All Liberal Website Owners Read This !

[stewert]

I am thinking of starting a banner exchange program for Liberal websites only. Something
to get us all more traffic to our websites other than link trades. Let's face it a lot of people
don't click on our link pages so this would get our websites some extra hits.

With a banner rotation program they would see your banner ad, and even if they don't click
it right then they might remember it and visit your website at a later time. The banner ads
would all be put on the front page of each website right at the top of the page.

I know you are thinking nobody clicks on banner ads, I agree, I usually don't either. But
most of those banner ads go to corporate websites that just want your business. But if I
am at a liberal website, and I see a banner for a liberal website that I have not been to
before, I will click on it and visit that website.

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in joining such a program. I would host all
the banners on my server and charge a small fee for running the program and hosting the
banners etc.

When I say small fee, I was thinking of maybe $10 a month or $100 a year, I think that is a
fair price for running the program and hosting all the banners etc. Considering websites like
Bartcop charge $10 a day for a banner ad, $10 a month is hell of a deal. And the website
whatreallyhappened.com charges $100 a month with a 3 month minimum to host a banner
ad.

I have a simple javascript that automatically rotates banners in a random starting order
and then changes to a new banner every 2 or 3 seconds. Right now I am trying to get
about 5 to 10 webmasters to join the banner ad program. If they do I will run it, I don't
want to waste my time setting it all up if nobody is going to join.

I am also planning to start a new website in a month or so. I will add the banner program
to that website too.

PM me or e-mail me and let me know if you would want to join the program. If I can get at
least 5 webmasters to join I will start the program and set it all up. My website
(www.oreilly-sucks.com) gets between 20,000 and 30,000 unique hits a month so your
banner would be seen by a lot of people just from my website.

This could be a cheap way for people with liberal websites to drive traffic to other like
minded websites. Not to mention it would piss off O'Reilly even more. When he visits my
website to see what I am saying about him, he will see all those banners to liberal
websites.

As of right now (1:45pm cst - 1-17-04) I have one website signed up, and a possible 2nd
website. If I get 5 websites to join I will get it going. I will give it until next tuesday
or wednesday, if I don't have at least 5 websites signed up by then I probably wont do it.

Stewert

[JailForBush]

1. Mixed Feelings

I applaud your enthusiasm for promoting "liberal" websites, but here are some things to think about.

1. What does "liberal" mean? Partisanship is one of America's biggest problems, and people who are politically savvy often tend to steer clear of websites that label themselves "liberal" or "conservative." Most people regard me as liberal - even extremely left-wing. But I've come to despise the term liberal.

2. Many people think banner ads suck. It's certainly an extra element you have to combine into your webpage design.

3. $10 a month isn't unfair, but one could probably find many more focused banner ads that are even cheaper. Hell, why not host a banner ad that PAYS you $10 a month or more?

4. I might check out your program. If it's successful, I might offer Jail4Bush banner ads at $10 a month. If I get a thousand customers, I'll probably drop the price to $5 a month and shoot for 5,000.

But I'm not optimistic. Banner ads aren't terribly popular - and for good reason.

[carolstarkey]

2. I don't have a website -

but I can tell you this - banner ads do not work. They are only a way for newbies to the Net to lose their money. You'd be better off spending the $10 on stamps and snail mail an announcement of your site, you'd get more visitors from that than a banner ad.

[stewert]

3. Update.........

You guys are too negative, try to be a little more on the positive side of life. You act
like it's a $1000 a month, it's $10 a month. That's what most people spend on lunch
for one day. And your banner will be seen by thousands of people.

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I have three webmasters who plan to join the banner exchange program, and
one maybe. All I need is two more and I will get it going. Four if the maybe says
yes, I should know by tonight or tommorrow.

BTW, you can pay the $10 by the month, you don't have to pay by the year. I would
prefer you do, but you don't have to.

Stewert

[stewert]

4. Update #2

The sign ups are up to 4 now, all I need is one more. But the more the better.

I would like to get 10 sign ups, but 5 will be enough to get the ball rolling.

Stewert