Question about the ad banners

[ShannonA]

I know the forum doesn't try to affiliate itself with particular brands but I see these ad banners and I've heard of some companies having affiliate proragms... anyway what I'm wondering is if we buy something by clicking on one of the banners does the forum (or owner/owners) get any credit from it?

I ask because one of the banners is from a vendor I'm considering purchasing from and in fact have their site bookmarked for that purpose and if someone from here would get credit I'd purchase that way instead of via my bookmark.

 

[Rosa]

The banners don't work that way. AFAIK, in order for someone to get affiliate creds they need to give you their special code or something like that.

 

[tenzip]

I have no specific knowledge, but that is normally the way that those types of ads work. The more people that click on them, the more the site gets.

Edit: Ha! Rosa beat me, and completely contradicted what I posted. Maybe a mod will pop in with a definitive answer.

 

[Rosa]

I could be totally wrong though

 

[dormouse]

No idea. I thought people just used countdown signatures or ones of products they like.

 

[Rosa]

No idea. I thought people just used countdown signatures or ones of products they like.

me too...

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[tenzip]

I thought OP was talking about the ads between posts. I could be totally wrong.

(I don't even see them, as I'm a sneaky S.O.B., but I've heard they're there.)

 

[ShannonA]

I thought OP was talking about the ads between posts. I could be totally wrong.

(I don't even see them, as I'm a sneaky S.O.B., but I've heard they're there.)

I mean the ones that appear at the top of the forum. As for the ads working not working that way (rosa). I don't think most do but some companies (blu is one of them) provide ad banners that do. I just thought if I could help someone out I would. In this economy we need all the help we can get and this forum is a wealth of information. I think I found it through Volcano's site. I don't remember how I found Volcano tho .

 

[tenzip]

Yep, when I switch to a stock browser, there is a fairly unobtrusive ad just under the "New Posts Private Messages FAQ Community Forum Actions Quick Links" bar.

I'm pretty sure, but am no kind of authority, that the site will receive some kind of credit for clicking through.