Stickies & regular threads get crawled by Google and receive ‘appropriate’ sponsors - but apparently Tuba’s STRAIGHT DOPE SUBSCRIPTION TIME IS NOW! announcement is impervious to the adbots.
I find myself wondering what links would be placed in that thread. The possibilities are virtually limitless. Those of us with IE6 regularly see how keywords in threads dictate ad placement, so I’d have to assume ads like:[ul][li]Bargain $14.95.com[/li][li]Receive Your FREE* JupiterTM 378 Student Level Tuba and[/li][li]Renew This Spring At Westin Hotels In The SouthEast[/ul]…Might show up at the bottom of the thread. [/li]
But imagine if you will, the adbot that crawls the boards on an hourly basis was a little bit more intelligent; and was able to search other threads that mention subscription renewal to determine which advertisers would’ve been viewed by over 1,400 people thus far.[ul][]Maybe it would’ve scanned the Pit, found Mr. Moto’s thread and linked an ad to Remember Your Trip Up North With A Real Loon Tshirt![]It’s even possible it would’ve crawled the drmark2000 banning thread and offered readers links for Pop Tarts or Ice Cream conesThe ATMB renewal discussion might lead to a Craigslist classified ad: Earn $15 Phone Tutoring From Your Home[/ul]But I guess we’ll never know for certain. Maybe you’d like to ‘think’ like a crawler and tell us what ads you’d place in the announcement.