New Search Feature

[bszopi]

Ok, so up until the last few days, site donations had been down to nearly nothing. To those who donated recently, we really appreciate it! Anyway, about 3 weeks ago, after thinking it over long and hard, I finally added some advertising to the via in the form of Google ads. But, to keep with the tradition of the site, only non-registered visitors see the ads. But, it is still helping generate a small amount of money to help pay server costs. So what does this have to do with the search feature I mentioned?? The code I used for the ads also included code for a site-dedicated Google search. Of course, this was only seen by non-registered users. Until now...

I have added the code to the search dropdown in the navigation bar above. I think this search is actually better than the other searches on the site because it searches the ENTIRE site. So when you go to look for something, results come up from both the forum and the site content. Since it is powered by Google (and since its part of the ad package), there are ads located next to the search results. So, 60V6 now technically does have ads, but its really not annoying like most ads. Oh, and there are times that the ads have NOTHING to do with cars, but that is sometimes just the nature of Google.

Anyway, check out the new search feature and let me know what you think. We don't get any money unless you click on a link, so this isn't a ploy to make money. If the search wasn't a good resource, then I wouldn't have even mentioned it.

[robertisaar]

it's not bad....

when you say the site doesn't get money unless i click on ads, does that mean, "every once in a while", click on the advertisered links to generate some revenue for the site?

[SappySE107]

I would rather you only click if it interests you.

[robertisaar]

bummer.... i was about to start a one-man 60V6 fund-raiser...

[nixtux]

I have a VPS from slicehost I don't use anymore but still pay for. If that is something that would be useful here, let me know. I might even have a dedicated server I could host but I can't say for sure right this minute. If it's something you guys could use, I'm 90% sure I could make it happen. I just have to verify I have a server available and the bandwidth wouldn't interfere with my business usage. It's unlikely that it would though since the connection is 100m/bit.

The Slice host is pretty good too, it's a 512 slice, payment is auto and I have no plan to cancel it. I don't recall a outage from them since I've had it, but I haven't used it since May.

[bszopi]

We are already on a VPS and the bill really isn't that bad (around $50/mo). So its not like we NEED the money. And thanks for the offer, but I've moved servers so many times, I really have no urge to do it again unless I absolutely have to. I don't intend for the ads to make me and Ben rich, nor even pay for all the site costs. But being able to know that even $10-$20/mo is being automatically generated by people who visit the site is nice the know.

And yes, I agree with Ben. Please don't click on a link unless it interests you. Ben knows first hand that the more clicks that people give is more money out of the advertiser's pocket. I know when I first set it up, there was a link to a cylinder head shop here in Arkansas, so I clicked on the link to get more info about them. But I'm not going to randomly click on links just so the site can turn a profit.