Two days. TWO DAYS go by, and as Liz and I are sitting here, looking at the banners, we load up the page, hear a buzzing sound, and see an ad that says “Swat the fly”. Seeing as how we specifically told this company we did NOT want any “punch the monkey” type ads, that was enough for me. I also started seeing ads for home loans and mortgage rates, and considering I say on advertising page, “We reserve the right to refuse to advertise with anyone for any reason, but this is mainly in the interest of keeping certain types of ads off of the mainpage, like porn and home equity loans”… they’re gone.
We have another company we’re working with that promises to not only show better ads, but they work with us a little better. (I wasn’t pleased about putting up the leaderboard size ads in the first place.) I’ll put those up tomorrow, and we’ll see how THEY do. I swear to you – I’m not going to let them take over this page. I won’t do it. I refuse. First goddamned smileys ad I see, they’re getting a nasty letter.