A question about advertising
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:21 pm
You may have noticed on the new Civilian MREs section that I've added a Google AdSense ad bar to the right side of the screen. I've also added it in a few other places (such as Buying MREs) for testing.
I wanted to get some feedback from you guys as to what you thought about it.
My main goal isn't so much to drive revenue (because if that was the goal, I'd plaster ads all over every page) but to enhance some of the pages. I don't feel so bad about advertising on the Buying and Civilian MREs pages because those pages are mostly geared towards people looking to purchase things anyway and if Google AdSense does its job, the displayed ads should be relevant.
I won't deny that a little extra change from the ads is nice - it helps offset the cost of hosting the site, but it really isn't my primary motivation here.
So I'd be interested in hearing back from you guys as to what you think. Does it cheapen the site? Enhance it? Do you really care one way or the other?
Thanks,
kman
I wanted to get some feedback from you guys as to what you thought about it.
My main goal isn't so much to drive revenue (because if that was the goal, I'd plaster ads all over every page) but to enhance some of the pages. I don't feel so bad about advertising on the Buying and Civilian MREs pages because those pages are mostly geared towards people looking to purchase things anyway and if Google AdSense does its job, the displayed ads should be relevant.
I won't deny that a little extra change from the ads is nice - it helps offset the cost of hosting the site, but it really isn't my primary motivation here.
So I'd be interested in hearing back from you guys as to what you think. Does it cheapen the site? Enhance it? Do you really care one way or the other?
Thanks,
kman