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Site Additions

Most of you will have already noticed the various changes to the website. Firstly, we upgraded the backend software, which should allow us to implement further changes with ease over the next few months. Secondly, we’ve added Google Ads to the top of each page – after years of fighting the need to cover server costs etc, I’ve finally succumbed to adding advertisements to TDG. I apologise to any that feel this compromises the integrity of the Daily Grail, but it comes down to simple financial need – and I feel that the context-related text ads from Google offer a fairly unobtrusive method of doing this. In fact, going by the Google report from yesterday, a lot of people are interested in the content of these ads.

There is also now a Google search box towards the top right of the page, which should allow some convenience in searching for topics of interest which you come across during your daily read of the Grail. The search results open in a new window, so it won’t interfere with your reading.

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  1. Google Adds
    No problem there. Nice job hooking up with the best search engine on the net. Keep up the good work.

    dd I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

    1. FROM ANOTHER DRAGON
      Dear DD, I like your quote, seems like we have had the same experience. What is so nice is that it follows a theme of discovery. That is where the real fun is, seeing how everything is actually connected to everything else. Nothing has helped me more than Google in the past while researching, be it genealogy, history, science or whatever struck my interest at the moment. Love, From one old water dragon, Pam —————————–Truth is stranger than fiction.

  2. Google ads
    Hi Greg,

    Can you fix it so that if we click on a google ad, when we close the ad, TDG will still be there. As it is now, we have to click the back button to get back to TDG.

    Kat

    1. No
      Hi Kat,

      To quote the Google terms and conditions:

      “Clicks on Google ads must not result in a new browser window being launched.”

      Happily, all you have to do is have a real browser (eg. Mozilla or Firefox) and you can middle-mouse click and open it in a new tab.
      😉

      Peace and Respect
      Greg
      ——————————————-
      You monkeys only think you’re running things

      1. Firefox
        Firefox rocks! I can never go back to using Internet Explorer. I love the “tabbed” browsing feature, built-in pop-up blocker etc.

        Furthermore, it’s got far fewer security problems than IE (not immune, just fewer). It’s free and can be downloaded here. Plus the open source community develop and make available (for free) all sorts of plug-ins that make life simpler, and nicer for the Firefox user. This can be accessed from the Mozilla homepage, or from the ‘plug-in FAQ’ page

        Happy browsing all!

        yer ol’ pal,

        Xibalba
        (This post was brought to you by “Realm of the Dead”)

      2. browser window
        Hi Greg,

        There’s a big difference between new page and new window, the latter leads to confusion when surfing back and forth. It is possible to have the adds open in a new page thus conforming to googles terms. That said i ‘m not surprised googles profit has sky rocketed their adds seem to be everywhere these days.

        ” do unto others as you would have them do unto you “

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