What are your guys opinions on using inline ad formats on a forum or other high traffic high text vessel?
I guess it all depends. As a user of course I prefer it with no ads at all, but I do understand that somehow the owner of the website has to make money. To be honest, in-line text ads are usually my favorite, they aren't like the annoying graphical popup ads and I am much more likely to click on them. If I see something I like, i'll make the click.
As a user I don't know why I would want to have any kind of ad if I had a choice. Normally you don't have that choice. I'll say hate them. donrock
I dislike them... if there's lots of them (and when they slow down page loading). But...they arent' the most annoying (compared to pop-unders for example) But - you gotta make money somehow, so that way they are ok