Comments on: How Many Button Banner Ads Does It Take To Screw In A Light Bulb?

By: Entrecard - Ad Network Plus Social Network

Entrecard - Ad Network Plus Social Network — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:56:16 +0000

[...] P.S. For an amusing critique of the national 125×125 banner ad addiction, check out Garry Conn’s How Many Button Banner Ads Does It Take To Screw In a Lightbulb? [...]

By: John Lockwood

John Lockwood — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:39:06 +0000

Brilliant!

I’m writing an article about Entrecards and I’ll have to throw in a link to this.

By: Garry Conn

Garry Conn — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:06:48 +0000

Florida was awesome! I’d like to live at Disney World. I think their events, music and shows are subliminal though.

By: James-DigitalKeyToInfo

James-DigitalKeyToInfo — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:29:17 +0000

Hey, all the big bloggers are doing it. It must be cool and profitable, right?
I always thought is was part of that Web2.0 look everyone is talking about.
While I don’t really understand why everyone is doing it, it is an efficient way of showing more ads above the fold.
It doesn’t really bother me, I just tend to ignore them most of the time just like other ads.
I really wish I were in Florida right now.

By: Garry Conn

Garry Conn — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:49:52 +0000

edit…. comment coming soon.

By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:45:52 +0000

Have fun at Disney world

As for the 125×125 ads, I was also thinking the same when I was planning the opening of my blog. I started with 100×100 ads I think, but I ended up going to 125×125 ads because everyone is doing it and if I don’t follow, I lose.

-Mike

By: Forest Parks

Forest Parks — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:20:30 +0000

Hey have fun in DL.

I think they have a place and it’s the convenience of it all but it would be cool to start changing the sizes and having a newspaper style pricing system.

I don’t think I could sell any ads on my site right now as don’t get huge amounts of traffic but I was considering offering the 125size. I may now make it different and offer the design of these ads for free.

By: Garry Conn

Garry Conn — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:45:16 +0000

Thanks I’ll kick Mickey Mouse in the you know whats for you.

By: Christine Senter

Christine Senter — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:13:17 +0000

P.S.

You guys have fun in Fl.

By: Christine Senter

Christine Senter — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:12:54 +0000

I noticed that there are a lot of the new theme releases that are pre-made with these ads in mind. Personally, I don’t have them on my sites. It’s just a personal choice. One or two wouldn’t be bad, but I do think some sites are going a little overboard with them.

As far as being a distraction, it’s not an issue for me. I guess I’ve just figured out a way to tune them out, kinda like I do my hubby. LOLOLOL

In my opinion, I think if a site’s using them to simply advertise various products, then I’m not even interested. But, if a site’s using them as a way for other sites to get some publicity, then what the heck.