Google AdSense and HTML on a prim
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Iron Perth
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09-05-2005 08:33
I'm not sure if everyone is familar with Google AdSense, though I'm sure everyone has seen it during their web browsing activities at one time or another.
Basically it is a program whereby Google pays you money to host their Ads. They have pay per click and pay per banner add shown models. There are many other similar programs on the web, though AdSense is one of the more profitable ones.
At current population levels, I'm not entirely clear on how much money could be made for this, however it'll be interesting to see if people start paying for their tier with money they make off of outside advertisement.
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Chip Midnight
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09-05-2005 08:35
Advertising real world products and services that aren't related to SL is against the TOS as far as I know. If it's not you can bet it will be ammended to ban such practices very soon after we get html on a prim.
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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09-05-2005 08:35
HTML on prim is still a ways away, but if I remember the James Linden town hall correctly, he said there would be options for display. In other words, the default would be having to click the prim face to make the web page appear. This would seem to make a plan like this a bit more difficult.
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Iron Perth
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09-05-2005 08:43
From: Chip Midnight Advertising real world products and services that aren't related to SL is against the TOS as far as I know. If it's not you can bet it will be ammended to ban such practices very soon after we get html on a prim. I didn't see this in the TOS. I have to admit, I'd find that a bit surprising long term, especially with the reduction in stipends that are occuring. I can understand that SL wishes us to find our own ways to make money, I can't understand how they'd restrict our ability to turn to legitimate sources of revenue, however. From: someone HTML on prim is still a ways away, but if I remember the James Linden town hall correctly, he said there would be options for display. In other words, the default would be having to click the prim face to make the web page appear. This would seem to make a plan like this a bit more difficult.
Interesting and perhaps a bit unfortunate, though somewhat understandable given the resource consumption. If you can't rely on the fact that everyone has a web page loaded it does ruin the metaphor of the shared space somewhat. Fortunately, we still have movies which are defaulted to show always (assuming you have QT installed).
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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09-05-2005 08:54
From: Iron Perth Interesting and perhaps a bit unfortunate, though somewhat understandable given the resource consumption. If you can't rely on the fact that everyone has a web page loaded it does ruin the metaphor of the shared space somewhat.
Fortunately, we still have movies which are defaulted to show always (assuming you have QT installed). Imagine a simulator with 300 prims rez'd all with a badly coded web page on them! I could see this happening.  The Lindens are typically very sensitive (sometimes, in my opinion, overly sensitive) to potential spam sources as well. llEmail has a 20 second delay; XML-RPC only being inbound; llInstantMessage and llGiveInventory each have 3 second delays; llLoadURL can only come from a resident owned object, not a group owned object. There's probably a bit of concern with spam here; similar to why you have to hit "play" for a movie to come on. Regards, -Flip
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Iron Perth
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09-05-2005 09:01
From: FlipperPA Peregrine Imagine a simulator with 300 prims rez'd all with a badly coded web page on them! I could see this happening.  I had assumed that the web page restriction would be similar to streaming where you have to be in the parcel. From: someone There's probably a bit of concern with spam here; similar to why you have to hit "play" for a movie to come on.
Actually, that's not quite accurate. You can script QT to play without a button getting pressed. Which is fortunate, as I use this feature extensively in my virtual classrooms.
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Mulch Ennui
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09-05-2005 10:11
From: Chip Midnight Advertising real world products and services that aren't related to SL is against the TOS as far as I know. If it's not you can bet it will be ammended to ban such practices very soon after we get html on a prim. I seem to remember a comment that was stated by a Linden saying they don't oppose outside advertising within SL, just no one was doing it as far as they knew. When I get back later maybe I will try to find that comment. I also inquired directly at my 1st town hall to either Jill or Jeska or Robin I beleive (was very very early upon my arrival in SL) as to whether I could market a product I sell irl in SL, and was told it was fine but was asked to let them know ahead of time. I since decided not to join my RL with SL for various reasons (including mixing business with pleasure) so I never followed up. I assume the policy hasn't changed. But with 3000-4000 people inworld at any time, I don't think there is a huge danger of seeing a Beer logo, a gecko insurance ad, or a Sports product in world anytime soon. Just not enough user base (ROI) to justify the manpower (market research being the largest expense). That being said buying a few 512s (or less) would be extremely cheap to throw up some billboards or interactive trade show like displays, especially if you already knew the user base here was your target market. I would guess it would be more a grassroots startup effort as opposed to mega corp doing it, and I suspect it would be a brand awareness campaign as opposed to a direct marketing effort.
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