what do people think about pushing the TextAds beyond the home page

October 26, 2001 12:36 PM

So if TextAds were so successful, what do people think about pushing the TextAds beyond the home page to the top of the main MeFi links of the day? That would allow for a lot more impressions, maybe at a slightly cheaper rate than the homepage ad rate?

I've enjoyed following the links from the TextAds more often than not, so I'm all for more, as long as they stay relatively high quality (I suppose Matt's the ultimate arbiter in this case.)
posted by gen to MetaFilter-Related at 12:36 PM (7 comments total)

Well, the demand is obviously there.
I'd see no problem with it. They're very unobtrusive.
posted by Su at 1:34 PM on October 26, 2001

Something tells me that if TextAd page views were subtracted from all pages and not just the front page, demand would die real fast.
posted by dogmatic at 2:11 PM on October 26, 2001

They seem pretty darn cheap already.
posted by justgary at 3:13 PM on October 26, 2001

at first i thought that dogmatic was right, but on second thought, why should it matter if you see the textad on the front page or on a comments page?
posted by rorycberger at 4:01 PM on October 26, 2001

Your allotted amount of views would disappear very quickly.
posted by justgary at 4:03 PM on October 26, 2001

I want to keep them somewhat special.

Front page only, otherwise everyone will grow blind to them immediately (if they haven't already).
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:10 PM on October 26, 2001

Your allotted amount of views would disappear very quickly.

exactly, justgary. and i get the feeling that metafilter folks wouldn't be quite so willing to keep the advertising cash rolling in as much if they new what they were paying for was going to disappear in a week.
posted by dogmatic at 3:33 AM on October 27, 2001