Comments on: Buy a $10,000 per day text link on Wordpress.org http://elliottback.com/wp/buy-a-10000-per-day-text-link-on-wordpressorg/ Internet & Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:40:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: promotional pens http://elliottback.com/wp/buy-a-10000-per-day-text-link-on-wordpressorg/#comment-5652 promotional pens Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:08:31 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/?p=1059#comment-5652 Was this a joke or are they serious about selling a link for $ 10 Grand Was this a joke or are they serious about selling a link for $ 10 Grand

]]> By: dr Dave http://elliottback.com/wp/buy-a-10000-per-day-text-link-on-wordpressorg/#comment-5516 dr Dave Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:49:23 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/?p=1059#comment-5516 BTW, had you asked Matt what this was about (and I'll grant you, he probably should have volunteered the info somewhere, but it's also understandable why he didn't), you would have learnt that the ludicrous price is set on purpose because the point isn't to sell ads, but to benefit from AdBrite stats measurement for free. And seriously, using arguments such as whether this is context-sensitive ads or how much over market value they are sold doesn't strike me as any relevant to the discussion of knowing who is a "sell-out" and who should consider his own actions before calling others on it. Just sayin'... BTW, had you asked Matt what this was about (and I’ll grant you, he probably should have volunteered the info somewhere, but it’s also understandable why he didn’t), you would have learnt that the ludicrous price is set on purpose because the point isn’t to sell ads, but to benefit from AdBrite stats measurement for free.

And seriously, using arguments such as whether this is context-sensitive ads or how much over market value they are sold doesn’t strike me as any relevant to the discussion of knowing who is a “sell-out” and who should consider his own actions before calling others on it.

Just sayin’…

]]> By: Elliott Back http://elliottback.com/wp/buy-a-10000-per-day-text-link-on-wordpressorg/#comment-5459 Elliott Back Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:41:30 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/?p=1059#comment-5459 It's not hypocrisy. See, the ads running on my network are context sensitive click-through ads, while that WP.org ad is one big time "paid for" ad. The price of the WP.org ad is so ridiculous that it taints the open source project. If wp.org were running regular ads, or ads priced to match its traffic and clickthrough rates, that would be one thing. But again, it seems like wp.org is trying really hard to be greedy. It’s not hypocrisy. See, the ads running on my network are context sensitive click-through ads, while that WP.org ad is one big time “paid for” ad. The price of the WP.org ad is so ridiculous that it taints the open source project. If wp.org were running regular ads, or ads priced to match its traffic and clickthrough rates, that would be one thing. But again, it seems like wp.org is trying really hard to be greedy.

]]> By: Marco http://elliottback.com/wp/buy-a-10000-per-day-text-link-on-wordpressorg/#comment-5458 Marco Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:25:45 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/?p=1059#comment-5458 They've got <a href="http://seoblackhat.com/2005/10/10/the-million-dollar-a-day-text-link-ad/" rel="nofollow">a great prank related to this</a> on SEOBlackhat.com :D They’ve got a great prank related to this on SEOBlackhat.com :D

]]> By: dr Dave http://elliottback.com/wp/buy-a-10000-per-day-text-link-on-wordpressorg/#comment-5454 dr Dave Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:39:41 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/?p=1059#comment-5454 Eliott: you misinterpreted my comment. I am not denigrating anyone's right to have ads on their blog or website. I would simply call it slightly hypocritical when, on the other hand, you bash an open-source project maintained by volunteers for doing the same. If it came down to it (and I never said it did), what would you believe between a project benefitting the community and your own personal space for expression is more "entitled" to try and finance themselves with ads? Then again, I never said you couldn't do whatever you wanted, nor that I really wholeheartedly approve of all of WP's policies (with ads or otherwise). Just thought I'd point out the double-standard here. And indeed, I realize the news block down below is not "ads" properly speaking, but as it is, on this very page, it features mostly commercial content that could easily pass as ads. Eliott: you misinterpreted my comment. I am not denigrating anyone’s right to have ads on their blog or website. I would simply call it slightly hypocritical when, on the other hand, you bash an open-source project maintained by volunteers for doing the same. If it came down to it (and I never said it did), what would you believe between a project benefitting the community and your own personal space for expression is more “entitled” to try and finance themselves with ads?

Then again, I never said you couldn’t do whatever you wanted, nor that I really wholeheartedly approve of all of WP’s policies (with ads or otherwise). Just thought I’d point out the double-standard here.

And indeed, I realize the news block down below is not “ads” properly speaking, but as it is, on this very page, it features mostly commercial content that could easily pass as ads.

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