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On November 01 2011 18:33 sVnteen wrote:
customization is really cool but the featured stream thing is just hilariously bad (not to de-feature some streams since that was necessary and good but WHICH streams you de-featured)
for example phoenix and vibe drop out while destiny and desrow (i kinda understand that you dont want to de-feature those since they have lot of viewers for whatever reason) but also lz or HappyZergling or Gosl(wait who?) or kawiirice dont get de-featured while phoenix is clearly way better than all of them
(also there are not all streams listed (for example TakeTV ....)
Agreed I don't get why desrow gets to stay and phoenix is dropped when phoenix streams nearly everyday, and produces games of much higher quality then desrow.
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As I run some websites myself I've been keeping track of the TL alexa numbers and they have skyrocketed since the release of SC2, it's now quite stable around the 3000 mark. This essentially means that TL is amongst the 3000 most visited sites on earth.
It's very difficult to estimate visitors just based on Alexa numbers but it could quite possibly be seven figures in terms of monthly visitors and around 100 million monthly page views. The margin of error is very high but the money TL could pull in with proper ad placement is quite amazing, if I were them I'd certainly experiment a lot more and in smaller scale to see what works best.
TL mainly has reoccuring visitors, which decreases the profit. However, even on a site that pretty much only has reoccuring visitors concerning a low profit subject, one can pull in at least a dollar per 1000 page views with some good ad placement.
As such, I am happy that TL tries some new stuff in regards to ads, as they have massive potential in terms of income. If anything, they should try much more stuff. Hopefully they realize that the best way to turn over the profit is to continue giving it back to the community, such as by hosting more tournaments.
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team liquid is the gift that keeps on giving. I love you guys
Also thank you for clarifying "featured streams".
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
omg so i have to move my mouse further to reach things now.. browsing tl is gonna be more energy consuming
FML
cool changes to side bar though.
awesome work peeps.
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Awesome! I really like the new setup. Thank you!
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MY EYES CAN'T HANDLE ITS LULULULUL >_<!!!!
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The widened site layout sux 
The changes to the sidebar are good, but now I have to scroll to even see the sidebar...
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Why does Elly the ESPORTS Elephant sometimes make me fly into a minor nerd rage over BW elitism? Other times it doesn't bother me at all. Anyway, I miss the TL horse plushie adblock banner (not that I use adblock on TL, just noticed it had changed before an ad loaded).
Cool changes overall, but I'd love it if the stream preferences (Dota, LoL) applied to the left side forum bar as well, so I can scroll down to Closed Threads more quickly.
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It occurs to me that the banner ad at the top could have simply been placed vertically between the toolbar and the main/sidebars. That would have eliminated the need for the weird site width change. However, I do like that TL is being honest about the reasoning for the changes.
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Loving the changes to the sidebar. I'm ok with the width change, but have you guys thought about making the site fluid layout or maybe making the option of the width 960 vs 1280 (to logged in users)?
I know the former may cause problems because of the older ad size you guys were talking about.
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I expect a lot of angry streamers who used to be featured 
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Really like this update, especially the right sidebar settings.
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Gonna take a while to get used to the width, other than that it looks sweet
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It's too wide.
Why don't you put the ad banner just under the main menu, using the whole width of the page?
P.S. The Sidebar Settings are cool!
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I love all changes. I'm just wondering why MilleniumTV was un-featured as I believe it airs nearly every day and i has a solid constant amount of viewers ?
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Ellie the ESPORTS elephant stares at me with blank eyes, reminding me to turn off adblock T_T
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Bisutopia19262 Posts
Seeing Bisu at #1 on the front page of TL has made shed tears of happiness! Love the changes TL. Flamewheel, can we get a preseason power rank please?
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EPT
