WordPress Plugin for Those Stripe Ads
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You know those stripe ads that are turning up on a lot of blogs these days? They don’ take up much space, but they catch your attention. At least, they do for me.
Anyhow, those Stripe Ads are available as a WordPress plugin from MaxBlogPress.
You can get a free version of the plugin, but it has a link on the right that reads “Powered by MaxBlogPress.” You can see an example of this stripe ad at The Real Tim Jones site.
I learned about these ads while sitting on a panel with Tim at BlogWorld Expo, as he talked about using them to monetize his site (thanks Tim).
I’ve got the paid version of the Stripe Ad plugin running on my blog and I’m rotating some different messages to see how it does.
I like this option for subtly running some affiliate links a whole lot more than banners all over the place.
One word of warning, though. I tried it on FeedFront.com, which uses a paid Revolution theme, and the stripe ad totally whacked out the tables in the theme.
I’m sure there is a tweak there, but try the free version to check compatibility before upgrading.
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On September 30 @ 2:09 pm posted[...] especially if it does have a high click through rate. I read about it on Shawn Collins’ Affiliate Marketing Blog, and he also includes a direct link to the page, which you can access here. I guess they have both [...]
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On October 2 @ 12:05 pm posted
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I've seen it push the header down, too, so that you lose your navigation bar at the top.
Also, you can “fix” it to the top of the page in the options area, so it follows the reader as they progress down the page. You can see how that works at TheRealTimJones.com, also.
reply to this commentI just looked at TheRealTimJones.com in IE and the bar didn't follow me when I scrolled. It did work in FF and Chrome.
I tested that option yesterday and was annoyed it wasn't working. Glad to see it was just IE and not the plugin.
reply to this commentAnother reason to use FF.
IE seems to make a lot of things act goofy on my blog. I still haven't decided if I like it that way or not. Still just testing it out. I actually liked the way it looked at johnchow.com and that's what inspired me to try it out.
reply to this commentMost of my visitors still come from IE, though. Can't afford to be goofy there.
reply to this commentI've seen it push the header down, too, so that you lose your navigation bar at the top.
Also, you can “fix” it to the top of the page in the options area, so it follows the reader as they progress down the page. You can see how that works at TheRealTimJones.com, also.
reply to this commentI just looked at TheRealTimJones.com in IE and the bar didn't follow me when I scrolled. It did work in FF and Chrome.
I tested that option yesterday and was annoyed it wasn't working. Glad to see it was just IE and not the plugin.
reply to this commentAnother reason to use FF.
IE seems to make a lot of things act goofy on my blog. I still haven't decided if I like it that way or not. Still just testing it out. I actually liked the way it looked at johnchow.com and that's what inspired me to try it out.
reply to this commentMost of my visitors still come from IE, though. Can't afford to be goofy there.
reply to this commentOnly a moron would use this plugin considering the fact that a real blogger knowledgable with code could slap up their own stripe ad without the aid of a plugin.. I find it sickening that one is subject to being committed as a subscriber to a spammy halfass newsletter
reply to this commentFor anyone interested we just released the Stripe Ad into our network making it even easier for publishers and giving publishers access to our advertiser-base.
More info at:
http://blog.adtoll.com/2009/03/09/released-the-stripe-ad-format-and-siteip-exclusion-feature/
Add a Stripe Ad to ANY site not just WordPress!
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