[MaraDNS] Removing the Google ads from MaraDNS' webpage

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When I originally put the ads on maradns.samiam.org and samiam.org, I
promised that the ads would always be unobtrusive and text-only. Well,
Google changed the ads they give their subscribers; what were once
text-only ads now have images in them, making them obtrusive and gaudy.

So I have pulled all ads from my websites. Yes, this is going to cost me
real money. But I made a promise to the MaraDNS community, and I can no
longer be a client of Google ad words and keep that promise. So the ads go.

I have replaced the obtrusive text + image ads with a single unobtrusive
one-line ad at the top of the MaraDNS webpages: "Support MaraDNS or listen
to my music" "Support MaraDNS" takes users to a page where they can make a
PayPal donation. "Listen to my music" takes users to my page where they can
listen to for free and optionally buy the music I am composing.

I keep the promises I have made to the MaraDNS community. That is why I
released Deadwood and MaraDNS 2.0 after I realized I no longer wanted to
define myself as
"The MaraDNS guy." That is why I still fix security problems in MaraDNS 2,
even though, as a single parent, it's hard to find time to do so. And that
is why I spent a lot of time this last weekend scrubbing all of the ads
from my web sites.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">When I originally put the ads on <a href=3D"http://maradns=
.samiam.org">maradns.samiam.org</a> and <a href=3D"http://samiam.org">samia=
m.org</a>, I promised that the ads would always be unobtrusive and text-onl=
y. Well, Google changed the ads they give their subscribers; what were once=
 text-only ads now have images in them, making them obtrusive and gaudy.<br=
><br>So I have pulled all ads from my websites. Yes, this is going to cost =
me real money. But I made a promise to the MaraDNS community, and I can no =
longer be a client of Google ad words and keep that promise. So the ads go.=
<br><br>I have replaced the obtrusive text + image ads with a single unobtr=
usive one-line ad at the top of the MaraDNS webpages: &quot;Support MaraDNS=
 or listen to my music&quot; &quot;Support MaraDNS&quot; takes users to a p=
age where they can make a PayPal donation. &quot;Listen to my music&quot; t=
akes users to my page where they can listen to for free and optionally buy =
the music I am composing.<br><br>I keep the promises I have made to the Mar=
aDNS community. That is why I released Deadwood and MaraDNS 2.0 after I rea=
lized I no longer wanted to define myself as <br>&quot;The MaraDNS guy.&quo=
t; That is why I still fix security problems in MaraDNS 2, even though, as =
a single parent, it&#39;s hard to find time to do so. And that is why I spe=
nt a lot of time this last weekend scrubbing all of the ads from my web sit=
es. </div>

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