The NBST scanlations have known quite a bit of success. And since success => more downloads => more bandwidth consumed => cost more, and the joyriding can't last forever.

So I'd figured it would be great if the scans could pay for themselves.

Now, some sites ask for donations. However, the problem with donations is that it's often random and unreliable source of funding and it would be pitiful to have to beg for donations each month. And I thoroughly loathe paypal.

With that in consideration, I added some ads to generate some hosting money. Ads provide a trickle of revenue. not as much donations. But it's fairly constant and in the long run, should provide just enough to keep the site afloat.

There are currently one ad network being run on nbnakama.com. Value Click Media





the above button is a referral link.

There are 3 forms of advertising on this site. banners, Interstitials and pop-unders.

• The banners are visible on almost all pages on the site. Nothing special about them. except... check update below
• The interstitials appear when ever you click a download/view link on the site. These are transition screens containing some advertisements that are displayed for 10 seconds. After those 10 seconds, you are automatically redirected to your destination.
  
  Important: It seems that the interstitials are geo-targeted. This means that it will not show for visitors from just any country. Currently only the USA and some European countries are targeted. I myself haven't been served one in months.
  
  My advice is to just wait out those 10 seconds. Unless of course, you see something that catches your eye. The NBST will gain something out of it and you won't lose much.
  
  Note that the interstitials shouldn't appear more than once per 48/72 hours (provided cookies are enabled on your browser). So it won't bug you much.
• The pop-unders appear on the download page but not on the online viewer. The pop-unders are the main source of revenue for us so please disable your pop-up blockers temporarily for the download page and let them load completely. It will only make a maximum of one pop-unders.
  
  Also, don't ever install stuff if the pop-unders ask you to unless you know what you are doing.  The ads displayed on this site are provided by a (more or less) reputable company so there shouldn't be malware. But you can never be too careful heh, advertising revenue is a double edge sword.
  
  The pop-unders are usually limited to 1 per 72 hours per visitor. If you flush your cookies every 2 minutes, that's your funeral.

To Click Or Not To Click?

Something important to realise is that the ads shown on the site are "pay per view" and not the usual "pay per click". Simply, this means you don't even have to click on them for the NBST to gain some ad money. Jut let em load. It's an awesome concept really.

It only costs a tiny bit of bandwidth for you and it means a lot to us. Well that's not completely true. There is a quota apparently called the "click through ratio". For every 1000 ads displayed there should be at least 1 click. If you click on any one ad every 3 months, we'll all be fine.

Also, for every click there is (in theory) a tiny revenue boost. So, just in case you really want to do us a favour, and see something that really interest you in one of the ads, here are two simple tips on what to click and what not to click.

Do not Click on cheap looking ads.
the kind of ads with flashy colours that say "YOU HAVE WON!". Simply ignore those. mental block.

Trust ads that have a brand name on them or display a company name or a web address. Basically something you can trace. In extreme cases, do a search. Ask google about the company/website/product/whatever. Just from the search results you can guess if the ad is legit or not. It's rather round about but then you'll know it's safe to click.

Cookies

The site uses cookies for saving some user settings. But the interstitial/pop-under ads also set cookies to avoid showing up too often. They are local cookies and will not threaten your privacy as they do not store any user information. You should at least allow session cookies.

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-- A little update --

I've been experimenting with very simple techniques to detect if visitors are using ad filtering and effectively disable the download script and online viewer for them. Actually, I'm not disabling anything. It's prank level stuff really. They're doing it to themselves.

The reason is... that some turd made the mistake of *bragging* about how he uses adblock to block out the ads on the site to read the NBST releases (that's deadly sin, the bragging part) . So enjoy my block on you, sucker.

I'd like to stress that the majority of visitors usually allow the ads to be loaded, which is the reason why the site has been running for over a year now (thanks by the way). If you did not filter out ads before, you'll be fine and will not notice anything changed (except for the random script updates). This new 'trick' I introduced is aimed at those few who want to eat their cake and still have it.  Ad blocking not fair to those who honourably support us.

Now, if you have questions ask them here. Also report any annoying ads or possible malware in the ads.