DeadSeaOfMercury 22,976 Posted January 20, 2022 2 hours ago, the ocean said: how do you pay for the ad free again I didn’t even know you could. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elle 121,283 Posted January 20, 2022 2 hours ago, the ocean said: how do you pay for the ad free again 5 minutes ago, DeadSeaOfMercury said: I didn’t even know you could. If you’re interested, please DM @admin! It’s only a couple bucks a month 1 Quote • 4.18.14 • 5.1.14 • 9.20.14 • 5.28.15 • 6.14.15 • 7.28.16 • 7.24.17 • 10.23.17 • 10.24.17 • 1.25.18 • 2.5.18 • 12.5.18 • 10.3.19 • 10.11.19 • 11.16.19 • SF • ATL • ATL • IND • ATL • CHI • LDN • NYC • NYC • DC • ATL • NYC • PDX • SAN • KS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitate 3,921 Posted January 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Elle said: Hi all, I’m so sorry for the site being offline for so long. A lot of it was just communication with my hosting provider, as they were really slow in getting back to me. Essentially, as we began getting an increase in traffic around Blue Banisters release, I moved us to a larger server, however it was more expensive and I usually auto-bill it monthly to the account that hosts our Adsense funds but at the beginning of the new year I had to pay some of the annual site fees and we didn’t make enough last month in Adsense to have some leftover for hosting and I didn’t realise so they temporarily suspended my account That being said, please consider whitelisting us if you use Adblock as 100% of the funds go back into hosting the site! We also offer a low-cost ad-free subscription & accept donations. (DM @admin if interested) I’ve also been planning to offer other subscription packages with other perks, but haven’t gotten everything set up for that yet skkk but I’ll work on it! i also just want to take this time to remind you all that even though this was just a billing issue, THIS COULD BE OUR FATE if illegal links to leaks of copyrighted content are shared on the site! So, if this downtime scared you a bit, just remember it the next time you think about sharing an illegal link. Anyway, my apologies again! xx I was terrified I thought I got IP banned or something Also, I DMed admin a couple months ago about donating 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredRed 4,836 Posted January 20, 2022 I was most concerned that all the content on this site would be lost in the ether forever! There's a ton of Lana stuff on line but only one, "LANABOARDS "!! 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotshot2am 18,781 Posted January 20, 2022 By the way, no one should intentionally click on ads, it can get the website owner banned from Google Adsense. Disabling Adblocker is fine. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Angel 202,338 Posted January 20, 2022 ngl the time without lanaboards was actually very lonely for me... i'm so glad we're back! 12 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godsmonster 14,221 Posted January 21, 2022 does our typical unreleased Lana links count as illegal links? Like for songs that are old and not intended for release (what i mean do record companies care as much about older material as they do upcoming and new?) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Angel 202,338 Posted January 21, 2022 33 minutes ago, godsmonster said: does our typical unreleased Lana links count as illegal links? Like for songs that are old and not intended for release (what i mean do record companies care as much about older material as they do upcoming and new?) it's only stuff that's officially released or set for official release, i don't think you'll get banned for sharing a 2009 criminals rule the world link 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the ocean 67,601 Posted January 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Gravitate said: Also, I DMed admin a couple months ago about donating same! i also just dmed earlier today as well 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mer 61,775 Posted January 21, 2022 9 hours ago, hotshot2am said: By the way, no one should intentionally click on ads, it can get the website owner banned from Google Adsense. Disabling Adblocker is fine. No hold on, clarification needed. If you see an ad that interests you and want to click on it, by all means go ahead. But the website owner cannot encourage ad clicks. Nor can the website owner promise anything in return for users clicking on ads. It comes down to the website owners intent, not the user clicking the ads. Source: Most of my work is to do with AdSense. 7 Quote ⊹ (:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅) ⊹ 𓊔 I took the miracle move on drug 𓊔 ⚕️ The effects were temporary ⚕️ ⊹ (:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅) ⊹ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the ocean 67,601 Posted January 21, 2022 9 hours ago, hotshot2am said: By the way, no one should intentionally click on ads, it can get the website owner banned from Google Adsense. Disabling Adblocker is fine. but then... the website... doesn't get... the ad money... so what would the point of adsense be then? see below: 11 minutes ago, Mer said: No hold on, clarification needed. If you see an ad that interests you and want to click on it, by all means go ahead. But the website owner cannot encourage ad clicks. Nor can the website owner promise anything in return for users clicking on ads. It comes down to the website owners intent, not the user clicking the ads. Source: Most of my work is to do with AdSense. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotshot2am 18,781 Posted January 21, 2022 Google does all kind of tracking and if the website ad clicks are inorganic (unusually high CTR, instantly closing the ad website after clicking) it's possible to get banned, especially if the website operator suggests you to click it (which isn't the case here). If the ad is something you are interested in, it's obviously fine to click it. "Intentionally" wasn't precise wording. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mer 61,775 Posted January 21, 2022 27 minutes ago, the ocean said: but then... the website... doesn't get... the ad money... so what would the point of adsense be then? Don't worry about that. The web owner still makes money for impressions (although less than clicks). I pay to have an ad free account, so I'm not really sure what kind of ads get published on LB, but if they're ads that you wouldn't want to click on organically, don't. But if you actually want to check out the product advertised, definitely click! 2 Quote ⊹ (:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅) ⊹ 𓊔 I took the miracle move on drug 𓊔 ⚕️ The effects were temporary ⚕️ ⊹ (:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅) ⊹ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the ocean 67,601 Posted January 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mer said: Don't worry about that. The web owner still makes money for impressions (although less than clicks). i know that. i was referring to using an adblocker in that comment. still good to know though! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mer 61,775 Posted January 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, the ocean said: i know that. i was referring to using an adblocker in that comment. still good to know though! I think they were saying not to use an adblocker... 0 Quote ⊹ (:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅) ⊹ 𓊔 I took the miracle move on drug 𓊔 ⚕️ The effects were temporary ⚕️ ⊹ (:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅) ⊹ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Angel 202,338 Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Mer said: Don't worry about that. The web owner still makes money for impressions (although less than clicks). I pay to have an ad free account, so I'm not really sure what kind of ads get published on LB, but if they're ads that you wouldn't want to click on organically, don't. But if you actually want to check out the product advertised, definitely click! a lot of members have reported seeing ads for incest mangas 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddisease 17,937 Posted January 21, 2022 I thought it was Lana's team that took it down. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotshot2am 18,781 Posted January 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, baddisease said: I thought it was Lana's team that took it down. I think Lana's team has given up long ago on leaks. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddisease 17,937 Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, hotshot2am said: I think Lana's team has given up long ago on leaks. I don't think so. Album songs get her in trouble and certain unreleased songs ([removed]) do too. Edited January 21, 2022 by admin removed song name x 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the ocean 67,601 Posted January 25, 2022 uh what was that edit: the site was down for an hour and there was a message that said "Site offline, will be up soon!" or something like that 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites