Hello everyone - I am posting this message on a couple of threads to outline Go2Net's advertising policy with respect to Silicon Investor. I can hear some of you muttering right now, "Oh boy, here it comes." However, please read this entire post, and hopefully you won't still feel that way at the end.
For starters, to clarify how and where advertising will be displayed within the new Silicon Investor, we have prepared a Silicon Investor Advertising Policy, which you can view - in full gory detail - at your leisure, at the following address:
beta.siliconinvestor.com
As a brief review, let me summarize the key components for Paying Members, which includes active paying members as well as lifetime and "grandfathered" members.
The bottom line, Go2Net will start placing Ad Banners and Ad Buttons throughout the Silicon Investor site,
...but...
Paying Members will be able to turn-off the advertising within the StockTalk Member Section of SI, which is the core discussion area (i.e. forums, subjects, posts, message center, etc.) And yes, we will default this option to *advertising off* for all existing Paying Members. To change this setting, go to the Customize Options page.
Paying Members will not be able to turn off ads in the other sections of Silicon Investor. As we continue to expand SI into a comprehensive financial destination site, we will add or enhance services and content (quotes, news, charts, research, advice, editorial, etc.) that can only be provided economically on an advertising-subsidized basis, i.e. as it is elsewhere on the Web.
We believe that this policy is fair and equitable to all, and that it is consistent with the covenant made with SI members. If you have questions or comments about this policy, please let us know - (like I needed to remind you to share your opinions <g>).
Thanks,
Bryan
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