Comments on: AOL’s YourMinis Gets Their Stomach Going; Injects Ads Into Widgets http://www.centernetworks.com/yourminis-aol-widget-ads Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:13:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Maggie http://www.centernetworks.com/yourminis-aol-widget-ads/comment-page-#comment-21705 Maggie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21705 i hate those stomach ads - they are everywhere! i hate those stomach ads – they are everywhere!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.centernetworks.com/yourminis-aol-widget-ads/comment-page-#comment-21715 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21715 there should be something wrong with the ad API. I think the developer forget to pass the keyword parameter to the API. So the Ad API returns content randomly. there should be something wrong with the ad API. I think the developer forget to pass the keyword parameter to the API. So the Ad API returns content randomly.

]]> By: Gary Benitt http://www.centernetworks.com/yourminis-aol-widget-ads/comment-page-#comment-21717 Gary Benitt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21717 Allen - We've removed the ads from the widgets. As an FYI, our terms of service calls for us to be able to insert advertising into widgets at some point, but I can understand that this may have been disconcerting for those that were caught unaware. Although you make some valid points, I think the biggest issue is that the ads were not contextual - and even more than that - they just weren't great. In the future, we'll make sure that the user experience is significantly better before rolling something like this out, and although we're not going to be able to contact everyone that's using our widgets directly, we'll make sure to at least blog about it to give some indication to our users. Thanks again for your feedback and apologies for the inconvenience that this caused you... Allen – We’ve removed the ads from the widgets. As an FYI, our terms of service calls for us to be able to insert advertising into widgets at some point, but I can understand that this may have been disconcerting for those that were caught unaware. Although you make some valid points, I think the biggest issue is that the ads were not contextual – and even more than that – they just weren’t great. In the future, we’ll make sure that the user experience is significantly better before rolling something like this out, and although we’re not going to be able to contact everyone that’s using our widgets directly, we’ll make sure to at least blog about it to give some indication to our users.

Thanks again for your feedback and apologies for the inconvenience that this caused you…

]]> By: centernetworks http://www.centernetworks.com/yourminis-aol-widget-ads/comment-page-#comment-21719 centernetworks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21719 Thanks for the quick action Gary! Very much appreciated - I am totally ok with you running ads in the widget - just don't want the stomach ads :) Thanks for the quick action Gary! Very much appreciated – I am totally ok with you running ads in the widget – just don’t want the stomach ads :)

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