As useful as an ashtray on a motorbike! (dooyoo banners)

Member Name: bruleo

Product:	dooyoo banners
Date:	26/10/01 (33 review reads)
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Advantages: None

Disadvantages: Slows site loading, Unappealing to the eye.

Does anyone really take any notice of banner advertising these days? I think not!
They often slow a PC's performance and download of the site you are visiting; they often ruin the overall appearance of the hosting site and they are generally a waste of space.

Personally speaking, I try to avoid clicking on banner adverts at ALL cost as you never really know where you will end up.

The best form of advertising (for me) on the net is the opt-in approach where you choose which categories of advertisments you would like to receive. You can then review them at your leisure. How many people like me have seen the odd banner advert they are interested in and decide to look at it later, only to find that when the page has been refreshed, it has been replaced by another advert. That is not a problem with the opt-in approach. It is a much more targeted system and ensures that adverts reach the people who may be actually interested in the products / services concerned.

Whilst I do agree that advertising plays and important part in keeping web services free, and that utimately dooyoo would not exist if it were not for advertising, I feel that serious thoughts should be given to the methods used.

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