Re: Ad-Overkill: Selling Page Backgrounds

From: Keith Pieper <discussions_at_keithpieper.com>
Date: Tue 02 Sep 2003 08:53:00 -0500

I wrote:

> Just pulled up Accuweather.com, a site I thought was already a
> little overboard on ads. Now they are selling sponsor messages on
> the page background! It's definitely scaring me away. Innovation is
> one thing. But this is clutter at its finest.

and "Sean Dillon" <sean_at_telegraph.co.uk> wrote:

> 1 234x60 Half-size banner (above fold)
> 1 300x250 MPU (above fold)
> 1 468x60 Google AdSense banner (below the fold)
>
> I'd hardly call that cluttered or overboard...
>
> Or am I missing something here?

-->punch in your zip code...I count 13 ads of varying types; this
particular time there was no background ad. Call it whatever you
want, but as a reader...its clutter. Makes the page very unappealing
to look at.

Keith
http://www.ideasoup.com






Received on Tue Sep 02 2003 - 08:53:00 CDT