Originally Posted by
scavanger
Not wanting to leave well enough alone - there is this from their FAQ page
There is no FAQ item that references advertising in either of the links referenced.
I have subscribed to expertflyer from the beginning and though I only use it a few times a year for some reason I never noticed the banner ads...
It's been there for about 6 months. We thought long and hard about putting ads on ExpertFlyer before we did so as we wanted to make sure we could show un-obtrusive, relevant ads to our subscribers. The reasons we decided to implement them are as follows:
- They take up no more additional space on the display then before, there are no ads in the content sections, only in unused space (like the clouds up top).
- There are many other websites that show ads to paying customers. WSJ.com is an example.
- We are trying to offset our increasing costs without raising subscription rates.
- We have continued to bring new features to ExperFlyer for 4 years without increasing our subscription rates once.
...and there's some stupid flashing banner ad at the top of the page
We approve and control all ads individually, we filter out the annoying ones and only show ones that we think would be relevant to our subscribers, if we missed one, then just email us which ad it is and we'll promptly have it removed.
As always, please send any questions or comments to
[email protected]
Regards,
EFV