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I would be pissed if my $10k ad was now below the fold! putting that middle column for the top third of the page, that shows 'active' comments, crunch board jo
by redorb 18y ago
I would be pissed if my $10k ad was now below the fold! putting that middle column for the top third of the page, that shows 'active' comments, crunch board jobs, Tech crunch 50, and video comments is such a waste of real estate. For this redesign to fly the new 300px IBM ad must have been signed for a long term contract.
also the navigation is weird - web2.0, gadgets, mobile, crunchbase, more \/ ... then 'about, advertise, archives, contact tc50 and jobs, then.... subscribe, email, crunchbar, rss and twitter....
add that to showing 15+ stories now instead of 5-10 and the major attack on content vs ads, I'm sure now I will only read TC in my feed reader.
- bkbleikamp 18y agoBelow the fold is completely relative. On a 640x480 screen almost all of the ads are below the fold. On a 30" monitor they are above the fold. Advertisers know this.
- redorb 18y agoperhaps relative to the fact its below the fold for the 50% of people on 1024x768. when they used to not be...