Forum:Advertising kills wiki

Wikis are by concept various. If all wiki ppl creates with this tool will have same advertising banners on top and below the main page this wont do. Let's find a way to give a chance to wiki creators and editors to have under control advertising area in newly created wikis.

Iustin Ivlev


 * Hi, Iustin. While not a lot of folks like advertisements, Wikia does need them. It's barely, if at all, making a profit with what it already has deployed. The ad team is constantly trying to find new methods and various forms of advertising that will work out to the benefit of the company and the end user. Most of the wikis traffic is anonymous viewers and editors, and all these folks will see the advertising. However, they do have the option to create an account and login and not see advertisements except on the main page. It is however recommended (and there are examples out there) of wikis whose main page is designed to best accomodate the box and banner ad. -- 12:23, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

I think most wikia contributors understand in the current economic times about the need to pay the bills. I know about the Wikiabanner magic word. Is there any other hint keywords or other assistance we can give to wikia software about ad positioning? 17:58, 12 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm sure comments, suggestions, and feedback about advertisement will be welcome via Special:Contact. From there it should be passed on to the ad team. -- 18:03, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

How much?
Would cost to have my own advertising on those adhvertising areas? One way of solving this issue would be this: one has to come with it's own advertising buyers to have decent advertising on his wiki.


 * All ad revenue goes to wikia, not the end user. See also Ownership, just because you are an admin or founder of a wiki doesn't entitle you to something like that. Wikia provides free hosting at the cost of advertisements on its wikis. -- 19:14, 12 July 2009 (UTC)