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To ecdpartners: posts deleted.

Jul 19, 2007 8:35AM PDT

The last sentence of the "Posting advertisements" paragraph of our forum policies (link at left) tells you why.

It's not really credible that you "recently ran into a site" that your homepage shows you own. In fact, it's blatantly untrue and misleading.

Kees

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Your second try was a little bit better.
Jul 19, 2007 5:38PM PDT

But still a long way from acceptable.

Kees

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(NT) Can you give me an example of an acceptable advertisement?
Jul 19, 2007 6:24PM PDT
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No free adverts. See the forum policies.
Jul 19, 2007 9:45PM PDT

But if you must, CNET.COM will sell you that banner space above.

Bob

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What would be acceptable to me ...
Jul 19, 2007 9:59PM PDT

is a link to your own site in the context of a useful answer to another posters question. That answer should be more that "look at my site", but be relevant and informational on its own.

For example: a link to your site would be acceptable to me in the context of an answer to a question about finding the right web hosting service for some particular purpose. You could write a few helpful paragraphs, directed at the needs as formulated by the user, or explain a few headlines for relevant factors if his requirements aren't clear. And then you might add a link to your own (useful indeed) website for a more in-depth coverage.

It would be considered spamming if you did it to every such question, of course.

As Bob said, we do have the opportunity to advertise on these forums. But you have to pay for that, as you will certainly understand.

Hope this helps.

Kees

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(NT) How much does the banner cost?
Jul 21, 2007 7:43AM PDT
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(NT) Don't know. Ask the sales dept.
Jul 22, 2007 5:04AM PDT