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virtualweb1
06-01-2005, 11:44 AM
When there are so many freehosts with zero ads, what would make someone sign up with a free host with ads?

Thanks
andrew
06-01-2005, 12:42 PM
Lots of space + bandwidth, high quality, good support, professional
LifeAnat
06-01-2005, 12:59 PM
A option to place the ads where ever they liked. You'd be surprized how many people are willing to do that (adsense). If you let people fully customize their ads, then you will be much more popular than the companies that force big ugly ads on people web sites.

hope I'ved helped, LifeAnat (part of the LifeAnatomy Team)
virtualweb1
06-01-2005, 08:33 PM
A option to place the ads where ever they liked. You'd be surprized how many people are willing to do that (adsense). If you let people fully customize their ads, then you will be much more popular than the companies that force big ugly ads on people web sites.

hope I'ved helped, LifeAnat (part of the LifeAnatomy Team)

Yes, I agree.
IMHO if you force big-ugly ads - you tend to only get rubbish sites.

I was actually planning a link exchange / mini-banner / button program.
You support one of several sites of ours, you get free hosting.

Question for the mods: does "link exchange required" classify as "ads" or "no ads" for forum offers...
Arasp
06-02-2005, 03:58 AM
Bandwidth and space can be the most important reasons. And some ads like Google adsense are not that much offensive and they add value to members sites.
zanzan
06-02-2005, 04:28 AM
hmmm bandwidth, space, what u offer them, support, friendly and most importantly give them the freedom to put ur ads anywhere on their site
andrew
06-03-2005, 01:17 PM
does "link exchange required" classify as "ads" or "no ads" for forum offers...

I assume that would be ads, if the link exchange was in banner form.
capitalwebhost
06-18-2005, 06:02 PM
Problem with that is how do you enforce it? Without auto-insertion, you don't have the controls. I suppose you could use something like phpAdsNew to do it, give them the code to insert (variouis options) and tell them that it's up to them to place it. If you're inserting AdSense ads though, you need to be sure that they are aware of placement rules though.

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