TOO MANY AD'S?
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2015, ML250 BlueTEC
TOO MANY AD'S?
It seems that I am reading--or just browsing way too many ads from "SPONSORS". How do YOU feel about this? Seems much more cluttered than a few years ago. If this keeps up we will have more SPONSORS than MB owners.
Suggestions or recommendations?
Suggestions or recommendations?
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C204 C250-CDI
Yes, as per other thread on this topic they should be moved to their own specific sub forum sections, like for eg. the tyre, wheels and suspension dedicated section.
I'm sure we all like to see or have access to the aftermarket on our vehicles, but they shouldn't be in the model related forum thread sections, as people can see most threads at the top all of the forum columns are sponsor adds rather than topic related threads.
Most other forums are set up this way and it does not seem to reduce the exposure (or dare I say revenue) of both the sponsors and the forum owners
I'm sure we all like to see or have access to the aftermarket on our vehicles, but they shouldn't be in the model related forum thread sections, as people can see most threads at the top all of the forum columns are sponsor adds rather than topic related threads.
Most other forums are set up this way and it does not seem to reduce the exposure (or dare I say revenue) of both the sponsors and the forum owners
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2014 C350 Sport Coupe
I wish a moderator would clean up some of this advertising spam.
Personally I won't give any vendor any business from their marketing on this site/forum. If I want a product I go and search for it off site. I take the time to visit this site for pertinent information or to share such. Granted I haven't made many post or even been a member until recently, but it already is driving me to look elsewhere for a MB community.
what a drag
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C204 C250-CDI
I actually sent a PM regarding a moderator assignment to this this forum quite a while ago and got no response what so ever 
It would certainly help with more moderators here, besides the sponsors/vendors part of it a lot of threads on this forum
go down the toilet if you know what I mean well before someone with the power to take control steps in to do something about it
I've actually seen sponsors/vendors being banned from the forum, obvious reason being revenue related so it would seem the forum owner/s here have their set priorities and don't seem to care too much about other issues...
I'm also looking at alternative MB forums, good news is there's plenty out there
It would certainly help with more moderators here, besides the sponsors/vendors part of it a lot of threads on this forum
go down the toilet if you know what I mean well before someone with the power to take control steps in to do something about it
I've actually seen sponsors/vendors being banned from the forum, obvious reason being revenue related so it would seem the forum owner/s here have their set priorities and don't seem to care too much about other issues...
I'm also looking at alternative MB forums, good news is there's plenty out there
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C63 Coupe
E90Post.com (albeit a much higher fan base) has it down right! That site is very well moderated and segmented.
I too don't visit here as often because of all the ads. You know it's bad when car dealers are creating a username to push their inventory on the forums. 1 quality post... sell, sell, sell.... that's spam
I too don't visit here as often because of all the ads. You know it's bad when car dealers are creating a username to push their inventory on the forums. 1 quality post... sell, sell, sell.... that's spam
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At least board sponsors are paying to support the manpower to run this site.
Last edited by 27T; Feb 6, 2015 at 02:36 PM.
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C204 C250-CDI
That's a very fair and valid point, but they are also making money from sales from the advertising on this or any other site so it's a win win for the part vendors and board owner/s.
Again that's all well and good but the main problem being raised is the clutter of the adds in this and other sections of the forum, my suggestion remains the same, ie move the vendors to their own specific section with plenty of reference to them, they'll still get the same exposure but without cluttering up the car topic related sections
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2014 C63 507
I agree, way too many ads. It's one thing to spam in a high volume forum where there are new threads everyday such as the w204 forum, but the c204 sub-section forum is already dead as is, why clutter it up with ads? i think a lot of c204 enthusiasts come to this sub-section, see all the spam threads, and never return. very off-putting for me so I try to stick with the w204 forum as I know what to expect. just my 2 cents.
-allen
-allen
