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Regarding Updated Website

Legg inn av Blacksheep Ancestors » 01 des 2004 23:30:03

Hello everyone,

Regarding the comment about my website http://blacksheepancestors.com
on Dec 1:

"Why does everything lead back to ancestry.com? It's like the danged Gates
Microsoft nightmare for genealogists. Can we have some non-ancestry ads?"
_______________________________________________________________

My site has a few ancestry ads (they off-set my expenses
and keep my site FREE for visitors), but 99% of my links
lead to very useful free databases and information for
people searching their blacksheep ancestors.

The fact that someone asks why my site leads only
exclusively to ancestry links makes me pretty sure that
person did not bother to explore my site. We all want to
find our ancestors fast but if you just click on the first
thing you see, you might miss out on the good stuff.

Many websites contain ads. If you don't like them, you only
have to ignore them (don't click on them). The free stuff
is still there and still free. (Kind of like television and
commercials....)


--
Tyler S.
BlackSheep Ancestors
http://blacksheepancestors.com/

Robert Heiling

Re: Regarding Updated Website

Legg inn av Robert Heiling » 01 des 2004 23:54:12

Blacksheep Ancestors wrote:

much snipping

Regarding the comment about my website
on Dec 1:

"Why does everything lead back to ancestry.com?

My site has a few ancestry ads (they off-set my expenses

Then you admit that you're in it for the money.

and keep my site FREE for visitors),

If you can't afford it then find something else to do. My websites and those
of honest people have always been free without using ads.

The fact that someone asks why my site leads only
exclusively to ancestry links makes me pretty sure that
person did not bother to explore my site.

First impressions are the most lasting. Don't blame the world for your own
poor design.

We all want to
find our ancestors fast but if you just click on the first
thing you see,

Referring to Ancestry, of course.

you might miss out on the good stuff.

That's the way you designed it.

Many websites contain ads. If you don't like them, you only
have to ignore them (don't click on them). The free stuff
is still there and still free. (Kind of like television and
commercials....)

Advertisers here get reported to their ISP.

Bob

Dave Hinz

Re: Regarding Updated Website

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 02 des 2004 16:26:30

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:54:12 GMT, Robert Heiling <robheil@comcast.net> wrote:
Blacksheep Ancestors wrote:

My site has a few ancestry ads (they off-set my expenses

Then you admit that you're in it for the money.

Wait, I thought he said he was doing this for the purpose of getting
information out. Seems like a contradiction here.

and keep my site FREE for visitors),

If you can't afford it then find something else to do. My websites and those
of honest people have always been free without using ads.

Web hosting is no longer a $200/month proposition. Anyone with a
business-grade DSL and a $200 PC can host their own site for zero extra
monthly cost. Claiming that costs are high for hosting a website shows
that the person doing so either doesn't know technology, or hopes his
visitors don't.

The fact that someone asks why my site leads only
exclusively to ancestry links makes me pretty sure that
person did not bother to explore my site.

First impressions are the most lasting. Don't blame the world for your own
poor design.

Well, Ancestry probably pays better for banner placement, y'see, so he's
got those on the top, I'd guses.

We all want to
find our ancestors fast but if you just click on the first
thing you see,

Referring to Ancestry, of course.

Er, can't I just go directly to ancestry then, rather than through this
guy's site?

Many websites contain ads. If you don't like them, you only
have to ignore them (don't click on them). The free stuff
is still there and still free. (Kind of like television and
commercials....)

Advertisers here get reported to their ISP.

Yup. He wants to post on the .marketplace group, where it's on-topic
and tolerated.

I only hope that this guy doesn't muddy the waters for the people who are
working on the _other_ blacksheep project, and doing a fine job of it
without resorting to, well, that.

Gjest

Re: Regarding Updated Website

Legg inn av Gjest » 03 des 2004 00:31:02

On 2 Dec 2004 at 15:26, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:54:12 GMT, Robert Heiling
robheil@comcast.net> wrote: > Blacksheep Ancestors wrote:


and keep my site FREE for visitors),

If you can't afford it then find something else to do. My
websites and those of honest people have always been free
without using ads.


What's up with you guys? The website you're stomping on has lots of
good links. Did you two get up on the wrong side of bed or something?I
dont write to lists very often but you two are really making me mad
with your slamming this poor guy who already said it's his first try
at a website.

So what if he's got ads? He's got tons of other stuff there, so it's
not your business whehter he's got ads or dancing buffaloes or
whatever! So here's the website URL for those who want to find their
ancestors and not have you two tell us what's okay and what's not.

http://blacksheepancestors.com/

and to the guy who started this website- ignore these two, anyone with
half a brain can go to your site and see all the work you've done to
get those links and other stuff like the fbi posters. THANK YOU!

Jennie

Dave Hinz

Re: Regarding Updated Website

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 03 des 2004 16:13:27

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:27:22 +0000 (UTC), allgenealogy@gmail.com <allgenealogy@gmail.com> wrote:
What's up with you guys? The website you're stomping on has lots of
good links. Did you two get up on the wrong side of bed or something?I
dont write to lists very often but you two are really making me mad
with your slamming this poor guy who already said it's his first try
at a website.

He's coming across as "I'm doing this to help the people", when his
ad-based income shows he's doing it for a different reason. If you're
gonna be commercial, that's _fine_, really it is, but don't pretend that
you're not, and don't advertise it in the non-marketplace groups.

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