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| Subject: | RE: GISList: GeoComm.com Nauseating II |
| Date: |
02/13/2002 09:21:02 AM |
| From: |
Anthony Herman |
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Well... If you right-click on the animation and unselect the PLAY menu
option it will stop flashing and you can continue on your read! You can
also disable flash animation on your browser. That should make for a easier
viewing experience and get back to what this list is for... GIS!
Adios,
Anthony Herman
-----Original Message-----
From: T.C. Herman [mailto:therman@geocomm.com\
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 4:04 PM
To: Robert Heitzman
Cc: gislist@geocomm.com: CWeaver@icfconsulting.com
Subject: Re: GISList: GeoComm.com Nauseating II
Robert,
Put simply, the GeoCommunity web site is made possible because of
GIS-related advertising. If you do not understand or appreciate our
advertising related business model, then please do not visit our website.
As for the rest of the folks in the GeoCommunity such as Chris Weaver -
thank you for your support, understanding, and positive contributions.
T.C. Herman
Executive Vice President
Robert Heitzman wrote:
> Thanks Chris for including Glenn's comments addressed to me and ending
> with a PS to the list. Notice he didn't bother to send me a copy
> directly. I haven't even received one via the list yet. Strange.
>
> =====================
>
> Mr. Letham,
>
> I have the day off and I thought I would spend some time exploring the
> GeoComm site. I could not escape the incessant flashing on the
> screen. I just left the site and posted my message hoping others
> would agree and get the site to back off a bit on the animation.
>
> Obviously you have some very loyal supporters. I can't believe they
> actually enjoy those ads, but are just defending you. I guess I can
> agree with them in that I am thankful your site is not as bad as the
> worst out there.
>
> Sorry that you took the post personally. I'll write off your poor
> manners to the ability email allows us to make fools of ourseleves on
> occasion by not givng us time to think before we flame away.
>
> I'm sure if you sat back and thought a bit you would have replied to
> me in private to discuss what would prompt me to flame your site.
> Wouldn't that be valuable information? This isn't the kind of list
> that people just flame each other just to be nasty. That certainly
> wasn't my motivation - I do find the rapid animation truly annoying
> and said so. That's childish?
>
> I noticed the site's unprofessional advertising behaviour for quite a
while.
> The latest ad - something about FTP - was over the top. There is no
> excuse IMO for ads like that one. I know it caused me to leave the
> site before I was ready to.
>
> No, Mr. Letham, it is you, not I, that needs an Econ 101 class. Or
> maybe one in Marketing or Advertising. You do not have the luxury of
> annoying many of your visitors and animation/flash does annoy a large
> segment of the Internet users.
>
> I can believe that in small doses changing ad images can be succesful,
> even neccessary if you have a lot of material to display in a small
> space. Just slow down the animation! Yours isn't the kind of site
> that cannot hold visitors for long periods. You have a lot of useful
> information worth reading that I have discovered in the past. It is
> just that now the site is so offensive that I will only visit the site
> to grab some free data, minimzing the time I am exposed to the ads.
>
> Certainly ads obviously designed to annoy actually work in some cases,
> but are you proud of them?
>
> >From: "Weaver, Chris" <CWeaver@icfconsulting.com>
> >To: "Glenn Letham" <editor@geocomm.com>, "Robert Heitzman"
> ><rheitzman@hotmail.com>, <gislist@geocomm.com>
> >Subject: RE: GISList: http://www.GeoComm.com Nauseating
> >Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:21:47 -0500
> >
> >i'm not fond of ads either, and yes glenn uses animated ads as anyone
> >else displaying ads on the net is.
> >
> >...at least he is not using
> >http://www.unitedvirtualities.com/shoshkeles.htm
> >
> >or any of the other "take over your screen" ads as seen on
> >www.sportingnews.com or even at the olympics (www.olympics.com) site.
> >The one on the olympics site that I saw the other day, faded the
> >entire screen to the ad, then returned the to the main page. Highly
> >bothersome. In comparison Geocomm's are relatively limited in size
> >and scope.
> >
> >At least glenn is providing us all with a highly valuable service
> >without being a royal pain.... besides he puts his name on the line
> >every day. He's on this listserv and everyone can yell and scream and
> >he answers them in turn. How often have you seen Ga
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