is it this WRONG?

redhippo · 08-29-2004, 12:49 AM

i have visited some "free" sites which provide
freebies like avatars, link pages, "software", avatars.... etc.... etc

and the line goes like this...

This web site is provided free...blah blah blah.......

please visit or (click) on the "sponsors" on this page to help keep this site "free"

is this wrong?

will the "advertisers" penalise the web masters?

i guess this is a fine line in ethics

LeeRyder · 08-29-2004, 01:04 AM

I see it alot. I donn't think it's wrong. What most people do not understand is that it actually costs money and time to provide them with the free content. Besides, most dont click them anyways no matter how much prompting you give them.

as long as this is the extreme youll go to, again..nothing wrong with it. IMHO

GamingHybrid · 08-29-2004, 05:39 AM

It depends if the advertisers have already payed pre paid fee for the advertising In my Opinion.

GOD BLESS

Qwert · 08-29-2004, 01:29 PM

Not at all, not many people will have a site in which they need to pay money without some way of getting money back. So I don't think it is bad of them to have sponsers. My site will be free but I hope to eventually get someone interested in advirtising, just to make enough to pay for the domain name (I am using free hosting)

kaliboy2g · 08-29-2004, 02:15 PM

I run a "free site" and i do it.

I say check out these other great sites, these are sites that i have a link exchange with. I get no money out of that.

But i dont ask for clicks on my adsense

redhippo · 08-30-2004, 05:56 AM

Originally Posted by kaliboy2g

I run a "free site" and i do it.

I say check out these other great sites, these are sites that i have a link exchange with. I get no money out of that.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/marketing-techniques/45423-is-it-this-wrong.html

But i dont ask for clicks on my adsense

can a normal surfer know which are "paid" sponsors and which are "Free"? if they click...anything goes!!

jon · 08-30-2004, 06:36 AM

Personally i think its wrong. The websites whos banner the user is clicking is getting riped off. They have payed to have there banner displayed on that website and don't want people just clicking there banner, and leaving without even looking at the website.

***armstrong*** · 08-30-2004, 06:47 AM

Quote:

please visit or (click) on the "sponsors" on this page to help keep this site "free"

This seems unfair to advertisers. Adsense penalizes sites that resort to this, with good reason.

redhippo · 08-30-2004, 07:04 AM

just drop by a gaming site that has this popup window

Reminder:-
Please help us by clicking
on the banners

Please do a minimum of 10 click
on the banners every day

Take a look at the advertiser's site,
surf around for things which interest you
(if you have time)

jon · 08-30-2004, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by redhippo

just drop by a gaming site that has this popup window

Reminder:-
Please help us by clicking
on the banners

Please do a minimum of 10 click
on the banners every day

Take a look at the advertiser's site,
surf around for things which interest you
(if you have time)

Thats just taking it too far i think.

Shan · 08-30-2004, 07:14 AM

It's not fair to the advertiser who pays for the advertisement. People are just clicking because they're forced to, and that makes it a rip-off! I've seen alot of websites like this, I just happened to be browsing through one that said "Click the Google Ads then click this link here to enter".

P10n33R · 08-30-2004, 07:16 AM

That is why you don't advertise with people who do that.

kaliboy2g · 09-01-2004, 05:59 PM

Of course its not fair. But what are you going to do? Report every site?

take5k · 09-01-2004, 06:47 PM

I wonder how if the advertiser requested the homepage to do this way?

Maybe just to increase the traffic, or at lease has a minor chance that someone clicked in and found something interesting.

Just wondering...

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kaliboy2g NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 994	I run a "free site" and i do it. I say check out these other great sites, these are sites that i have a link exchange with. I get no money out of that. But i dont ask for clicks on my adsense __________________ Free: Domains, Hosting, Templates, Scripts, etc http://www.usethishost.com

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jon Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: uk Posts: 1,378	Personally i think its wrong. The websites whos banner the user is clicking is getting riped off. They have payed to have there banner displayed on that website and don't want people just clicking there banner, and leaving without even looking at the website. __________________ ► j0n.org

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LeeRyder Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Left Coast Posts: 3,503	I see it alot. I donn't think it's wrong. What most people do not understand is that it actually costs money and time to provide them with the free content. Besides, most dont click them anyways no matter how much prompting you give them. as long as this is the extreme youll go to, again..nothing wrong with it. IMHO

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redhippo NamePros Expert Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: ANForum Posts: 5,218	just drop by a gaming site that has this popup window Reminder:- Please help us by clicking on the banners Please do a minimum of 10 click on the banners every day Take a look at the advertiser's site, surf around for things which interest you (if you have time) __________________ \|www.vb-skins.com\|- Quality Premade Vbulletin skins for Your VB forum makeover \|www.Banjir.com\|-Free image hosting?[B]For Sale!\|AlphaScripts\|Money Generating Scripts FREE VB Skins

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Shan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,746	It's not fair to the advertiser who pays for the advertisement. People are just clicking because they're forced to, and that makes it a rip-off! I've seen alot of websites like this, I just happened to be browsing through one that said "Click the Google Ads then click this link here to enter".

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P10n33R Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,238	That is why you don't advertise with people who do that.

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kaliboy2g NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 994	Of course its not fair. But what are you going to do? Report every site? __________________ Free: Domains, Hosting, Templates, Scripts, etc http://www.usethishost.com

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