[consulting] Drupal.org advertising proposals requested

[The Golden Condor !]

I'm with Khalid on this. Using an existing ads provider is much easier
than trying to manage ads internally. Of course, it doesn't have to be
Google. There are several alternatives. It all boils down to who can
provide the highest CPC (cost per click) and the highest revenue
share.

When ads are displayed in moderation, they can provide value to some
users and negligible inconvenience to others. I like the way they're
displayed on the TRAC web site (trac.edgewall.org).  Generally, the
more intrusive the ads are the money revenue is generated. Let's hope
d.o doesn't get greedy.

Cheers,

TAA

On 5/27/07, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> I think one way to start this is to offer Google Adsense on Drupal.org.
> Google text ads are not intrusive and clearly marked as ads.
> Companies interested in advertising can click "advertise on this site"
> and Google automatically handles the back end for the Association.
>
> This can be done for an experimental period (e.g. 2 months) and then
> reevaluated.
>
> This serves the main goals of this experiment: expose service providers
>  to visitors, and raise money for the association.
>
> It also relieves the Association from the decisions on what ads to run,
> and all the potential complaints about that. It will be Google's algorithms
> that are deciding what ads to run in an auction style ad system.
>
> Still the downside, whichever way we do it, is that big shops with big
> bucks can drown out the smaller shops who do not have a large advertising
> budget.
>
> The Google Adsense module can be used for this. It offers blocks of
> different sizes/channels, and blocks can be made to appear on certain
> paths only if needed.
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