advertisement in between postings

[Nastrand2000]

We all know you have to make money off this site.....but please kill the sponsored  adds after every post

[AhuraMazda]

Maybe Stefan needs to by a new car.

[hartiberlin]

Hi,
I am currently testing out new ads on the forum,
cause the members are increasing, but the clicked
ads was decreasing.

I have now only text ads inside the topics, so
this is less intrusive and I will soon change a few things
cause I have to try out other text ads.

Also I will have a real paid membership,
where you will get rid of all ads for a very small
fee per month or year...

The income from this will go in major parts to the active
users, that produce reports and add new content.

Stay tuned for more.....

Regards, Stefan.

[AhuraMazda]

You may kill off the goose that is trying to lay the golden egg!

[shruggedatlas]

I have now only text ads inside the topics, so
this is less intrusive

On the contrary, this is the most intrusive thing possible.  The forums are the main things that we read.  We can tune out the things outside of the forum frame, but with this, we are forced to scan past them.

By the way, there is a theory, which I think is valid, that goes something like this.  Ads should only be displayed to the unique or relatively infrequent visitor, and return visitors should get ads turned off.  This may seem counterintuitive, but it makes sense.  Think about the unique or first time visitor.  There is a good chance he or she just stumbled on this board by sheer accident.  For example, if I was searching for new motor parts, and for some reason google threw me over here because new motor sounds like newman motor, and if there is an ad for motors, I may click on it.  However, if I was a frequent visitor, I frankly would not care what you advertised, because I did not come to the site for helpful suggestions about things I may want to buy - I came on to read the forums.  Anyway, that is the theory.