Re: [pgsql-advocacy] www.postgresql.org

On 7 Jan 2003 at 10:49, Steve Litt wrote:

> At Troubleshooters.Com, our experience is that hosting ads isn't worth it. 
> Word is out that ads are so ineffective, that people are unwilling to pay 
> even a penny per impression.

My experience running freebsddiary.org, freshports.org, and 
freshsource.org differs from that of the above.

> Perhaps you could have third parties host small (5 paragraph) essays, with a 
> link to their website. Bandwidth is about the same as a banner ad, but the 
> essay, if written right, goes a long way to giving the author credibility. At 
> the bottom of the essay (or maybe at the top) is a link to their commercial 
> web page. I think that type of advertising might be effective enough to draw 
> revenue.
> 
> All essays should be valuable to the reader whether or not he or she purchases 
> the product. But of course, you'll learn/get  a lot more if you purchase the 
> product.

I think that those who are objecting to ads on the site should follow 
the suggestion given by Josh Berkus at 
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2003-01/msg00191.php

In other words, stop providing suggestions as to what can be done.  
Get off your own ass and do it.  In short, put up or shut up.


-- 
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/