Dear users, some of you might have noticed the appearance of Google ads on Slashgeo's website. Here's some explanations.
Our website and services have been provided ad-free during our first 5 years. Hopefully, Slashgeo.org is driven by your contributions and a team of volunteer editors (want to join? :-), but the occasional donations (see related right-hand side box) has never been enough to cover hosting expenses. Our open budget indicates we're about $4,000 in the red. It's actually not a major problem, but we're looking for means to reduce our monthly deficit.
Slashgeo is managed by a registered non-profit organization. In order to reduce annoyance, there is only one ad displayed, and settings we modified to remove sexually-oriented ads and the like.
During Summer 2007, we tried to experiment with ads, but our account was quickly closed due to a suspicion of click fraud (which I still don't understand). Now that we're using Drupal and that user clicks are properly tracked, we shouldn't run into similar problems. That said, please don't click on ads unless sincerely interested by it.
Thank you for your comprehension. -- Alex
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