Starting right now The Deck, our advertising network targeting web, design and creative professionals, is bigger, smarter and better looking with the addition of Chip Kidd’s Good Is Dead, Dean Allen’s Textism, the various projects of Mr. Ze Frank and the new suite of rich internet applications geared for artists, Aviary.
As usual, Jeffrey has said it all, and perfectly. Thanks to Naz for permission to use the alley above.
GeeIWonder
on 02 May 08I’ve been meaning to ask.. doesn’t the newly injected promotional text (with grey background) at the end of your blog posts more or less directly go against the spirit, if not the letter (perhaps it’s not technically an ‘ad’, but with the yellow-highlight above and the grey background, it sure feels like one) of the Deck’s oft-stated mantra:
Only a single ad will be shown for each page viewed
I’m not sure how I’d feel about that if it were my dollar.
coudal
on 02 May 08Deck members are free to promote their own products and services in any way they like…
JF
on 02 May 08Geel, those links are promoting our own products and services. The only third party ad we display is The Deck ad.
Aaron
on 02 May 08JF,
What about the Authentic Jobs and 37signals job posting you see on other websites within the Deck? Are these people not receiving money for the job ads being displayed on their sites?
Either way I don’t think it matters because the Deck is a great ad network… I just think the wording about it being the only ad on the page is becoming more and more untrue.
GeeIWonder
on 02 May 08Sorry if it seemed I meant to imply nefarious intent or anything of the like. Obviously the ‘Deck’ makes the terms and you both live with whatever the market can bear.
I just think the market might bear a little less on, say, a page full of product links above the content, beside the content and again below the content. It’s a design/decision question, really. Also, as the (relatively small) network expands, I would think the members all need to be able to rely on good faith of the others. Is their some structure for disputes?
And as Aaron says, great content which the Deck seems to seek out probably allows the market to bear a lot more.
FredS
on 02 May 08I hide the deck on Yay Hooray. Ha ha ha {cough}.
no one in particular
on 02 May 08Congrats on growing The Deck without diluting its value by adding crappy sites.
JF
on 02 May 08Aaron/Geel: A job board listing is not a third party ad like a Google Ad would be or another ad banner. They don’t compete.
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