10-22-2004, 06:04 PM
Here's a strategy I've seen used by sites in the past:
You can create a specific "ads" page, and ask people on the message forum to click on them voluntarily, instead of intrusively putting them on the forum or the main page. If you wrote a little bit about how you need clicks to keep this site alive, etc., etc., you'd probably get more clicks. (Also, I'm sure there are some younger, more dedicated QBers here that would go "click crazy".....the excited new QB types that post things in the wrong forums and can't spell would probably be very dedicated clickers.)
Face it -- these days, banner ads are like digital furniture. You don't notice them, and you sure as hell don't click them. I myself haven't clicked a banner ad since about 1999. (Except for those damn "Punch The Monkey!" ones... those ones are too fun to pass up!)
On the other hand, you could also set up a PayPal account for QBasic News and have people voluntarily donate money.
You can create a specific "ads" page, and ask people on the message forum to click on them voluntarily, instead of intrusively putting them on the forum or the main page. If you wrote a little bit about how you need clicks to keep this site alive, etc., etc., you'd probably get more clicks. (Also, I'm sure there are some younger, more dedicated QBers here that would go "click crazy".....the excited new QB types that post things in the wrong forums and can't spell would probably be very dedicated clickers.)
Face it -- these days, banner ads are like digital furniture. You don't notice them, and you sure as hell don't click them. I myself haven't clicked a banner ad since about 1999. (Except for those damn "Punch The Monkey!" ones... those ones are too fun to pass up!)
On the other hand, you could also set up a PayPal account for QBasic News and have people voluntarily donate money.
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