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

Justine - is there possibility for an optional membership fee and if you pay you don't see any ads whatsoever anywhere on the site?

or why don't you make a sexy calendar that is always such a good idea!

Yes we think that is possible Rubberduck - we are looking into it right now as it happens...
Uh oh - sexy calendars - groundhog day?

go on we could have you looking all saucey beside a big server and have some pun using teh word motherboard.

If I'm honest, Kewcumber, it doesn't feel very us - can't see how getting bombarded with phone calls would make anyone's life easier - but what do folks think?

What 12 pictures of Tech??

And Cod posing with a gavel and looking stern... (please no one shatter my illusions and tell me that magistrates don't have gavels)

me on a mountain top chewing adelweiss!

lol - wasn't suggesting you bambard people with phone calls, as I said, you could avoid campaigns that ask for phone numbers. However I have no idea if the volumes you would produce on the non-phone number cqampaigns would make it worth your while hosting them.

lol at motnerboard and hun tax
agree people using mn like ebay sd be charged

Thanks for listening Justine

Ooh yay - glad this didn't happen, those link things are freaky

as soupy said, just do those text links to the word PRAM in the buying and selling bit and you'll probably make about a million quid just from that

I don't mind those text ads as long as they are in buying and selling

they're back

Don't like them.

reading

Sorry, just testing. Sometimes the word 'reading' brings up a persil ad, sometimes not. How do we know when it will be produced?

I can't bloody see them .. but I am helpfully advertising persil on another thread

Uses soapnuts

Persil brings me/dc's out in a rash

Can I advertise something funky please?

I feel violated!! Perhaps it could be restricted to posts in the topics list that aren't potentially sad/health related etc?

Voting for Wine club link but no blardy pop-ups grrrr!

Thanks MNHQ

Why did they come back? I saw them earlier too.

Twas most strange. Maybe they were protesting at being stopped

I don't know why they came back - agency was told we didn't want them. Anyway we've removed the tags now, so won't come back again.
Apologies.