alexander_rosser Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 <p>Hi all<br> This is really addressed to the moderator or to the photo.net management though other comments and advice would be welcome.<br> I'm a newly registered member and I think the content of the site is excellent. However I'm one of those fuddy-duddies that have real problems with flashing ads - they give me a migraine. Somewhere it say that subscribers (i.e $25 per year) get "reduced" advertising. What does that mean? Virtually none, or just slightly less? Do all those garish flashing ads go away? Especially that one that starts with "Congratulations" (I couldn't read any further - it hurt my head.)<br> Alex</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_chartrand Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 <p>Hey! If it wasn't for those "Congratulations" ads, I wouldn't get any positive feedback at all. Thank God for letters addressed to occupant, too. Some of us are lonely.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sattler123 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 <p>Honestly - it hardly makes any difference. I am totally annoyed by all the ads on this site. I am a subscriber and will continue to support the site, but the amount of blinking and moving ads are ridiculous.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phyrpowr Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 <p>I'm a "life member" and still get a bunch of ads. Including the flashing ones. Which affect my. Attention. Span.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 <p>This thread should help:</p> <p>http://www.photo.net/site-help-forum/00V0Og</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2239727 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 <p>Josh please tell us why we have to put up with the flashing - moving adds? I like many don't mind the adds that don't flash or move. It's the flashing one's that are a pain, we don't want them - I know the addmen do, How do you stand on this. Someone in PN must make the choice to use them.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikael_karlsson Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 <p>I'm a subscriber and for me it's more about supporting the site than seeing less ads. having said that when I'm logged in I get no flashing or moving ads on Photo.Net. I use Firefox and (ack) IE on PC and Safari and Firefox on Macs.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 <p>Danny, there are any number of reasons why you might be seeing flashing moving ads. The two most likely are:</p> <p>1. It's a junk ad from an ad network that slipped through our "this is what we will accept" filters. It happens, more than I would like. If you are located in a non-N. America part of the world particularly.</p> <p>2. Some specific photo.net advertiser requested such an ad. We do our best to say "Hey Canon, flashing ads really don't improve response" but at the end of the day, this is a business and sometimes we just end up having to go that direction. I think most good advertisers (and canon is a good advertiser) know that being creative is better than being annoying. But advertising is all about getting your attention and sometimes ad companies go overboard on that.</p> <p>Ads are an unfortunate reality in the web world. But it is what it is. The bills have to be paid. You can't have full time programmers and people answering email and backup servers and so on if you don't have the money to pay for it. The early 2000's were fun, when companies didn't have to make any money on the web. But those days are long gone.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatkins Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 <p>Photo.net doesn't chose the ads. I think we can say what type of ads we don't want, but the ad servers don't always listen. We can only complain to them "after the fact"</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 <blockquote> <p>Photo.net doesn't chose the ads. I think we can say what type of ads we don't want, but the ad servers don't always listen. We can only complain to them "after the fact"</p> </blockquote> <p>It is more accurate to say that we don't choose ALL of the ads. Some of them are direct from our system, mostly these are any photographic related ad you see. But almost all of the rest are from the adservers.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander_rosser Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 <p>Thanks guys for the feedback. I now know that it is not worth my while to pay $25 per year to be a subscriber, as I will still be swamped with flashing, intrusive, migraine-causing ads.<br> Regrettably, it also means that my visits here will be infrequent as the content is very good.<br> I am also a little surprised that photo.net receives over $25 PER MEMBER in ad revenue. Otherwise they would net more revenue by offering a "pay for no ads" option.<br> Alex</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 <p>I am guessing that you would be surprised at how much it costs to run a site like this one. The answer is a lot.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2239727 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 <p>Just a foot not Alexander $25 is a good price, this is one of the very best photo sites with quality photographic workers. I've looked at many other sites all costing a lot more some with a lot of flashing adds on every page.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2239727 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 <p>A lot of concerns have been made here and I'm sure PN have taken notice. I'm a little wiser</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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