What os up with ad banner?

[fuelfather]

I log on via mobile and in place of the ad banners I see these. Are these on site polls, or what i fear they really are?

 

[fuelfather]

This is another one.

 

[Vaquero]

$

 

[SIG_Fiend]

I'm sure the owners are trying different ads to optimize their ad revenue. Not a big deal.

 

[Anger]

pretty soon we'll have those annoying eye catching photos at the bottom of the page like on texas gun trader and most every other site.

 

[TXARGUY]

I'm sure the owners are trying different ads to optimize their ad revenue. Not a big deal.

Like the old saying goes; bytes cost $, gigs cost $$$.

 

[Dawico]

pretty soon we'll have those annoying eye catching photos at the bottom of the page like on texas gun trader and most every other site.

Yup, taking you to a site where you have to flip through 37 pages to see 15 pictures. Garbage.

 

[Anger]

time to start using an ad blocker. was doing my taxes and browsing for pet food mail order, guess what shows up at the top of TGT? tax software and Pet food banners. Ugh.

 

[mitchntx]

$

Another site I belong to has an annual fund drive.

Admin publishes a budget dollar amount for the year and open up for donations for a couple weeks.
There are a few perks that go along with it, but mostly it makes it a user driven site and
keeps the rolling ads off the page.

Enough funding is raised from the users that the "annual" drive is usually every 2 or 3 years.

I bet a similar drive here could yield $3K annually.
Here, I like the collapsible forum sponsor menu.

There is a link at the top, just under the banner, for "Site Supporter".
If I become a site supporter, does the ad banner go away for me?

 

[Anger]

Another site I belong to has an annual fund drive.

Admin publishes a budget dollar amount for the year and open up for donations for a couple weeks.
There are a few perks that go along with it, but mostly it makes it a user driven site and
keeps the rolling ads off the page.

Enough funding is raised from the users that the "annual" drive is usually every 2 or 3 years.

I bet a similar drive here could yield $3K annually.
Here, I like the collapsible forum sponsor menu.

There is a link at the top, just under the banner, for "Site Supporter".
If I become a site supporter, does the ad banner go away for me?

I second this question !

 

[Vaquero]

I second this question !

No. It's still there.

 

[Southpaw]

I don't have any banners up top...they must know I'm broke!!

 

[SIG_Fiend]

It's funny how people are all supportive of capitalism...but get on a forum and people expect it to be run as a Communist enterprise or non-profit...

 

[Vaquero]

How I see it.

Some merchants, large and small, see our site as worth supporting, snd maybe we'll return the favor.

It don't bother me none.

 

[mitchntx]

Another site I belong to has an annual fund drive.

Admin publishes a budget dollar amount for the year and open up for donations for a couple weeks.
There are a few perks that go along with it, but mostly it makes it a user driven site and
keeps the rolling ads off the page.

Enough funding is raised from the users that the "annual" drive is usually every 2 or 3 years.

I bet a similar drive here could yield $3K annually.

It's funny how people are all supportive of capitalism...but get on a forum and people expect it to be run as a Communist enterprise or non-profit...

A little capitalism is good ... more should be better ...

Texas Gun and Outdoor

 

[fuelfather]

I just was trying to verify whether it was or wasn't an ad banner vs. BS news survey.