X-Message-Number: 8821 Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 14:31:42 -0800 From: Peter Merel <> Subject: Web advertising? Doug Skrecky contemplates: > Since the funds applied to ads would effectively be buying the number > of votes for whatever the ads cost, the cost of the ads themselves > becomes a prime consideration as a tie breaker. I will make inquiries > about the cost of placing ads in Discover, Life Extension, Science News & > Scientific American to see which offers the best value for money. While I read several of the magazines on Doug's list casually, I don't subscribe to one. The bits of verbage my eyes do regularly light upon every day are the banners on a couple of search engines - infoseek and hotbot. I wonder whether advertising on search engines mightn't be more economical than in magazines? The medium is quite different in that you don't need to waste space on details - just a single hook, perhaps a banner that read, with apologies to Robert Anton Wilson, "An end to death and taxes!" might be enough to get a high click-through. Peter Merel. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8821