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roly
April 14th, 2002, 19:22
How come there is a big netfirms ad in free webspace?
Bruce
April 14th, 2002, 20:04
Probably becasue they purchased advertising.
trenzterra
April 14th, 2002, 21:42
Originally posted by Bruce
Probably becasue they purchased advertising. thats the reason I guess.


But the ads are too big i think...
is0lized
April 14th, 2002, 22:09
why doesnt people add that hack that puts sponsors in the category's?
Bruce
April 14th, 2002, 22:19
Originally posted by is0lized
why doesnt people add that hack that puts sponsors in the category's? :confused:
is0lized
April 14th, 2002, 23:27
there is a hack that will put sponsor images into the catagory - see here http://sitepointforums.com/
Bruce
April 14th, 2002, 23:32
That's not really a hack, just a little template coding...

Probably because hosts aren't paying to advertise for a category, just one forum in the categroy.
is0lized
April 14th, 2002, 23:50
yeah it is a hack, i seen it at vbulletin.org


it allows you to choose via the acp
Blank Verse
April 15th, 2002, 03:34
Damn that's a huge ad. I was gonna post about it until i saw this thread.
The Red Guy
April 15th, 2002, 03:42
The font should be smaller as well as the image. It makes me avoid FWS forum now.
anhedonia
April 15th, 2002, 04:39
:eek: :eek: :eek:


That's ENORMOUS! :angry2:
conkermaniac
April 15th, 2002, 05:23
I've seen bigger at SitePoint.
Blank Verse
April 15th, 2002, 05:36
I'd just like to point out that this is freewebspace.net :p
biggulp
April 15th, 2002, 05:38
the white background should be made transparent...looks tacky.:confused2
conkermaniac
April 15th, 2002, 05:47
Originally posted by Blank Verse
I'd just like to point out that this is freewebspace.net :p

Maybe Peo wanted to FWS to be even more popular (and therefore cost him more money) so he adopted the ways of SitePoint (which is much more popular than FWS). :p

However, I agree. The ad is annoying, and it should be removed. I bet the users at SitePoint hate those ads too. ;)
biggulp
April 15th, 2002, 06:06
hopefully peo doesn't resort to banner ads :(
Peo
April 15th, 2002, 06:10
The ads on Sitepoint is much larger than here. I saw one ad being 143x184 + text. Here we only allow 125x125 + text. WHT also have larger ads than we do. And we currently only have ads in the Paid Hosting forum and the Free Webspace forum.

isolized, our sponsors wish to sponsor specific forums and not categories.
Jan
April 15th, 2002, 06:21
Originally posted by biggulp
hopefully peo doesn't resort to banner ads :(
He has had some already :) You mean you didn't notice??? :p

I don't see the big deal, how many sites do you guys frequent these days that don't have advertising of some kind? Helps to offset the running costs of big sites and this is a big site.
LeX
April 15th, 2002, 10:29
I'm not bothered by it.
biggulp
April 16th, 2002, 04:47
Originally posted by Jan

He has had some already :) You mean you didn't notice??? :p

I don't see the big deal, how many sites do you guys frequent these days that don't have advertising of some kind? Helps to offset the running costs of big sites and this is a big site.

I mean the forums. because i don't go to the main page.
anhedonia
April 16th, 2002, 05:02
Yahoo! ads really frighten me.
is0lized
April 16th, 2002, 05:16
Originally posted by anhedonia
Yahoo! ads really frighten me.


where did that comment come from :confused:
Blank Verse
April 16th, 2002, 14:03
Have you seen some of those Yahoo ads?
is0lized
April 16th, 2002, 14:28
that has nothing to do with this forum, i dont think yahoo would advertise here
Blank Verse
April 16th, 2002, 14:34
It's not neccessarily Yahoo, but ads of that magnitude are scary, so if someone wanted to pay for that type of ad here, well, that would really suck.
Todd
April 16th, 2002, 16:47
Perhaps you need to increase your resolutions? ;)

