[serious] Off Topic Moderation Input - Part 2

[self biased]

no, you changed it within the last 6 months

i see a black cross... against a black background

It was when we got bigger avatars. And yes, nikolai, it appears that you aren't using precisely the same avatar.

[Nikolai]

Ah, ok. Thought I used the same file I resized back in the days.

[self biased]

jeeze Nikolai, why do you have to be such a lying liar, telling all your lies?

[Ben Kenobi]

wahts an ad?

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[Alexander's Horse]

you probably get Godly messages and kiddy porn

[Egbert]

I'll try to do more of whatever it is I did then ... which was nothing

This an excellent, and very commendable, goal for a moderator.

[Thoth]

My banner ads aren't working properly either. Every time I click on the one for "Russian mail-order Brides" it just takes me to Serb's profile.

[Aeson]

I just saw an ad for Barbie something-or-other. I may be turning into a little girl

[Egbert]

My banner ads aren't working properly either. Every time I click on the one for "Russian mail-order Brides" it just takes me to Serb's profile.

Serb is Russian.

[Sava]

"there are x number of guests browsing this forum"

Are these bots? People? Both?

Aeson, are you able to tell them apart?

[Aeson]

Bots aren't counted in that number I don't think. It's not accurate in any case, as it's over the last few minutes (I'm not exactly sure how many). The number doesn't include people on the wiki, which is ranking well for Civilization: Beyond Earth terms and getting decent traffic already.

Generally there are from 20 to 30 people on the site at any one time according to (the much more accurate) Google Analytics.

Most of the visitors are Google searches. We get from 2k to 4k visitors directly from Google searches each day. That's not including image search. The babe thread gets a lot of hits in Google image search ... but no one actually comes to the site from image search, they just see the images on Google.

We actually rank pretty well for many Civ 5 terms, we just don't have anything that inspires people to stick around. We also have some very weird terms that bring in traffic ... surprisingly though, the vast majority of it is actually civilization/4x/game related. Here's some of the OT ones from top 500 search terms poly gets at least 10 impressions for in the last month: (not included some stuff I'd rather not repeat)

jaguar hood ornament (#5)
mohd saleh (#2)
why are fins so ugly (#3)
why are russian drivers so bad (#8)
rust in eye (#2)
i got pig iron (#3)
twist in my sobriety meaning (5)
mirin dajo explained ($5)
hemingway racist (#1)
code porn (#1)
cutlery corner promo code (#3)
why is there porn (#1)
umgungundlovu pronunciation (#1)
mcbeer (#6)
jaguar hood ornament history (#2)
uk vs russia war (#6)
middle scroll button not working (#1)
bible belt statistics (#3)
how to yiff (#2 ... I'm affraid to even know what this is)
alessandro juliani leg (#1)
communist pick up lines (#10)
successful genocide (#2)
800x640 (#1)
what is the penalty for a player who spit on an opponent (#6)
manjaw (#1)
party popper in vagina (#2)
sorry for not being much help (#2)
how to stop talking out of the side of your mouth (#6)
bands like soundgarden (#6)
order a slut (#1)
buy a slut (#2)
food poisoning sucks (#2)
canada is **** (#3)
korean boss (#6)

[Aeson]

Apparently umgungundlovu pronunciation is actually on topic ... sorry!

[Sava]

Hahahahahahaha

[My Wife Hates CIV]

those are me before I sign in

[self biased]

i got pig iron (#3)

that is without a doubt the absolute best leonard nimoy quote from civ 4. i showed it to an acquaintance who was in a rock band called "Pig iron," and they opened all their shows with that clip.