FerrariChat.com Official: Should we use IntelliTxt as additional revenue?

as long as we dont get constant pop ups it would be cool.. if you want i ll triple click on every green word for ya. because i love ya man .............

 

Rob, as a test it would be fine to try and then vote. I would probably vote against, only because I go through enough advertising all day long its getting tiring of all the pitches.

 

Followed the link and didn't see any clickable, highlighted words but I get the idea, I've seen it before.

Gotta tell you, every time I see something like that, I think I've gotten spyware (oh excuse me ad-ware) on my computer. Reminds me of that Gator toolbar thing that I couldn't get rid of.

I'm on board with the site generating maximum revenue, but as a user I'm opposed to this one, it would be distracting.

Plenty of white space on the bottom of the pages, maybe use that real estate for an additional rotating sponsor ad? just my $.02.

 

No. Nasty ugly popup stuff.

How about implementing forum-specific advertising? Surely there's guys who want to advertise but only need to broadcast to Texas or Australia

 

I like the idea if it's relevant to direct site sponsors. For instance if I type in brakes it would link to stoptech (just a random example). If it's going to be more along the lines of random sponsors, linking to cell phone sales, 10 CD's for $1, and b/s like that, I think it will seriously degrade the site.

 

Why do you bother to ask if you're just going to dismiss the results?


Yes, I've seen it on other forums. It looks bad and makes it appear people linked to things they didn't, and those links they cannot control. Do I have any recourse if I'm praising one guy and this software links to some other random vendor?

 

Nope. It dilutes my investment as a sponsor. If you need more revenue, just charge me a higher monthly rate. Seriously.

 

Nice Speedy308-style triple post, Rob

Maybe you can find another site that gives an example? Like I said, I visited that RX-8 forum and saw no evidience of the software you describe. (Edit, I did dig a little deeper and find examples in the RX-8 forum. I still don't like it. )

And I second Tillman's question, why ask our opinion if you're already convinced we're wrong?

 

I don't like it. While I have less concerns about spyware, there's something innately disturbing to see that the text I have created in a personal/public discussion has suddenly become advertising links - and those links are beyond my control.

 

We see your post whoring ways!

 

Since they're paying you, obviously someone is tracking who's clicking through on the links. Who is that, and what do you know of the data logging, data storing and aggragate use of the data?

 

Thank you.

 

Wonder what that would link to?

 

Excellent point.

Also, you are never in control of what might pop up. See this example. The dealership I bought my truck from, sent me a link to a website that I could use to track my maintainance. This made them look terribly foolish.
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Not really... and here's why: I have found that click-through rates on Fchat aren't a driving force to my website. Instead, it's the limited number of sponsors and relatively few commercial distractions here. Fewer "other" things on the screen = more screen time for my logo. I have worked with other "content type searches" on the web, and can immediately impact my eyeball numbers, but the click-through rates are terrible. On the other hand, with very specific keyword site optimization, I have fewer eyeballs but a much higher conversion rate. It's the old quality vs. quantity argument.

Just my 2-cents and 3-timing belts worth,
Daniel

 

Google contacted me not too long ago about using something like this on our website... When i tried it out, i pinged a few pornographic sites and told them to forget about it...