Comments on: When not to accept advertising

By: Ross McKillop

Ross McKillop — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:36:08 +0000

I agree – I’m not going to stop reading them, the ads don’t take away from the content (imo) – they couldn’t be more clearly labeled as such.

btw this response was crafted w/ that greasemonkey script I mentioned

By: Keith Dsouza

Keith Dsouza — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:53:09 +0000

I too had got a similar offer but instead of James it was some one called Jennifer, though the amount she offered me was a bit higher than yours she to finally agreed to come down from lifetime to 5 years.

Like you I too rejected the ads

By: Knowledge Jolt with Jack

Knowledge Jolt with Jack — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:57:31 +0000

If I’m going to advertise, it should be relevant

Ross McKillop of Simplehelp was offered paid advertising on his blog by “James” and decided to decline after some consideration. I’ve had a very similar offer and have also declined.

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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:28:18 +0000

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By: Anthony Lawrence

Anthony Lawrence — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:21:36 +0000

I had the same thing – “James” offering $150.00 for infinite years for unspecified text pointing to spammy sites.

I said no; he came back with $250.00 for the same thing.

For crying out loud, I can get that much a year for non-spam, one and two word text links – why on earth would I give him paragraphs pointing to spam _forever_ for a third of the price? I told him that, and he came back with $300 for 3 years

He was a persistent bugger, I’ll give him that.

By: The How-To Geek

The How-To Geek — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:35:38 +0000

@Steven: I wouldn’t go so far as to stop reading SmashingMagazine because of their advertising choices – they do have some good content sometimes.

Agreeing to give up a permanent spot on your page is just crazy, though.

By: Steven Hodson

Steven Hodson — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:17:32 +0000

I’m not sure if it is the same group or idea but in the past little while I’ve been getting emails from a woman with a GMail addie asking if I would be interested in some text link advertising or sponsored posts advertising.

The fact that there was no “company name” associated with the email sent up warning flags for me. Needless to say the emails found their way into the trash.

I’m glad that you resisted an offer like that and SmashingMagazine is added to my do not bother to read list