When it comes to ads how much is enough?

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  1. ab-killer

    ab-killer Regular Member

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    What the title says. Ads are a great source of revenue, however how much ads is enough? Ads are annoying and decrease the chance of someone coming back, but at the same time the ads help pay to keep the website running. So my question is; how much ads should you put on your website before someone yells ENOUGH?
     
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  2. SpacewardAsh

    SpacewardAsh Lurking From Space

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    I think advertising in the header, footer and after the first post of each topic to guests is enough for any forum, anything else is just overkill!
     
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    lucasbytegenius Regular Member

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    What Ashley said, though if you have a good sidebar in your theme that would work too.

    Also, keep the ad sizes down. 468x60 is a good size.
     
    lucasbytegenius, Jul 18, 2011
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    When your users complain about the ads, then enough is enough. :P If they're not complaining, then you're fine.
     
    cpvr, Jul 19, 2011
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    I think one nice banner advert near the header is all, when it becomes crowded I want to cry!
     
    Paul0130, Jul 24, 2011
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    Well for me it depends.. just one thing you always want to keep in mind is not to have ads that get in the way of important things. Like here on AdminBB I have 3 adspots but they aren't annoying since they don't get in your way.
     
    Kaiser, Jul 26, 2011
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    personally I think when all ad slots are filled one is particularly annoying but ad-block sorts that one out for me as if it read my mind :giggle:
     
    SpacewardAsh, Jul 27, 2011
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