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From: Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>
To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Subject: Re: Banner Exchanges
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On Sep 20, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote:

> Well - you can do what you want but I've read that the clickthroughs
> on banner advertising are miserable - in general not worth the time
> unless your running a porno site or something like that which is generating
> millions of hits a day.

Translation: "I hate banner ads because although I get suckered into
clicking on banners on the porn sites I browse, when I spent 10k with
doubleclick last month I didn't get millions of hits on my website"

> I would be very interested in any stats you can generate as a result of
> something like this, should you decide to do it.

Translation: "Please give me some market research for free... "

Perhaps I'm getting too cynical. :-)

--
PR

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