Sponsored posts....
04-13-2016, 01:46 PM
#31
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2011
Posts: 894
Originally Posted by BrandiNett
Hey guys!
Thanks for all your feedback about this feature.
The director has decided to suspend the sponsored post campaign for a few days.
The campaign with the sponsored posts is part of a larger plan to streamline the ad experience on APC and to improve your time on the site. We would like to gather everyone's feedback about your current experiences and your thoughts about the future of APC, so we can better serve you.
Also, if you have any ideas how we can improve the sponsored posts - in regards to placement, content, etc, we will be glad for any feedback you might have there as well.
You can post them here or send me a direct message, and I will gather the information to pass along to our director.
We appreciate all the time you spend giving us your feedback and hope that moving forward we can do better.
Thanks!
Thanks for all your feedback about this feature.
The director has decided to suspend the sponsored post campaign for a few days.
The campaign with the sponsored posts is part of a larger plan to streamline the ad experience on APC and to improve your time on the site. We would like to gather everyone's feedback about your current experiences and your thoughts about the future of APC, so we can better serve you.
Also, if you have any ideas how we can improve the sponsored posts - in regards to placement, content, etc, we will be glad for any feedback you might have there as well.
You can post them here or send me a direct message, and I will gather the information to pass along to our director.
We appreciate all the time you spend giving us your feedback and hope that moving forward we can do better.
Thanks!
The banner ads on top and bottom of the page aren't that big of a deal.
The sponsored ads imbedded in the forum are really terrible though. They are disguised as the 2nd and 3rd post down to look like new posts so people click them but they are really advertisements. The 1st post is real, then the 2nd and 3rd are fakes. This is a pretty underhanded tactic.
The Pop up ads when you log in that block the entire page are annoying, especially when you try to close them out and you miss the "x" and go to that webpage instead.
Last edited by RyanP; 04-13-2016 at 02:02 PM.
04-13-2016, 02:11 PM
#32
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2011
Posts: 894
Originally Posted by MX727
Seriously though, do you have any idea how much hosting costs can be for a website? No matter what you may believe, the internet isn't free.
I wouldn't be surprised if the original owners of this site sold this one to someone who is running it strictly for profit now. They probably have nothing to even do with the aviation industry. That is what happens with most high traffic sites like this, they are bought up and ruined by people trying to milk out more advertising dollars.
04-13-2016, 02:32 PM
#33
Moderate Moderator
Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: Curator at Static Display
Posts: 5,681
Originally Posted by BrandiNett
Hey guys!
Thanks for all your feedback about this feature.
The director has decided to suspend the sponsored post campaign for a few days.
The campaign with the sponsored posts is part of a larger plan to streamline the ad experience on APC and to improve your time on the site. We would like to gather everyone's feedback about your current experiences and your thoughts about the future of APC, so we can better serve you.
Also, if you have any ideas how we can improve the sponsored posts - in regards to placement, content, etc, we will be glad for any feedback you might have there as well.
You can post them here or send me a direct message, and I will gather the information to pass along to our director.
We appreciate all the time you spend giving us your feedback and hope that moving forward we can do better.
Thanks!
Thanks for all your feedback about this feature.
The director has decided to suspend the sponsored post campaign for a few days.
The campaign with the sponsored posts is part of a larger plan to streamline the ad experience on APC and to improve your time on the site. We would like to gather everyone's feedback about your current experiences and your thoughts about the future of APC, so we can better serve you.
Also, if you have any ideas how we can improve the sponsored posts - in regards to placement, content, etc, we will be glad for any feedback you might have there as well.
You can post them here or send me a direct message, and I will gather the information to pass along to our director.
We appreciate all the time you spend giving us your feedback and hope that moving forward we can do better.
Thanks!
Put me down as a big NO. Everything that Ryan said.
04-13-2016, 03:31 PM
#35
Banned
Joined APC: Dec 2015
Position: Aeroflot
Posts: 179
Originally Posted by MX727
It's a test to see if you are smart enough to recognize and ignore new threads that you don't need to open. Some will fail as they feel they need to open everything they see.
Seriously though, do you have any idea how much hosting costs can be for a website? No matter what you may believe, the internet isn't free.
Seriously though, do you have any idea how much hosting costs can be for a website? No matter what you may believe, the internet isn't free.
04-13-2016, 09:05 PM
#36
Living the Dream
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,795
Originally Posted by BrandiNett
Hey guys!...
If APC (or any site, really) made a move to how it just was, it's the type of thing that makes users come to the site less and less, if only subconsciously. Eventually, I think you'd see usage drop dramatically. Then how much was that extra ad revenue worth?
04-14-2016, 05:27 AM
#37
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,480
Originally Posted by deltajuliet
It's refreshing that you'll listen to our input, but if it's not broken don't fix it...?
If APC (or any site, really) made a move to how it just was, it's the type of thing that makes users come to the site less and less, if only subconsciously. Eventually, I think you'd see usage drop dramatically. Then how much was that extra ad revenue worth?
If APC (or any site, really) made a move to how it just was, it's the type of thing that makes users come to the site less and less, if only subconsciously. Eventually, I think you'd see usage drop dramatically. Then how much was that extra ad revenue worth?
04-14-2016, 12:21 PM
#38
El Capitan
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 615
Originally Posted by Waldorf
And there is enough advertising here already. Seriously, I don't care what this site costs to run, its visited by a ton of people. This site is a product and we are its customers. We can voice our opinion and leave if we want to. Having to see lame ads posted in the forums when there is enough stuff on this sides is just greed.
Facebooks business model. That's why I don't do Facebook anymore and have asked this websites owner to delete my profile.
Obviously they haven't....
04-15-2016, 09:55 AM
#39
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Position: Good Ship Lollipop
Posts: 401
Thanks for your feedback so far everyone. We really appreciate it.
I have not received any messages or emails from you with this kind of request. Please PM me and we can discuss your request further.
Originally Posted by Kougarok
We are not its customers, we are this sites product. A customer implies someone who'll purchase an item. So who's purchasing items from this website? Advertisers....
Facebooks business model. That's why I don't do Facebook anymore and have asked this websites owner to delete my profile.
Obviously they haven't....
Facebooks business model. That's why I don't do Facebook anymore and have asked this websites owner to delete my profile.
Obviously they haven't....
04-16-2016, 07:12 PM
#40
El Capitan
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 615
Originally Posted by BrandiNett
Thanks for your feedback so far everyone. We really appreciate it.
I have not received any messages or emails from you with this kind of request. Please PM me and we can discuss your request further.
I have not received any messages or emails from you with this kind of request. Please PM me and we can discuss your request further.
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