[Foundation-l] Advertisement and service at the same time

[David Goodman]

We have already an excellent way of accomplishing this--the isbn link
goes to a page from which he can directly go to amazon or whatever
other online book dealer or library desired. That's the spam-free way
to do this.

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> wrote:
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>  Florence Devouard wrote:
>  > Would it make a difference...
>  >
>  > if an advertisement is only there to reach out to the attention of the
>  > reader, and is only beneficial to the one paying for the advertisement
>  > (eg, a Ford ad on a Toyota article)
>  >
>  > or if the advertisement also was a bringing a benefit to the reader ?
>  >
>  > I ask the question because my husband opinion is very clear on the
>  > matter. When he reads an article about a BOOK, he would like that we
>  > provide as a service, a link to a website where he can directly buy the
>  > book. Typically, an Amazon link. It would be an advertisement of course,
>  >   but it would bring a service to the reader. It would not be a
>  > GoogleAds.
>
>  Advertising brokers such as Google already attempt to make ad selection
>  based on contextual information as relevant to the reader as possible --
>  there is a direct commercial advantage for them to provide ads that
>  readers will want to click on.
>
>
>  >  We would be able to exactly select which articles we want
>  > the ad to be on (for example, all articles about books. all articles
>  > about DVD). It is not damaging the NPOV of the article. It could be
>  > identified in a special area. Deals could be made with one, or several
>  > providers. It would bring some money, but not huge amounts of money (who
>  > could disrupt the organization...).
>
>  That sort of direct dealing with individual advertisers and articles is
>  *exactly* the sort of thing that would be considered suspicious.
>
>  - -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG