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Advertising placement

Posted Feb 1, 2007 16:22 UTC (Thu) by cdmiller (subscriber, #2813)
Parent article: An LWN reader survey

One thing I notice is the lack of advertising on the site. While the low key of the existing advertisements is great, there is plenty of room below that left menu column for more adds. As one scrolls down through the articles on each page, the left hand column is currently empty.

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Posted Feb 1, 2007 16:55 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

I agree with this comment. It amazes me to say this, because while the web has generally turned into an ad-infested nightmare of everything-is-clickable minimal-content sites, LWN stands out as almost entirely ad-free.

I could actually tolerate 1-2 more subtle ads per page iff it would help the bottom line. Especially if they were tasteful. Small, text-only adword blocks are good, 468x60 animated gifs are bad.

If LWN ever invites me to punch the monkey, I'm totally reconsidering my slightly pro-ad position.

Advertising placement

Posted Feb 1, 2007 23:34 UTC (Thu) by jbw (guest, #5689) [Link]

How about allowing people to opt-in to more ads? If there was a button I could click to get more ads (and therefore more revenue for LWN) I would happily choose to do so.