I like this site (just made a donation, BTW), and can appreciate all the effort spent on design /… - Feed Post by FunKing
I like this site (just made a donation, BTW), and can appreciate all the effort spent on design / coding / maintenance / etc., but I think that the current implementation of ads is very flawed, to the point of risking its users privacy.
What impressed me the most at first when I signed in was the absence of ads - which is great, since this is a learning platform, and ads can be incredibly distracting, something that no one wants when studying... But now I see blinking images while studying, which makes me want to stop using JapaneseClass.jp ... :(
But, to add insult to injury, today, after clicking for the first time in a link here, a pop-up window opened an ad site that Chrome blocked due to phishing scam reports. I've seen other scam/phishing ads in JapaneseClass.jp before, so I would definitely recommend for the site manager to try other affiliate / ad networks, otherwise these occurrences could tarnish his/her reputation.
A more interesting way to monetize, IMHO, would be to provide the site without ads and for free for a limited amount of time / lessons, then ask for a donation every now and then, more often as more the user visits it. There could be a hard limit, e.g., free for 1 year/until level 6, but requiring a donation after that - a bit like the WhatsApp model.
What impressed me the most at first when I signed in was the absence of ads - which is great, since this is a learning platform, and ads can be incredibly distracting, something that no one wants when studying... But now I see blinking images while studying, which makes me want to stop using JapaneseClass.jp ... :(
But, to add insult to injury, today, after clicking for the first time in a link here, a pop-up window opened an ad site that Chrome blocked due to phishing scam reports. I've seen other scam/phishing ads in JapaneseClass.jp before, so I would definitely recommend for the site manager to try other affiliate / ad networks, otherwise these occurrences could tarnish his/her reputation.
A more interesting way to monetize, IMHO, would be to provide the site without ads and for free for a limited amount of time / lessons, then ask for a donation every now and then, more often as more the user visits it. There could be a hard limit, e.g., free for 1 year/until level 6, but requiring a donation after that - a bit like the WhatsApp model.
posted by FunKing
Comments 5
I made a donation about six months ago and I still see the ads and never have been credited in the donor's list. I use Chrome and installed an ad blocker, which works for this site.
Ad Blocker is the way to go. I agree with you, I deactivated it once, because I didn't yet donate (didn't set up pay pal yet) and I thought it would be fair. But I couldn't handle those adds. The pop-ups were the worst.
Since the site is free, I would not like to install an ad blocker - just like IshizuIshtar, I think it would not be fair. OTOH, the pop-ups *are* phishing scams! This is serious stuff! And knowing that highlandfool still see the ads, I feel like the owner / maintainer of this site might be aware of this and just don't care...- There is a message on this site that says, "please donate to hide advertisments" with a link to the donation page. I have donated, but still see the ads, which I think is not fair, so I installed the ad blocker. If some of the ads are phishing scams, all the more reason to block them.
- I couldn't agree more, highlandfool...
