For the first time in recorded history I’m offering paid ad spots on openswitch. Basically, I’m selling out to the Man, why sugar-coat it?
As you can see, ad spots will be 180px by 60px 125px by 125px (explanation in the next post) and while taller ad spots can be requested (for a slightly higher price) the width of the ads are fixed. Ads will be sold on a per month basis and any ad spot purchased will be displayed on every page (all 1,900 of them) for the duration. Once purchased, I guarantee to display your ad and not change the positioning or design of openswitch which might adversely affect the performance of your ad.
I reserve the right to turn down any ad request but really will only do so if the ad is of questionable content.
Anyone interested in purchasing an ad should contact me and if you’re interested in openswitch.org’s stats you can view them here.
Suggestions are welcome, as usual. I’d also like to get some input as to the pricing of these ad spots. What is typcial on teh internets?
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Ben,
I’ve been thinking about doing something similar on mine ol’ blog as well… I’m wondering what your “contract” looks like… any suggestions?
I’m still in the process of drawing it up. It’s not going to be complex at all, basically just outlining what we can expect from each other so there’s no confusion.
I am curious as to whether you will keep Adsense or not? I have read and think it makes sense to remove them once you go with private ads. I had someone asking me the other day on a site that was going to have private ads if they should ad Google ads and I said no. Because the Google publishers are generally paying a lot less for the space.
But, I wonder what your thoughts on that are?
You may have a good point there. It may decrease the value of the real estate ;) I’ll think about it a bit.
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