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Why aren't there any banner ads?
Why aren't there any banner ads?
I don't want the hassle of managing banner rotation, hit counts, click-through counts, monthly reporting, etc. I also don't want to farm this responsibility out to a third-party to manage. Finally, I like the fact that I can visit my own site and find just what I want - information - without wading through the banners. In short, I just find it much easier to use and manage the site when I don't have to deal with advertisers. I also like the look of the site without banners. As long as I can make the economics work reasonably well without ads, MacOSXHints will remain advertising free. Do I expect to get rich off the site? Absolutely not. Do I hope to make a positive income from the site? If I do, I don't think that's a bad thing in exchange for the time I devote to providing solid information on using Mac OS X. Of course, it's up to you (via your choice to subscribe) to tell me whether you find the site valuable or not; there is no "subscriber only" restricted content anywhere on the site.that sounds like somebody i'd like to support (and i did). what went wrong with you, rob? there must be a better way for you to make money with your talents than defacing the wonderful resource that you put together.
Why aren't there any banner ads?
That was then, this is now. I'm sorry you feel the way you do, but I won't change my plans because of it. If you have read any of my responses to the comments, then you'd probably understand what has changed. Alas, it seems you have not, or you chose to ignore what I wrote.
come clean...and find support
i think the problem we the community had with contributing was that we thought as you had a successful, best-seller mac os x hints book out of the site, that you were sated apart from bandwidth.
come clean...and find support
I like how people think that authoring a single book brings fortune... I'm a Mac book author, with about 8 books so far (as sole or co-author). I'm not rich, by a longshot. Rob didn't get rich from his book either...
p.s.
I also noticed that you quoted the following, but apparently it didn't register. This is in the FAQ you quoted above:
work less on the site...do more consulting
rob, you are clearly very talented and personable.
to the slash 'n burn marketeers above: a few words from tim bernars lee
"People have sometimes asked me whether I am upset that I have not made a lot of money from the Web. In fact, I made some quite conscious decisions about which way to take my life. These I would not change - though I am making no comment on what I might do in the future. What does distress me, though, is how important a question it seems to be to some. This happens mostly in America, not Europe. What is maddening is the terrible notion that a person's value depends on how important and financially successful they are, and that that is measured in terms of money. That suggests disrespect for the researchers across the globe developing ideas for the next leaps in science and technology. Core in my upbringing was a value system that put monetary gain well in its place, behind things like doing what I really want to do. To use net worth as a criterion by which to judge people is to set our children's sights on cash rather than on things that will actually make them happy."
to the slash 'n burn marketeers above: a few words from tim bernars lee
I'm not sure why you think that I'm gaining *anything* from this move!? If measured on a net worth basis, more than likely I will be taking a substantial *hit* to our net worth, not increasing it via the ads.
to the slash 'n burn marketeers above: a few words from tim bernars lee
Typo -- "50%" should be "20%".
on Microsoft
Microsoft lie through their teeth in both business meetings and in court. They have destroyed and pillaged more small companies built on the sweat and talent of good people, than they have bought lock, stock and barrel before discontinuing the competing product.
on Microsoft
Sigh. I apologize to everyone reading this thread; I let my emotions and my beliefs in the site and its continuing purpose get to me in my responses -- I should not have replied to the first post, but I felt that my beliefs were being attacked, and that I had to defend. I should have just stayed quiet.
Everyone just needs to know that this site is extremely important to me, for it is what I love to do! I will do everything that I can to keep it community-oriented, keep it focused on useful information, make it available for free to anyone who wants to see and search the hints, and keep it online for as long as I can do so. Yes, we have banner ads now, but that doesn't change my mission, vision, or feelings for the site one bit ... and it gives me more time to work on it for all of you. That's my commitment to the community, and that's all I have to say on the matter. -rob.
on Microsoft
Rob, it sickens me to see people criticizing you for doing what seems to be the best thing for this site. |
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