Hi Ibanners,
1. We do offer pretty affordable ad rates. See this thread for more info. http://www.webmaster-talk.com/showth...&threadid=3091
2. There are several ways to advertise your site without it being looked at as SPAM.
A. The first place is in your signature. If you simply participate in the forums and make helpful and interesting posts, you will be surprised how many people will take a look at the site in your signature. There are a few very popular forums I know of that don't allow signatures at all.
B. The site review forum. You basically get a free ad in this forum as long as you follow the rules and first review three other members sites (with more than just a 1 or 2 sentence review).
C. I am sometimes more leniant to our long time existing members, but if we see a new member come in here and makes posts with each one being basically an advertisement, it does not look good. It makes us feel you are here for no other reason than traffic extraction. I think it makes our forum more enjoyable for all our members when we don't let new members SPAM away in the forums. When members start giving, sometimes they may be surprised what they GET back.
Anyway, your suggestion is not a bad idea. We will consider it for the future. We have also considered adding a "buy and sell ads" forum where members could buy or sell advertising on their sites. |
