Comments on: HowStuffWorks.com selling links for $75 per month

By: laptop battery

laptop battery — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:04:08 +0000

I can’t tell if that was sarcasm or not, advising people to advertise before it’s too late at the same time you’re drawing attention to it and making “too late” just that much sooner.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:59:04 +0000

Wow, they must be making a ton!

By: Patrick Altoft

Patrick Altoft — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:18:39 +0000

Hi Michael,

I don’t really see it as “outing” them. TLA allows anyone to see their inventory. My intention was to alert readers to the fact that they could maybe get a good deal on ads. Brian pointed out above that they have actually been selling links for a while so my “get them quick” comment looks to be a bit late anyway.

By: Michael VanDeMar

Michael VanDeMar — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:49:05 +0000

"Seriously, if you are into buying links go buy some for a few months before its too late."

I can't tell if that was sarcasm or not, advising people to advertise before it's too late at the same time you're drawing attention to it and making "too late" just that much sooner.

Is it wise to out partners of your advertisers like that? I know some newbie mentioned it on some obscure forum... but Text-Link-Ads isn't advertising on their site...

By: Brian Turner

Brian Turner — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:33:07 +0000

HowStuffWorks has been selling text links for a long time – I had a client’s competitor listed on there and emailed HowStuffWorks quite a few times trying to get link purchase information, but they never replied back. Hadn’t realised at the time that they were with Text Link Ads. Anyway, now they’re reported, probably a little too hot.