Ad Supported Eudora

from the new-business-models dept

Qualcomm, who makes the popular Eudora email program (and, no, I've never understood how this fits in with the rest of their business), has decided to do away with the free "light" version of their program and instead offer a free full featured version - that will show ads while being used. It makes some sense to do so, but I'm still not sure how it will work. It probably depends on how intrusive the ads seem.
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  1. identicon
    Todd, 9 Dec 1999 @ 2:52pm

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    efax does this fairly unobtrusively with their client -- or should I say ineffectively.

    Item for your next survey: when was the last time you clicked on a banner? What was it for?

    link to this | view in thread ]

  2. identicon
    ScooterBoy, 9 Dec 1999 @ 5:27pm

    Re: No Subject Given

    i click on banner ads all the time.. i think i personally am keeping clickthrough numbers on the internet high. but, then again, i'm a freak.

    link to this | view in thread ]


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