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Show HN: Advertise for free. $0 CPM. $0 CPC

34 points by aleksailosey 7y ago

rco8786 7y ago
What's old is new again :)
tiborsaas 7y ago
Good luck, webrings need a comeback :) Two minor quick landing page fixes: - you have a horizontal scrollbar - text selection is blocked which is very user hostile
tobltobs 7y ago
How is this supposed to work? What decides how often my ad is shown? Who pays the ad reviewers and the infrastructure?
- aleksailosey 7y ago
  1.You upload your ad and it's shown on other Adtree users' websites. 2. Your ad is shown as often as possible on only relevant websites. 3. Right now, I do. With enough users the network could be monetized by charging monthly to advertise (without having to place an ad on your own site).
  - codingdave 7y ago
    Your answer for #2 doesn't really answer the question. How is "as often as possible" calculated? How is it determined if a website is relevant or not?
  - udayrddy 7y ago
    Could you define "only relevant", please. I would not think of advertising mine on competitor vice-versa
zubairq 7y ago
Basically this is like link sharing I guess ?
- aleksailosey 7y ago
  Yea you could think of it that way.
  - gargarplex 7y ago
    Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkExchange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkExchange Could work really well. All the best
NewsAware 7y ago
I understood the value of LinkExchange in the geocities Era - everyone was online because you "had to be" but there were no clear monetization strategies. With page impressions as sole KPI it didn't hurt to get a few more by joining some ad-ring-system. Nowadays the line between publishers (many impressions, put stuff online and monetize via ads) and advertisers (fewer impressions, everyone monetizing in some other way, no matter if they actually use online ads or not) seems quite clear cut. So not really seeing who would use this tbh. Good luck with your project though!
wheresvic3 7y ago
Just signed up but apparently you need a hundred visits per day to qualify. If I had that sort of traffic, I would just go with adsense ...
pascalxus 7y ago
I'll give it a shot. but I'm just not sure what size of ads I'm supposed to upload. Also, when I go to upload it, it assumes I have the precise ad size.
leosarev 7y ago
Millennials had invented banner exchange network.
quickthrower2 7y ago
"Worlds First"? There was something like this back in the early 2000's. In-fact I think there is a whole bunch of them.

34 points by aleksailosey 7y ago

What's old is new again :)

Good luck, webrings need a comeback :) Two minor quick landing page fixes: - you have a horizontal scrollbar - text selection is blocked which is very user hostile

tobltobs 7y ago

How is this supposed to work? What decides how often my ad is shown? Who pays the ad reviewers and the infrastructure?

aleksailosey 7y ago
1.You upload your ad and it's shown on other Adtree users' websites. 2. Your ad is shown as often as possible on only relevant websites. 3. Right now, I do. With enough users the network could be monetized by charging monthly to advertise (without having to place an ad on your own site).
- codingdave 7y ago
  Your answer for #2 doesn't really answer the question. How is "as often as possible" calculated? How is it determined if a website is relevant or not?
- udayrddy 7y ago
  Could you define "only relevant", please. I would not think of advertising mine on competitor vice-versa

zubairq 7y ago

Basically this is like link sharing I guess ?

aleksailosey 7y ago
Yea you could think of it that way.
- gargarplex 7y ago
  Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkExchange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkExchange Could work really well. All the best

NewsAware 7y ago

I understood the value of LinkExchange in the geocities Era - everyone was online because you "had to be" but there were no clear monetization strategies. With page impressions as sole KPI it didn't hurt to get a few more by joining some ad-ring-system. Nowadays the line between publishers (many impressions, put stuff online and monetize via ads) and advertisers (fewer impressions, everyone monetizing in some other way, no matter if they actually use online ads or not) seems quite clear cut. So not really seeing who would use this tbh. Good luck with your project though!

wheresvic3 7y ago

Just signed up but apparently you need a hundred visits per day to qualify. If I had that sort of traffic, I would just go with adsense ...

pascalxus 7y ago

I'll give it a shot. but I'm just not sure what size of ads I'm supposed to upload. Also, when I go to upload it, it assumes I have the precise ad size.

leosarev 7y ago

Millennials had invented banner exchange network.

quickthrower2 7y ago

"Worlds First"? There was something like this back in the early 2000's. In-fact I think there is a whole bunch of them.