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As AllDeaf.com grows and is being indexed by major search engines frequently, more and more people are noticing our wonderful deaf discussion forum on the Internets. 
Anyway, there are three groups of people that visit us everyday. They are members, lurkers, and advertisers.
Lurkers are mostly those who found us through search engines and are curious to find out more about AllDeaf before they can register. They are ok. Members are like many of us who registered to post threads, view private forums, and make new friends. They are ok. Advertisers, on the other hand, are a little tricky. While some come here to sponsor us because they find AllDeaf to be resourceful and would like to offer their services, others come here to simply SPAM. That's NOT ok.
First of all, let me explain why I feel we shouldn't allow all advertisers to post their links here. This one is simple -- AllDeaf is a discussion board, it is not a spam board. While AllDeaf is FREE to everyone, I am the one who pays out of my pocket for server and software fees, including commission payouts to the moderators of this site. I'll tell you this, it ain't cheap. So when some advertiser comes here thinking they can advertise for free, they're sorely mistaken. It isn't fair to me nor my current sponsors (see top banners) who are paying to keep AllDeaf free to you guys.
Please don't think that anyone who posts a link to their site is automatically labeled as a spammer, and their link is removed. I'll tell you what kind of sites are acceptable and what sites are not, below.
SITES OK
- Clean, non-commercial sites or forums. What I mean by "clean", I'm referring to sites or forums that do NOT have advertisements displayed all over. The only advertisement I don't mind is Google AdSense.
- Clean, non-profit organizations. Organizations that offer their services to the deaf and hard of hearing without making a profit are ok.
SITES NOT OK
- Forum of the same nature as AllDeaf. It doesn't make sense to redirect my members to other forums similar to AllDeaf.
- Commercial sites or forums. They all profit somehow, AllDeaf is not here to make them rich for free. If they want to advertise, they will have to be an official AllDeaf sponsor. For a media kit, they can contact webmaster(at)alldeaf.com
- Affiliated sites or sites with advertisements. Again, these sites make money somehow. Affiliates pay the site owners, or companies pay the site owners to have their advertisement displayed. Free advertisement for these kind of sites does not exist here.
- Sites that bash or make false accusations against AllDeaf and its members, and is encouraged by the site owners themselves. Trust me, I know the difference between "AllDeaf sucks" and "AllDeaf sucks because the members are [untrue or false statement here]." As a matter of fact, these sites are automatically censored here. I like to keep in mind the physical law that "for every action, there is a reaction."
However, there are some exceptions I'm willing to make for most advertisers here. They can place a link in their profile's homepage section. Any member that's interested in their homepage would click on the link button. Members who are actively involved in discussions and infrequently recommends or suggests a commercial site, is acceptable.
In addition, I believe in link exchange where we can benefit from unique site traffic. For more information, follow this link: http://www.alldeaf.com/showthread.php?p=33797
That being said, I would like to know how others feel about advertising at AllDeaf. I think I'm a fair guy, but if you disagree with what was said above, or if you don't understand something, please feel free to post here.
Anyway, there are three groups of people that visit us everyday. They are members, lurkers, and advertisers.Lurkers are mostly those who found us through search engines and are curious to find out more about AllDeaf before they can register. They are ok. Members are like many of us who registered to post threads, view private forums, and make new friends. They are ok. Advertisers, on the other hand, are a little tricky. While some come here to sponsor us because they find AllDeaf to be resourceful and would like to offer their services, others come here to simply SPAM. That's NOT ok.
First of all, let me explain why I feel we shouldn't allow all advertisers to post their links here. This one is simple -- AllDeaf is a discussion board, it is not a spam board. While AllDeaf is FREE to everyone, I am the one who pays out of my pocket for server and software fees, including commission payouts to the moderators of this site. I'll tell you this, it ain't cheap. So when some advertiser comes here thinking they can advertise for free, they're sorely mistaken. It isn't fair to me nor my current sponsors (see top banners) who are paying to keep AllDeaf free to you guys.
Please don't think that anyone who posts a link to their site is automatically labeled as a spammer, and their link is removed. I'll tell you what kind of sites are acceptable and what sites are not, below.
SITES OK
- Clean, non-commercial sites or forums. What I mean by "clean", I'm referring to sites or forums that do NOT have advertisements displayed all over. The only advertisement I don't mind is Google AdSense.
- Clean, non-profit organizations. Organizations that offer their services to the deaf and hard of hearing without making a profit are ok.
SITES NOT OK
- Forum of the same nature as AllDeaf. It doesn't make sense to redirect my members to other forums similar to AllDeaf.
- Commercial sites or forums. They all profit somehow, AllDeaf is not here to make them rich for free. If they want to advertise, they will have to be an official AllDeaf sponsor. For a media kit, they can contact webmaster(at)alldeaf.com
- Affiliated sites or sites with advertisements. Again, these sites make money somehow. Affiliates pay the site owners, or companies pay the site owners to have their advertisement displayed. Free advertisement for these kind of sites does not exist here.
- Sites that bash or make false accusations against AllDeaf and its members, and is encouraged by the site owners themselves. Trust me, I know the difference between "AllDeaf sucks" and "AllDeaf sucks because the members are [untrue or false statement here]." As a matter of fact, these sites are automatically censored here. I like to keep in mind the physical law that "for every action, there is a reaction."
However, there are some exceptions I'm willing to make for most advertisers here. They can place a link in their profile's homepage section. Any member that's interested in their homepage would click on the link button. Members who are actively involved in discussions and infrequently recommends or suggests a commercial site, is acceptable.
In addition, I believe in link exchange where we can benefit from unique site traffic. For more information, follow this link: http://www.alldeaf.com/showthread.php?p=33797
That being said, I would like to know how others feel about advertising at AllDeaf. I think I'm a fair guy, but if you disagree with what was said above, or if you don't understand something, please feel free to post here.
