators. So the big trade off was: user experience Vs money. We chose to “trade off” money for user experience. Our logic was and remains simple, If we give the best possible service  to the users, they will love it enough to talk about it. To get customers to talk is perhaps the single biggest achievement for any business. Its big because it means a lot more than just satisfied customers, it means publicity, loyalty and a host of other pretty terms. Most importantly, it shows that we care. So, as we bid goodbye to Google Adsense for now, we request you to keep the comments and the feedback coming, because we’re listening and we care.

  1. December 17th, 2009 at 23:07 | #1

    That is kind.. This is how most of the blog’s must think.. Anyway u have initiated it and am happy.. :)

    Regards
    Arun

  2. February 10th, 2010 at 18:52 | #3

    I’ll do it, good idea

  3. Supreeth
    February 24th, 2010 at 12:13 | #4

    Hey guys,
    Gr8 job with the website. It has been spreading like wildfire on my campus. I’m curious…without adsense how do u make money? What is ur revenue model like?

  4. Prashant Serai
    March 6th, 2010 at 20:46 | #5

    I personally am not averse to Ads that much, as long as they dont come and glare me in the eye.

    Google AdSense wouldn’t have been that much of a bad thing.

    Of course they might not look that pretty everytime, but who cares.

    What matters much more (at least to me) is the other features of the site.

    About User Experience, you can have so many other ways to improve it, and you can have people to implement those ways when you have the money coming in.

    • Prashant Serai
      March 6th, 2010 at 20:48 | #6

      You would have got a lot of feedback about various ways to enhance the user experience.

      How many complained about the Google Ads?
      If people did, please Let Me Know :)

    • March 10th, 2010 at 20:29 | #8

      Agree with you. But at times there lot of irrelevant ads being shown and was not on par with the content.

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