Re: GL
sprucemt said:
I have tried to "sponsor" this site for 3 or 4 months now. I would much rather, as a business, buy a banner ad, than to donate money. I was not contacted till the other day, after Mike Maynard deleted two of my post's on this subject.
Yes you have tried for the last couple months. And you were told we were in the middle of revamping the system, and we would contact you as soon as it was ready. The new system went online friday, and is now ready. You WERE contacted within less than 8 hours of it going active, and were provided the information.
I deleted ONE post of yours, and I took it as a personal attack towards me, and was something that I felt should have been handled first in a PM. Please PM me about the second post, as I did not delete 2. I would like to know what it said, and I will ask the other moderators if it was them? Keep in mind, any of the mods will delete what appears to be a personal attack.
sprucemt said:
Saturn Surplus, one of the original "sponsors" was never contacted in regards to the new ad position that has been created.
Frontline, also was never contacted in regards to the new ad position that was created.
I doubt whole heartedly that either of these business is willing to pay the amount that is being charged to GL for a dedicated advertising space. I didnt feel that it was necessary to contact them regarding this. I seriously doubt that any other 'publications' or advertising companies get permission from all the advertisers before they bring a new one on board. Keep in mind that Frontline SERIOUSLY balked at the original advertising rate, to the point where I had to give him a slight discount for buying a quantity of months just to get him to buy any.
Not to mention... ALL of the original advertisers have been getting FREE advertising for at least the last 3 months, if not more, because the old software did not have a good method of tracking the run of ad length and expiration.
mhb285 said:
I just noticed that when you click on the GL pix that there is a SS in the GL link...
Must be a $$$ per click... I won't use the SS link. Sorry.
Do you know what happens when you assume?
The only advertising that we have here that is Pay-per-click, is the google advertising. Its that way because its all they have to offer. Any SS driven advertising is a monthly flat rate.
Now... lets move on to statistics.. (someone asked.. yes it does tell the click rates and such)
Advertiser------------------views------clicks----click through rate
Front Line Military Vehicles--5,654-------361---------6.38% - -
Google------------------------18,464--------76----------0.41% - -
GovLiquidation --------------19,099-------266---------1.39% - -
MVPAL--------------------------2,359--------10----------0.42% - -
OD Iron------------------------5,618-------397----------7.07% - -
Saturn Surplus----------------5,616-------384----------6.84%
Proof is in the pudding. This is as of this post today. GL has had almost 20,000 vies... but less clicks than any of the other sponsors. Quite honestly, Saturn, and FLMV should worry more about ODIron than anything. Isnt he DIRECT competition to them? I understand peope have a big ethical dilemma with GL, and thats what this is really about.