[OSM-talk] advertising

[David]

On 6/30/07, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com> wrote:

> I understand the need for income, but I'd much rather see words down the
> side than see the map altered because it looks like that's the map's
> purpose if we do that. It gives a fundamentally different message to the
> viewer about what the map is for. London is less prominent,indeed
> obscured, by 'Homes for sale in Banstead'.

I'd like to add to that by saying the implementation of the mappam ads
is poor. You drag the map around, stop dragging to look at it. Then a
short while later the advert icon appears distracting you. Usually I
wouldn't visit a site that used such annoying adverts.

I didn't see any discussion on which advert service to use. Did this
happen? If so where?

David, (the_winch)