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Show HN: Advertise for free. $0 CPM. $0 CPC (adtree.io)
34 points by aleksailosey 2469 days ago
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I understood the value of LinkExchange in the geocities Era - everyone was online because you "had to be" but there were no clear monetization strategies. With page impressions as sole KPI it didn't hurt to get a few more by joining some ad-ring-system.

Nowadays the line between publishers (many impressions, put stuff online and monetize via ads) and advertisers (fewer impressions, everyone monetizing in some other way, no matter if they actually use online ads or not) seems quite clear cut. So not really seeing who would use this tbh.

Good luck with your project though!

I'll give it a shot. but I'm just not sure what size of ads I'm supposed to upload. Also, when I go to upload it, it assumes I have the precise ad size.
"Worlds First"? There was something like this back in the early 2000's. In-fact I think there is a whole bunch of them.
Millennials had invented banner exchange network.
Good luck, webrings need a comeback :)

Two minor quick landing page fixes:

- you have a horizontal scrollbar

- text selection is blocked which is very user hostile

How is this supposed to work?

What decides how often my ad is shown?

Who pays the ad reviewers and the infrastructure?

1.You upload your ad and it's shown on other Adtree users' websites.

2. Your ad is shown as often as possible on only relevant websites.

3. Right now, I do. With enough users the network could be monetized by charging monthly to advertise (without having to place an ad on your own site).

Could you define "only relevant", please. I would not think of advertising mine on competitor vice-versa
Your answer for #2 doesn't really answer the question. How is "as often as possible" calculated? How is it determined if a website is relevant or not?
Just signed up but apparently you need a hundred visits per day to qualify. If I had that sort of traffic, I would just go with adsense ...
Basically this is like link sharing I guess ?
Yea you could think of it that way.
Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkExchange

Could work really well. All the best

What's old is new again :)