AOL to advertise on welcome screen

**merlin** · 02-24-2003, 08:16 AM

Feb. 21 — America Online plans to sell advertising on its “welcome” and “sign off” screens in an attempt to revive its crumbling online advertising business.THE INTERNET DIVISION of media giant AOL Time Warner confirmed that it plans to serve advertisements on a corner of its welcome screen, the home page for its subscribers. AOL also plans to advertise on its sign-off screen, which is the last screen subscribers see when they log off the flagship proprietary service. These ads will be bolder than the welcome screen’s and take up the entire window with promotional images.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/875724.asp?0dm=N15JT

hehe....didnt suprise me. That must be annoying..... :angry2:

DoZZa · 02-24-2003, 02:44 PM

oh u have no idea

it can take a min for the bloody log off screen to come up, and then its allways sh*t

god i LoVe AoHell

Dz

**Jason** · 02-24-2003, 04:29 PM

AOL go bye-bye.

DoZZa · 02-25-2003, 02:34 AM

I hope AoL dont go bye bye, i lose my one advantage at CS, The Super laG Attack

Dz

**merlin** · 02-25-2003, 07:28 AM

maybe they should use that as an advertising technique..

"hey you wanna experience the turbo-teriffic lag ? sign up with the best and the slowest, AOHELL !!! We promise you wont be able to log in for the first time, no matter what you do and we also guarantee that you will be kicked off at least once during your attempt to load any webpages. You cannot pass on our offer to have your information hacked from our database by a 15 year old. We have recently renamed our database Merlin just to piss off that dude on TSF !!! Safe Secure and totally Sucky !!! "

DoZZa · 02-25-2003, 01:57 PM

Does AoHell really scuk that bad in the US, im from good ol Uk and altho i occaiosbaly have problems i dont think i have ever not been able to log on and i only get kiccked now and again, so it must just be AoL (US)

Dz

**merlin** · 02-25-2003, 02:59 PM

well I dont know about aol UK, but I tried aol here in the US and it sucked...sucked sooo bad its not even funny. Its just not me but all the people I know that had AOL say it gives you a headache...I dont know why they dont do anything about it...

02-24-2003, 08:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
merlin I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,612 OS: 3.11	AOL to advertise on welcome screen Feb. 21 — America Online plans to sell advertising on its “welcome” and “sign off” screens in an attempt to revive its crumbling online advertising business.THE INTERNET DIVISION of media giant AOL Time Warner confirmed that it plans to serve advertisements on a corner of its welcome screen, the home page for its subscribers. AOL also plans to advertise on its sign-off screen, which is the last screen subscribers see when they log off the flagship proprietary service. These ads will be bolder than the welcome screen’s and take up the entire window with promotional images. http://www.msnbc.com/news/875724.asp?0dm=N15JT hehe....didnt suprise me. That must be annoying..... :angry2:

02-24-2003, 02:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
DoZZa Ctrl-Alt-Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent (UK) Posts: 89 OS: Win98/XP/ME/2000/anything remotly O/S'y	Advertising on AOL oh u have no idea it can take a min for the bloody log off screen to come up, and then its allways sht god i LoVe AoHell Dz __________________ DISCLAIMER* USE MY ADVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK DISCLAIMER

02-24-2003, 04:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,483 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	AOL go bye-bye. __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh

02-25-2003, 02:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
DoZZa Ctrl-Alt-Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent (UK) Posts: 89 OS: Win98/XP/ME/2000/anything remotly O/S'y	AOL go bYe bYe i hope not I hope AoL dont go bye bye, i lose my one advantage at CS, The Super laG Attack Dz __________________ DISCLAIMER USE MY ADVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK DISCLAIMER

02-25-2003, 01:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
DoZZa Ctrl-Alt-Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent (UK) Posts: 89 OS: Win98/XP/ME/2000/anything remotly O/S'y	Does AoL really sux that bad in te US Does AoHell really scuk that bad in the US, im from good ol Uk and altho i occaiosbaly have problems i dont think i have ever not been able to log on and i only get kiccked now and again, so it must just be AoL (US) Dz __________________ DISCLAIMER USE MY ADVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK DISCLAIMER

02-25-2003, 07:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
merlin I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,612 OS: 3.11	maybe they should use that as an advertising technique.. "hey you wanna experience the turbo-teriffic lag ? sign up with the best and the slowest, AOHELL !!! We promise you wont be able to log in for the first time, no matter what you do and we also guarantee that you will be kicked off at least once during your attempt to load any webpages. You cannot pass on our offer to have your information hacked from our database by a 15 year old. We have recently renamed our database Merlin just to piss off that dude on TSF !!! Safe Secure and totally Sucky !!! "

02-25-2003, 02:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
merlin I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,612 OS: 3.11	well I dont know about aol UK, but I tried aol here in the US and it sucked...sucked sooo bad its not even funny. Its just not me but all the people I know that had AOL say it gives you a headache...I dont know why they dont do anything about it...