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Re: Brickshelf L.L.C.
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:16:43 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Kevin Loch writes:
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> > > It will also soon have banner ads (ugh),
> > > although I will try to do that in a tasteful (yet effective) manner.
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> > Eww... I'm sure you hate having to do this. Have you considered other
> > options, like subscriptions to upload images to the member gallery? From
> > what I understand, banners don't pay that much, if you had something like a
> > $5/mo subscription for each gallery member, your active membership might
> > drop a bit, but you might be able to pay for it without needing banners.
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> What is wrong with banners, per se? I've got a banner ad that I'm going to
> be running in various places, are you saying that you'd have an issue with
> that banner being seen on BrickShelf if Kevin and I came to terms on pricing
> and impressions?
I have no problem with banner ads myself. I've even accomodated myself to
the MASSIVE ads that Yahoo has put in place. The reason that I don't mind is
because I can tune them out. Having a fast connection helps bcause the time
wasted (sorry, advertisers and advertiser-sellers) is usually pretty
insignificant. So I hope that they work out for everybody.
Subscriptions to view Brickshelf would put a damper on things, no doubt.
Hosting fees make sense to me. Flat rates are the easiest to implement.
$20/lifetime would be a no-brainer. What would I consider a good deal?
$20/year seems not inappropriate. $35/year feels like it might be too much
(for me). $5/month is right out.
File-size limits and throughput quotas make sense fairness-wise, but would
have potential administrative headaches built in. By introducing a pay
structure, I'm not sure how Brickshelf can distinguish itself from being a
web-hosting service. Maybe that's an evolution: Brickshelf-style web-hosting
for Lego-related content.
Has outside linking been a problem? Geocities has an effective method (which
I have never really researched, but I'm pretty sure is merely router-based
rule-sets) of keeping outside pages from linking to Geocities-hosted
resources. This forces the creation of Geocities pages that then carry the
Geocities banners. (It's hard to complain about the Geocities banner: it
gives you the ability to minimize it. A well-behaved banner!)
Thanks to for all the great work so far. (As a fellow member of the
unemployed hordes, I share your pain. As a fellow tech worker (I assume),
it's a little scary for me that you, Kevin Loch, clearly energetic, creative
and smart, can be laid off. What hope is there for poor me?)
Good luck!
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| (...) If I could choose one thing to *keep* in brickshelf, it would be this option (outside linking). It allows making elaborate pages on lugnet as well as accomodating large sites. IMHO it is one of Brickshelf's biggest advantages (only, perhaps, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) What is wrong with banners, per se? I've got a banner ad that I'm going to be running in various places, are you saying that you'd have an issue with that banner being seen on BrickShelf if Kevin and I came to terms on pricing and impressions? (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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