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Old September 16th, 2004, 05:06 PM
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Default Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?

Oh geez - 14 pt single line text below the banner that is not even visible most of the time?
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Old September 16th, 2004, 05:10 PM
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Oh geez - 14 pt single line text below the banner that is not even visible most of the time?
It is visible on every page. Posting, editing, thread reading, etc. As I said, it would not be so bad if it were integrated into the forum layout, rather than standing out at the top... there is already enough up there as it is...
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Old September 16th, 2004, 05:07 PM
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Default Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?

A prettier font couldn't hurt, but wow, man. You are hypersensitive.
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Old September 16th, 2004, 05:09 PM
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Yeah, its sort of pointless. The bold text-link goes to the exact same place as the banner does, but it bypasses the ad affiliate asp.

I cant think of why two links are needed to the same place, unless you are trying to bypass the affiliate program. in which case, you could just change the banner link to be the same as the text link, and not use the redirection at all.

OR, if you are trying to make sure that people with banner-blockers are actually forced to look at the ad. and thats just not going to make ANY friends. Theres times when good PR is better than good advertising, ya know.
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Old September 16th, 2004, 05:12 PM
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Default Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?

It takes you to the Space Empires IV gold order page, while the banner will take you to the game being advertised.
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Old September 16th, 2004, 05:17 PM
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I'd hate to see Fyron's reaction if it were blinking.
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Default Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?

Personally, I think a nice standard 12 point font without extra space between it and the banner would be better.
The whole bit of text should be a link, rather than just the "here" which is superfluous.

There's no need to be pushy with it, since the people who are going to click on it will be looking for it.
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Old September 16th, 2004, 05:14 PM
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oops, i was wrong. i was coincidentially looking at a SE4 add at the time i checked the links. the text link is forum dependant.. how curious.

I guess I dont care, then.
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Hey guys as a personal request, could we leave "WTF" out of thread titles. I mean you don't have to if you don't want to, but if you would I personally would be thankful. WTF should only be used in the post, not the title. WTF is well known and well kind of over kill IMHO. Again this is just me speaking so feel free to ignor me.
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Just noticed that ad text (I swear!) and I think that... it's not big enough. Should be at least 5 times bigger to attract my attention.
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