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  eric fader, 21 Dec 1999 @ 6:28pm

  
  

  commercial techdirt

  Hey its America and you are a capitalist. Basically I wouldn't mind as long as the advertising doesn't become a major piece of the interface. I would highly suggest keeping the existing site interface as it loads fast and is visually appealing. Maybe give it a try on the email digest version first and see what happens.
  
  There must be a direct distinction between commentary and advertising. Without that, techdirt woudl be selling out.
  
  

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    Mike (profile), 21 Dec 1999 @ 7:04pm

    
    

    Re: commercial techdirt

    Okay... clarification... I'm not necessarily talking about advertising or even making money off the site, but rather some how linking to or pointing to specific sites, which may or may not be useful to the reading public of Techdirt. I think my problem is that I don't necessarily feel comfortable being partial to one particular site, so if I do choose one, I'll feel compelled to work with a lot of sites, and I'm not sure how well that would work.

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      Ryan, 21 Dec 1999 @ 7:57pm

      
      

      Re: commercial techdirt

      I don't think there's anything wrong with linking or with advertising. I guess the one advantage with linking is that it may channel more traffic into techdirt if the linking partner also links to techdirt.

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  Wonko, 21 Dec 1999 @ 7:49pm

  
  

  Your call

  Here's my suggestion: Have fun. Do whatever the heck you feel like doing. Maybe try linking to commercial sites for a while. See if you like the feeling. If you don't, then drop the links. No big deal. It's your site. Make it what you want. :)

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  Pu Qimeng, 21 Dec 1999 @ 8:51pm

  
  

  Commercial links on techdirt?

  Two points:
  1.) The bad thing about paid links, affiliated sites etc. is that they are not neccessarily the sites you would recommend without the sponsorship. Your principle should always be (and I believe in the long run this pays most) to send your visitors to the BEST sites, to the sites you would recommend personally - independently whether they pay you or not. The neutral nature of techdirt is for sure some of its biggest values.
  
  2.) However, if you want to enter paid and affiliate relationship with other sites I would clearly state this and have those links completly separated from the other content, maybe a box of

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  Zebulun, 22 Dec 1999 @ 2:04pm

  
  

  linking or banners?

  Big difference to me.
  
  If it's linking, go for it.
  I've found running a news site
  is hard when one avoids banners
  or advertising but I continue to
  do it.
  
  How about a links page or something
  similar, seperate from the main page
  for sponsors, affiliates, and other
  worthy sites?
  
  you could even use small to medium
  banners there. An example would be
  fucker.com's

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    Zebulun, 22 Dec 1999 @ 2:09pm

    
    

    Re: linking or banners?

    (script keeps eating my message in preview)
    
    funnel of fuckers:
    http://www.fucker.com/fuckers/we_love/index.html
    or glassdog.com's "advert" or glassdog.net
    -Zebulun

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