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Affiliates
- Thread starter Olivia
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OT is ad-free and I consider affiliate buttons in the footer as an advertisement. So if I put affiliate buttons then I couldn’t really say my forum is ad-free anymore, now could I? 
If we did have ads then I suppose I could put affiliate buttons too, what’s another couple ads going to hurt if there’s already ads here in the first place?
I personally like the clean minimal look, that’s why I don’t have the “extended footer” enabled even though it’s included with most of the themes we have installed over there.
We do have a promotion directory forum though, members can post an ad thread there and they can also advertise in their signature (both are more effective than affiliate buttons in my opinion).
If we did have ads then I suppose I could put affiliate buttons too, what’s another couple ads going to hurt if there’s already ads here in the first place?
I personally like the clean minimal look, that’s why I don’t have the “extended footer” enabled even though it’s included with most of the themes we have installed over there.
We do have a promotion directory forum though, members can post an ad thread there and they can also advertise in their signature (both are more effective than affiliate buttons in my opinion).
If I see an affiliate with a keyword I can relate to, I usually click the affiliate to browse the forum. I think if you use the proper keywords in your affiliate and it is overall alluring to the naked eye, it can help bring some new members in occasionally.
Personally, I don't click on them but someone else might so they probably can be helpful. I don't think it hurts to have affiliates, so why not?
I feel affiliate buttons are helpful to some extent. As much as many probably do not click on them, there may be some that see them and one catches their eye and they click on it.
I tend to still use affiliate buttons as I feel they can help so that option is there for those who wish to share their affiliate button.
I tend to still use affiliate buttons as I feel they can help so that option is there for those who wish to share their affiliate button.
