[consulting] Drupal.org advertising proposals requested

[Kieran Lal]

On 5/29/07, Karthik <narakasura at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thinking out loud:
>
> d) As I believe somebody has already stated, use affiliate programs to
> generate revenue. Instead of pushing for advertising, perhaps
> something along the following lines might prove more beneficial:
>   - Expand the recommended hosts page to include a Drupal.org review
> of each host's offerings. For e.g., support for LOCK TABLES, TEMPORARY
> TABLE, clean URL support, safe modes and so on.
>   - This could also be used to perhaps push for PHP 5 support by
> making this a prerequisite.
>   - Include only commercial hosts with suitable infrastructure in
> place. No lilliput 1 man shows etc.
>   - All links to the host will contain an affiliate ID that will
> generate revenue for Drupal.
>   - Give these pages an appropriate level of prominence on drupal.org.


How does an affiliate link to a hosting provider not qualify as paid
advertising?

Kieran


Some of the above ideas might be a little extreme. But I'm just
> putting it out there ...
>
> On a related note, association.drupal.org does not seem to have any
> information (besides a brief donor list) on the financial status of
> the Drupal Association. If membership / advertising / whatever
> programs are to succeed, I highly recommend keeping things transparent
> and accessible to the community.
>
> -K
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