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Forkbeard · 10-07-2004, 06:06 PM

I signed up and rather painfully set up a zone on one of my throwaway domains. The interface isn't really ready for prime time -- got a couple of error messages and it was real hard to get to the point where there was advertising on my page. I mean, it took like three tries and more than an hour to get there -- although now that I understand the cryptic interface better, it will be just a few mouse clicks next time.

I'm real impressed with the potential, but I can't use it yet because the links are too ugly. I run user-friendly websites with web-savvy surfers, so I can't use the javascript that obscures the status bar for all the links on the page. The ads that appear in my zone have BUTT-UGLY links showing in the status bar when you mouse over them -- hugely long and full of brackets and other stuff. Like this: http://tours.dollars.com/Tour.do?t=414&lang[414]=en&p[414]=2586&adID[414]=15881&zoneID[414]=679&isStatic[414]=false

Now, on my own sites, I can use javascript on a link-by-link basis to throw a custom "clean" simplified link (like http://www.lightspeed.com instead of a CCBILL link) into the status bar. But if there's a way to do that with Dollars.com, I haven't seen it yet. Which means I'm forced to disable the status bar for my whole page, or show my surfers ugly link targets that are obvious affiliate links.

Don't get me wrong, I think dollars.com has great potential and there's a few places I can use it. But until they come up with a way to show clean surfer-friendly-looking links, I won't be using it much.

10-07-2004, 06:06 PM
Forkbeard Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: I Roam Around Posts: 2,236	I signed up and rather painfully set up a zone on one of my throwaway domains. The interface isn't really ready for prime time -- got a couple of error messages and it was real hard to get to the point where there was advertising on my page. I mean, it took like three tries and more than an hour to get there -- although now that I understand the cryptic interface better, it will be just a few mouse clicks next time. I'm real impressed with the potential, but I can't use it yet because the links are too ugly. I run user-friendly websites with web-savvy surfers, so I can't use the javascript that obscures the status bar for all the links on the page. The ads that appear in my zone have BUTT-UGLY links showing in the status bar when you mouse over them -- hugely long and full of brackets and other stuff. Like this: http://tours.dollars.com/Tour.do?t=414&lang[414]=en&p[414]=2586&adID[414]=15881&zoneID[414]=679&isStatic[414]=false Now, on my own sites, I can use javascript on a link-by-link basis to throw a custom "clean" simplified link (like http://www.lightspeed.com instead of a CCBILL link) into the status bar. But if there's a way to do that with Dollars.com, I haven't seen it yet. Which means I'm forced to disable the status bar for my whole page, or show my surfers ugly link targets that are obvious affiliate links. Don't get me wrong, I think dollars.com has great potential and there's a few places I can use it. But until they come up with a way to show clean surfer-friendly-looking links, I won't be using it much. __________________ Offering sponsored blog posts and custom writing services. Last edited by Forkbeard; 10-07-2004 at 06:07 PM..