It really doesn't seem that large at all to me. Also keep in mind this is a free forum so advertising is to be expected. If you don't want to see the ad I have a great idea, contact Peo and offer to pay for a month of advertising and then decline to place an ad there for the month. :D

With the rate FreeWebspace.net is growing at I'm impressed it only has this much advertising. I'm sure Peo could obtain sponsors for just about all the sections on the forum.
is0lized
April 16th, 2002, 17:44
yeah, this and WHT are big, im glad their aint any popups, cept i have a popup killer


and i use a 1280 x 1024 res, so im fine
Bruce
April 16th, 2002, 20:19
Trust me, these ads aren't that bad. Just be thankful there isn't an ad-covered splash page before entering every forum.
Blank Verse
April 17th, 2002, 01:56
Oh, I totally agree, these ads are more than bearable. the netfirms one may be a little large by this site's standards, but I've seen (and been annoyed by) far worse.
The Red Guy
April 17th, 2002, 02:04
Originally posted by Blank Verse
Oh, I totally agree, these ads are more than bearable. the netfirms one may be a little large by this site's standards, but I've seen (and been annoyed by) far worse. The worst I think is still Multimania's on the FWS last time.
Blank Verse
April 17th, 2002, 02:18
I'll tell you what, if we ever get ads like Virtual Avenue, I'm not coming back here :p
trenzterra
April 17th, 2002, 03:02
Originally posted by Blank Verse
I'll tell you what, if we ever get ads like Virtual Avenue, I'm not coming back here :p how does their ads look like?
Blank Verse
April 17th, 2002, 03:20
you get a couple of pop ups every page.
anhedonia
April 17th, 2002, 03:28
And they're vaguely porn-related, ugly, huge and hard to close. :mad:
Blank Verse
April 17th, 2002, 03:29
Porn related? It's been a while since I've been at a Virtual Ave site, I guess.
anhedonia
April 17th, 2002, 05:57
Well not exactly porn...But you know, chicks draped over the banners suggestively, advertising stuff that's got nothing to do with their presence. That kind of lame stuff.
Blank Verse
April 17th, 2002, 15:02
Ah..the stuff that actually sells....gotcha :p
anhedonia
April 18th, 2002, 03:33
... To people who are sad and gullible. :rolleyes:


:p
Jan
April 18th, 2002, 04:36
This thread has really strayed of the topic of advertising on these forums :rolleyes:

Have you all noticed the new ad in general discussions? :p
conkermaniac
April 18th, 2002, 05:02
Originally posted by Jan
This thread has really strayed of the topic of advertising on these forums :rolleyes:

Have you all noticed the new ad in general discussions? :p

Yes, I have. I just have one question...Can I even trust an Aussie hosts at all? I haven't had very many real-life experiences (in fact, I have had none) with smart Aussies. :confused: :D Don't worry, I'm not talking about you guys. I can't judge your intelligence simply over a message board.
trenzterra
April 18th, 2002, 05:40
Originally posted by Jan
This thread has really strayed of the topic of advertising on these forums :rolleyes:

Have you all noticed the new ad in general discussions? :p Yes.


So now Peo has to edit his sentence:


And we currently only have ads in the Paid Hosting forum and the Free Webspace forum. :D
Moonman
April 18th, 2002, 08:02
all i can say is there MAY be a php50 (or the paid host soon to be opening) ad coming on a forum, but i dont know which one. Any suggestions of which one?
is0lized
April 18th, 2002, 09:06
$50 a month isnt bad if you know you will get hits
murat
April 18th, 2002, 09:46
who cares how much ads here are ?if you dont liek them, just dont click them
is0lized
April 18th, 2002, 10:02
i dont care one way or another about the ads, and if FWS does get popups, i have a popup killer..


and im talking about advertising on the forums...

im curious what the click ratio for these ads