Posting Date: June 09, 2002

WebWord Comment -- I'm listing another auction for advertising space in the WebWord Addiction. Check it out! I tried to increase the usability of the advertisement. I added demographic information, example advertisements, and a date when the ad would start running. Hopefully these things reduce ambiguity and increase comfort. For what it is worth, WebWord Addiction readers don't mind the ads at all. In fact, a couple of readers told me that they liked the advertisements since it helped them find new companies and services.

Reader Comments...

John, if you're going to use paypal you might want to put a paypal logo on the auction...many people don't read the auctions close enough and think you're insane when you tell them you're only accepting paypal. Either that, or you should change the HTML so the "Paypal only" part stands out.

Just a suggestion. :)

Posted by: Matt on June 9, 2002 09:26 PM

Is Matt Rhodes related to John Rhodes?

Posted by: MadMan on June 9, 2002 11:41 PM

Matt Rhodes is related to John Rhodes. He's my (significantly) younger brother.

I guess he finally started reading WebWord. Took him long enough, don't you think? I've been doing this for nearly 4 years now...

Posted by: John S. Rhodes on June 9, 2002 11:55 PM

Yes, I'm John's younger brother.

John, what are you going to do if someone who has a topic totally off of usability/huamn factors? Some sort of service that few of your readers would be interested in, then the ad would probably become a nuisance...

Posted by: on June 10, 2002 03:15 PM

John - you can setup Paypal to automatically update all your auctions with their logo and signup link. Count how many clicks it takes you to activate that service (just curious...)

- Greg

Posted by: Greg on June 11, 2002 11:10 PM

Greg,

I'm not totally sure what you mean. Could you please clarify? I'll go to PayPal and investigate, but a better description of what you are talking about would be great. Thanks!

Posted by: John S. Rhodes on June 11, 2002 11:17 PM

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