Oh, Robert, what have you done to my favourite, go-to theme park website? It's advertising madness!
I don't know if the American experience is any better but in the UK the landing page has a banner at the bottom taking up at least a quarter of the screen, constantly changing and totally irritating video ads on the right and at least 6 ads, some humungous in size, as you scroll down.
Surely there is a happier medium of money from advertising versus visitor experience.....??
Many thanks for responding, Robert. It is 00.45 in England and I can't sleep owing to the horror of what I am seeing. At least with your explanation I can now retire to bed.
Yeah, the short answer is that I intend this to be temporary. I can give a super-long answer about monetizing websites, finding work past middle age, and the death of online algorithms, should anyone care. If not, fine.
I thank everyone for the time and attention they give to our work here.
Ads can be annoying but if the alternative is to lose this site then they have to be viewed as the lesser of two evils.
I can live with them. I'd obviously prefer not to have them but if they are a necessary revenue stream then so be it.
Robert wrote: "I can give a super-long answer about monetizing websites, finding work past middle age, and the death of online algorithms, should anyone care."
I care. I would love to learn about the business of running a website, writing past middle age, and the death of algorithms. Fascinating stuff. Please do give us the long answer (maybe on your Substack). Thanks.
I haven't seen an ad, banner, or anything in a decade. Even YouTube... LOL.
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We’re doing a bunch of A/B testing at the moment, which I hope to have stabilized with a sustainable mix and placement in the next few days. Please be patient, as I am trying a new provider that should help make the site sustainable without paywalls for the future. Because the previous system was not sustainable.