Frequently Asked Questions - Displaying Ads

If you have a website that pertains in some way to FLOSS, then absolutely!

Sorry, but the network is dedicated only to websites that are FLOSS-relevant and advertisers that are FLOSS-appropriate. That is the main purpose of the Ad Bard Network.

Yes! So long as your website is somehow relevant to FLOSS some of the time, you may join the Ad Bard Network.

We manually review every website that asks to join the Ad Bard Network. If we do not find any content relevant to FLOSS on your website, then we send you an email telling you that your website is not appropriate for the Ad Bard Network. If we missed FLOSS content, please reply to this email and provide some links to appropriate content on your website.

The Ad Bard Network was created to bring FLOSS-appropriate advertisers together with FLOSS-relevant websites.

The Ad Bard Network tracks how many times advertisements are displayed on your website, as well as how many advertisements are clicked on your website. The more advertisements you display on your website, and the better your click through rate, the larger your earnings.

Your earnings will be calculated each month, based on what percentage of the the network's total impressions and clicks came from your website. Your earnings and the algorithm used to determine your earnings will be displayed in your account. Payment will then be made each month if you have earned more than $50 since your last payment. If you do not earn more than $50, your earnings will be saved and added to your subsequent earnings until you have earned more than $50.

All payments will be made through PayPal.com. At a future time, we will explore using alternative payment methods. If you are unable to accept payment via PayPal, please let us know what online payment methods you can accept so that we can review the possibility of adding support for that payment method in the future.

You will need to add the following exception in Ad Block to prevent it from blocking Ad Bard Network advertisements:


@@http://*adbard.net/*