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Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:14 am
Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:14 am
rageaholic wrote:They don't bother me. The site is free for me to play, there are no things popping up in my face, I barely notice the banners anyway. Meh... I can see how this could bother people, but, personally, I don't see it as a reason to get so worked up. The small ads had off site links too.
Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:15 am
Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:18 am
fifthmonkee wrote:The banner ads bother me because they represent bad news on the business end of Neopets. Neopets, as a business concepts, is a web page offering imbedded advertising. If they can't make enough money from imbedded advertising and licensing fees, then the entire concept is flawed, and Neopets has no real reason to exist.
Or, more precisely, investors and advertisers will see no real reason for the site to exist. The experiment has failed, Neopets won't endure, and eventually, in 5, 10, or 20 years, my tiny virtual pets will cease to exist, and that idea makes me sadVery sad
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Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:23 am
Johnnydontgo wrote:fifthmonkee wrote:The banner ads bother me because they represent bad news on the business end of Neopets. Neopets, as a business concepts, is a web page offering imbedded advertising. If they can't make enough money from imbedded advertising and licensing fees, then the entire concept is flawed, and Neopets has no real reason to exist.
Or, more precisely, investors and advertisers will see no real reason for the site to exist. The experiment has failed, Neopets won't endure, and eventually, in 5, 10, or 20 years, my tiny virtual pets will cease to exist, and that idea makes me sadVery sad
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I don't see how that makes sense. Neopets earns the majority of their income from, like you said, embedded advertising and marketing real-life merchandise. It seems to be working quite well for them. And, as Adam said above, we're talking 3% of all banners (for now), and the number will probably grow. Alot of large companies (i.e. General Mills, whatever movie companies are advertising their movies) are jumping at the chance to be a part of it. I don't see this as the "downfall" of the company per se, but perhaps the "depersonalization" of it.
Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:24 am
Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:33 am
Messs17 wrote:notanderson_neo wrote:OmniIcyshelf wrote:Uh...
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Yes, feminine deodorant has already been shown on the side ad box before.![]()
That makes me laugh and cry.
there's even a game about it. *goes off to check it out*
Here is the game center for it http://www.neopets.com/games/secretsparkle.phtmllol.
Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:40 am
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