RE: Search php.net

Guys, I know it seems like many ads however you need to notice two things : 1. some of the "ads" are actually link exchanges, the Google ads tower is more or less a standard these days and so is a banner on the top that serves mostly in house banners (self advertising). Also, none of the 3 120x60 banners on the left are paid ads. 2. WeberDev is not a company, it's a hobby and has been there practically since php3 came to be. You can believe me that the $$$ that goes out is usually more than the $$$ that goes in (I wish it was reversed :). In any case, I'm taking your advice as constructive and if you think that any specific change will make the site better just say the word... after all, if the community will not use the site than why keep it? Sincerely berber Visit http://www.weberdev.com/ Today!!! To see where PHP might take you tomorrow. Share your code : http://addexample.weberdev.com Search for PHP Code from your browser http://toolbar.weberdev.com -----Original Message----- From: Gabor Hojtsy [mailto:gabor@hojtsy.hu] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 6:45 PM To: Derick Rethans Cc: Boaz Yahav; webmaster@php.net Subject: Re: Search php.net >>It's important to note that you should not pose as some solution >>endorsed by the PHP Group. Also I don't think we are going to add a link >>to you, as your site is very agressive with advertisements, opening >>windows on exit and the like... > > The number of ads alone is disturbing to me. Yep. It is hard to beleive that users find this site useful. Most of the other content sites I visit are much-much lighter on ads. It's the method of the 90s to add more ads to get more revenune. I bet guys asked you to add php.net search support, because they are really not going to use your toolbar to search on your site. BTW you are already linked from http://php.net/tips.php As Derick also implicitly expressed, we are not going to link to sites with such extensive ads. We have some history on not accepting such requests. We also place only one link to the links section to sites. The only exception is Zend, which I would not like to go into why is listed more then one time... Goba