Your thoughts on seeing non-porn ads

[rawTOP]

As you may have noticed, fewer and fewer people are paying for porn these days. Since this site (and my other sites) are supported by revenue from the sales of porn, margins are slowly getting tighter and tighter...

So, how would you guys feel if there were ads on this site for things other than porn? For example insurance, travel, or those electronic cigarettes, or clothing, etc. Right now the porn ads give a good focus to the site. They keep you guys thinking about sex. Would the other ads be too much of a distraction? What if they were only on the bottom of the page, or not too big - so they didn't become dominant on the page?

Let me know your thoughts... I'm thinking of trying out some new ads in the not-too-distant future.

[pullmanslut]

Anything to keep this forum running!

[albentley]

Agree with pullmanslut. If it helps keep the forum running then all ads are OK.

[Guest mspchaser]

As long as the ads don't pull private data of users and sell it to the highest (and lowest) bidder, than I'm happy to see whatever ads are necessary to keep this site running.

[rawTOP]

As long as the ads don't pull private data of users and sell it to the highest (and lowest) bidder, than I'm happy to see whatever ads are necessary to keep this site running.

Just to be clear, I don't use 3rd party code to serve my banner ads. You know how sometimes you visit a widgets site and then later you see ads for widgets? That's because the widget site had code on it to tell an ad network that you were interested in widgets. Then another site uses the same ad network so the ad network can run "targeted" ads. I don't do that. The only ad targeting I do is if you view a Raw Fuck Club video, you'll see Raw Fuck Club ads. Or if you view a porn blog page dedicated to black guys, you'll see more ads for sites with black guys.

About the most I do is work with sponsors to send email blasts with special offers. But it's with the agreement that they don't retain my email mailing list. I'm getting pickier in that respect - I may only have my best friend (who runs sites like Raw Fuck Club, Raw & Rough and Black Breeders) send out the email blasts. I trust him way more than I trust some of the other folks in this business.

Bottom line, I get that you don't want third parties who may not be bareback friendly to know you were here. And you don't want anything from here to affect your web surfing on other sites.

Now what may happen is if you click a link here and visit an insurance company, then you may see insurance ads on other sites. But #1 - if you're shopping for insurance that may happen anyway. And #2 you probably don't care if your boss knows your shopping for insurance.

[DarkroomTaker]

Cool all ads are ok, great way to support the site. Just the flashing ones kinda irritate me. But yes Rawtop..

[NastyRigPig]

Question is, are there advertiser you could entice to advertise here?

[Pig Bottom]

I think you should target other segments of life such as gay travel, alcoholic beverages and shopping in ads.

[layedback]

I love this site and think you should do whatever it takes to keep it online. I don't pay attention to the ads anyway, so it makes no difference to me what they advertise. And, trust me, I don't need graphic ads to help me think about porn or fucking bareback!

[xxww]

yeah i dont care about the ads so what ever keeps the site up

[TigerMilner]

I think if you focus on gay as a demographic your site would be a great place for ads for gay resorts, alchohol, clothing, music, etc. Anything to do with gay travel and entertainment would be relevant. We are a self-indulgent, pleasure-seeking bunch of consumers. I doubt condoms would do well, lol. Not even the Magnums.

[NiceHard1]

I agree, anything to help fund the site is welcome. Certainly sex related things, such as Nasty Pig, Fort Troff, oxballs, boybutter, might be eager to advertise with you. Also maybe some of the bars or sex clubs/parties - steamworks, etc..

[btm2bbred]

I think ads are OK, and gay themed ads like Tiger and NiceHard1 suggest might be a good idea. But anything that gives you decent revenue to keep the site running is fine with me, including having the BZ members or guests paying a modest fee for access to some parts of the website.

I'm sure maintaining this web site is very labor intensive. Good luck!

[vrsbbltn]

Might be hard to convince many companies non sex related to advertise here, but it's just a thought, I have no idea how anything of this works.

I don't care about non-sex adds. Sex is what we gays like the most, but it becomes boring, so having adds about other things we like, no matter this is a sex-oriented site, would make us be interested in them. We gays love traveling, so having ads about destinations in the US and abroad, which are friendly and safe would be awesome.

[Guest Matias47]

This is business, not personal. Get whatever ads you can. Gay sex friendly does, of course, seem the place to start, but whatever you get is perfectly fine.

Do what you gotta do.