In Text ads - please don't shout at us...

[JustineMumsnet]

Morning Mumsnetters,

We are planning today (12pm is eta) to introduce a new type of advertising format, which will mean that you will notice the odd double underlined green link on some posts on some threads, which if you click on will result in a boxed ad appearing.

As you know we fund MN through advertising but we are very conscious of not spoiling "the Mumsnetting experience" with over-intrusive and annoying ad formats. For that reason we don't allow pop-ups and pop-unders and have strict rules on expandable ads.

We are hopeful that you can live with this format, once you've got used to it at least, and that the links don't make you cross with us (or at least any crosser than our existing advertising banners do). As said, though, this is very much a trial, so please do let us know what you think and we promise to go back to the drawing board if you all absolutely hate them.

Many thanks,
M Towers

STILL NONE

YOU AER ALL TEASING ME

Shit, I didn't notice them. Am I too late?

Brad pitt undies
Joquin Phoenix naked.
Nope, doesn't work. Get something better.

cocks

dummies

loolas

Cached version here if you want to see what it looked like.

fuck fuck fuckitty fuck

Ok they're definitely gone and won't be coming back... we agree on balance that it's just too indiscriminate a format - but sometimes you just gotta test these things (and the spikey-haired guy did have a nice "smile" and did also promise us a bag load of cash which would have paid for some shed refurb). Anyway we'll just have to think of another way to pay the bills - can you all please do all your Christmas shopping through our shopping partners pretty please? - that would help.

Thanks Justine

Will do

justine rehte shopping

if we all clicked madly one night for 5 mins

or oyu posted a thread iwht a linka nd we all had to click on it
it might be quite funny an it may raise a lto of money....

does it work simply on clickage?

Sadly we only get paid if you buy something from that page...

hmm
cna we not gte one based purely on clicks?

or maybe the comps are based on "if oyu buy soehting form x" you can enter htis ciomp

Ooooh! I've got an idea! Me! Me! Me!

Can you limit the text ads to the For Sale/Wanted/Swap threads??

rofl at soupy

Oooh don't think that would be popular - only people with cash can win the comps - I reckon I'd get really badly shouted at if we did that...

But thanks for trying - you're a sweet old fish really

We sincerely appreciate that Justine, thank you and we will definitely shop through the site. How about a click through to the main supermarket sites? So many on here do online weekly shops that there is bound to be a few quid in it for you?

Justine & Co

Thanks very much for giving a shit about our opinion.

Yours Addictedly

MamaG & Co

make money from the sellers and buyers

Carmenere - they're a bit canny the supermarkets and usually only pay a comm for new customers - but again many thanks for the thought .

OMG YES TWIG

make anyone who posts on buyign ans selling pay an annual fee

oh yes yesyeysyey PLEASE
and mkae it liek 2 million pounds

Thank you Justine - will go and do some clickage

annual fee to post on the for sale boards

And possibly the Christmas topic... [humbug]

x-post .. what cod said

yes agree buying and selling should / could be chargeable

would shut people up whinging about it too