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Public Consultation: Friendly Advertising For Free Space?

Started by RPGPundit, March 19, 2007, 01:44:39 PM

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James McMurray

Quote from: KoltarAlso for a purely personal agenda reason , I'd prefer more advertisements for tabletop-style RPG games than for electronic or video games.

Definitely.

Stumpydave

Quote from: KoltarIf it keeps the site going , then I vote for having ads - but only gaming-related ads.

 Also for a purely personal agenda reason , I'd prefer more advertisements for tabletop-style RPG games than for electronic or video games.

- E.W.C.

Gods, yes.  The last thing we need is a tower ad telling us to "chose wisely", or anything related to WoW.
 

RockViper

I don't have a problem with banner ads as long as they are not flashing neon, towers, or those stupid flash pop-overs/unders.
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HinterWelt

Quote from: RockViperI don't have a problem with banner ads as long as they are not flashing neon, towers, or those stupid flash pop-overs/unders.
A lot of folks have been voicing concerns about type and style of ad. To give my take, I would expect an ad like this:


I would love to pay less but would be willing to go as high as $100 for a year run. Position wise, my first choice would be at the top, kind of where theRPGSite logo is now and as a header, through out the entire site.

So, I do not know if that fits with peoples expectations but that is what I was thinking.

Bill
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James J Skach

Quote from: HinterWelt
And a fantastic way to get it on the site :D

Ooops..now I've moved it down...better go back and quote you...

And now everyone needs to quote you so the ad stays at the top of this thread...
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brettmb2

Frankly, I'm opposed to ad space in the form of banners. They are too intrusive and take up too much screen real estate on a site like this.
Brett Bernstein
Precis Intermedia

HinterWelt

Quote from: pigames.netFrankly, I'm opposed to ad space in the form of banners. They are too intrusive and take up too much screen real estate on a site like this.
I do not follow Brett. It takes up no more space than the header at the top of the page.

Bill
The RPG Haven - Talking about RPGs
My Site
Oh...the HinterBlog
Lord Protector of the Cult of Clash was Right
When you look around you have to wonder,
Do you play to win or are you just a bad loser?

brettmb2

Quote from: HinterWeltI do not follow Brett. It takes up no more space than the header at the top of the page.
It means more images have to load, more delay, more scrolling. I like this site because there are no banners. It loads fairly quickly and has no flashy banners distracting me. I guess I'm just burnt out from rpg.net and all the other forums, especially enworld which was ghastly-designed.
Brett Bernstein
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RockViper

Make this banner static and its perfect.

Quote from: HinterWeltA lot of folks have been voicing concerns about type and style of ad. To give my take, I would expect an ad like this:


I would love to pay less but would be willing to go as high as $100 for a year run. Position wise, my first choice would be at the top, kind of where theRPGSite logo is now and as a header, through out the entire site.

So, I do not know if that fits with peoples expectations but that is what I was thinking.

Bill
"Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness."

Terry Pratchett (Men at Arms)

James J Skach

Quote from: pigames.netIt means more images have to load, more delay, more scrolling. I like this site because there are no banners. It loads fairly quickly and has no flashy banners distracting me. I guess I'm just burnt out from rpg.net and all the other forums, especially enworld which was ghastly-designed.
you could limit the size of the image, so that it's not much more than the avatar images....

And if you put it right next to the RPGsite log, no more scrolling...

And I agree about not doing the flashing-I'm-going-into-seizure-thing...

So change your ad, Bill.... :D
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HinterWelt

Quote from: pigames.netIt means more images have to load, more delay, more scrolling. I like this site because there are no banners. It loads fairly quickly and has no flashy banners distracting me. I guess I'm just burnt out from rpg.net and all the other forums, especially enworld which was ghastly-designed.
Well, mostly I was suggesting it as an alternative to what Pundit said. His original proposal would have ads from one publisher in exchange for server space. In this way, you have the same concession but are not tied to the good will of a single publisher. You can host wherever you want and if one of a handful of advertisers give you grief or the membership complains, then they can be gotten rid of with out the grief of switching hosts.

As tot he rest, impose limits. I can make static banners under 20K. If that slows load time then something is fundamentally wring with the server and or forum software.

As to format, heck, don't list several publishers at once. One banner at the top of the fora is hardly intrusive IMO.

Bill
The RPG Haven - Talking about RPGs
My Site
Oh...the HinterBlog
Lord Protector of the Cult of Clash was Right
When you look around you have to wonder,
Do you play to win or are you just a bad loser?

One Horse Town

I haven't waded through all of this thread, so apologies if someone has said something similar upthread somewhere.

Instead of advertising space and those annoying little banners, why not sell sub-forums? We have an Amber one. Just charge some money to create new ones for interested parties. This could be a one-off payment or a yearly 'donation'. That way, the company gets to plug any/all of it's games in one place where discussions can take place about them.

Trouble with this, is that you could end up with a silly amount of forums, but i think it's a nice touch personally. The designers could hang out there to discuss things (as Erik does in the Amber forum).

Could be a solution.

Settembrini

There´s someone willing to pay for a service.

Don´t discuss with him, like he´s some kind of supplicant.
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