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Eggy
webmaster & eldest son
Camberwell, London
Link Advertising & Ad Free Option28 Jan '07 11:17 am
We are trialing new blue link ads on the main site. An example is shown below :
They'll be up for at least 30 days. Apologies to our regular readers if you find these a little intrusive. What do you all think about the advertising on the main site? I'm considering making an Ad-Free Mooseys Country Garden for established forum members as I don't think many of you guys get any value out of the ads.
Who would be interested in an Ad-free Mooseyscountrygarden.com? |
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Eggy
webmaster & eldest son
Camberwell, London
P.S.28 Jan '07 11:19 am
The speech bubble ad doesn't appear until you move your mouse pointer over a double blue link. |
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goose
Weekend Gardener
Coatesville , Auckland
28 Jan '07 11:49 am
AD-FREE sounds great to me Eggy  |
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moosey
head gardener
words which turn into bubbles28 Jan '07 7:57 pm
I'm not sure I like these dorky bubbles popping out of my own terribly creative words... hee hee! But as a dutiful mother I will do what number one son asks me to do and trial them. Hmmmm. Then again, I could start replacing the keywords with pseudonyms, or asterixes. For example, instead of writing the word 'gardener' I could just write g*****er. Or I could deliberately mis-spell things. Interesting... |
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Eggy
webmaster & eldest son
Camberwell, London
28 Jan '07 11:52 pm
I don't like the 'dorky bubbles' or gaudy blue links much either, but I like them more than the moosey server bill... |
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Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
29 Jan '07 1:21 am
Eggy, thank you for reminding to me this aspect of the site, since I have been experiencing only the... romantic, flowery aspect of it, like Alice in Wonderland...  |
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Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
Practicalities29 Jan '07 3:44 am
Eggy, I have often wondered about that bill...
It seems to me an excellent system - as it is entirely up to the reader to activate the ad, and I would much rather know the future of this wonderful site is secure because the overheads are lower.
I use google's gmail, and they have a similar system of picking up keywords from a mail and listing adlinks in a column on the right. It is entirely my choice to open or ignore them and at most they provide harmless diversion, as it is fascinating to see how international their databank is!
I don't think you need have a two-tier system either - especially as it is bound to mean that the financial relief is less when you have a two-tier system. We can all live with it, and perhaps even combine virtual gardening with virtual mall-cruising |
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goose
Weekend Gardener
Coatesville , Auckland
Change of mind29 Jan '07 8:59 am
My previous post said I would be all for Ad-Free.
I thought Eggy meant ad-free for just the Forum but having read Jacks post I must have misunderstood. Anyway
if this does mean as Jack says that it would mean the financial relief is less with a two tier system then yes
I agree to live with it. The future of the site is far more important. |
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Anna
Gone to seed
Hamilton, New Zealand
29 Jan '07 2:54 pm
Ditto. It's just a fact of life that boards have ads to survive. I just tune them out mentally like I do TV commercials.  |
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Bambi
Slowly Learning Gardener
Kent, England
30 Jan '07 2:38 am
Same here - do whatever you need to do to keep the site running smoothly and we'll be happy! |
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