# Who would you LIKE to see in the ad banner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2000, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817 "2000-04-10T13:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/1 "2000-04-10T13:43:00Z")
OK guys, lets put on our thinking caps… What type of ads _would_ you click on if they were up there? With the diverse locations of the posters, I would approach National Advertisers. As we are for the most part, 20-30 somethings, appear for the most part to be articulate, possibly affluent or have the possiblity of future affluence, advertisers should be fighting over us! Travel agencies, coke/pepsi car companies - esp nontraditional ones like Saturn Investment companies - they would be a perfect fit here, as we are all intelligent enough to understand the need to plan for the future chapters, or other national chains of bookstores C’mon guys, any other ideas? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/2 "2000-04-10T13:51:00Z")
Honestly, how about a picture of kellibelli?! 😉 * * * [My home page](http://members.aol.com/abbie4ever22/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/3 "2000-04-10T14:46:00Z")
I’d like to see The Onion. They’re amusing, and I would think they have roughly the same demo as SD. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/4 "2000-04-10T18:34:00Z")
I have to be honest, I never even notice the ad banners. I’ve developed a focused blind spot when it comes to them, unless they plastered everydamplace on the website. Now if only I could develop a deaf ear for car commercials. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/5 "2000-04-10T19:37:00Z")
I totally misunderstood the question. I was going to say “George Clooney.” :o * * * “Satan – I’ve had enough of your two cents!” – The hilarious Federalist ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/6 "2000-04-10T20:31:00Z")
Who? Well, um, I believe that the typical ratio is 50% of the human population… * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/7 "2000-04-11T03:35:00Z")
- Honestly \* , I’m with vogue, I was thinking ‘who WOULD I like to see, yum yum, up on a banner’, rats!! Anything with computer/music/books would make me click on it. That’s what I shop for most online. CDNow, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. That help, kelli?? ## There was an interesting banner at NetZero that made me click too, it had to do with sending e mail greeting cards. I don’t remember the name of the company though. Judy * * * “Muck should replace ‘suck’. For ‘muck’ is yucky, while ‘suck’ feels very lucky. So, don’t stay stuck on suck, switch to MUCK, today.” ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/8 "2000-04-11T04:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by kellibelli: > \*\*…possibly affluent or have the possiblity of future affluence,… \*\* Can I get that in writing? Please! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/9 "2000-04-11T05:48:00Z")
I would second _The Onion_. I think the mentality of interested parties would probably match that of the Teeming Millions. * * * “You don’t have insurance? Well, just have a seat and someone will be with you after you die.” --Yes, another quality sig custom created by Wally! A Jesusfied sig: Next time I covet thine opinion, I’ll ask for it! ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/10 "2000-04-11T05:52:00Z")
Well, I’ll post a list of links that the ads would go have to go to for me to click on them. [www.manshow.com](http://www.manshow.com)[www.msnbc.com](http://www.msnbc.com)[www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com) Hmmmm. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/11 "2000-04-11T06:12:00Z")
As this board is top-heavy with the Brainiac sector of the populace (with certain notable exceptions), some techy-geeky ads wouldn’t be out of place: O’Reilly Press Slashdot IDG Publications (Infoworld, Network Week, etc.) ZDNet CMP Publications (Byte, Information Week, etc.) Hardware and software vendors (assuming the demographics of the place can justify it) ## IBM Sun Oracle Red Hat Compaq Dell Gateway Even the Evil Empire itself, Microsoft (hell, if anybody has the ad bucks to burn, they do.) A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/12 "2000-04-11T18:07:00Z")
Given the number of tech-types who post here, the various jobs/career sites ought to be advertising here. Also companies that sell hardware and software to tech businesses, since some posters here have to be in a capacity to make or influence purchasing decisions. Other than that, I’ll second some of what the others said. I’m surprised not to have seen a banner for amazon or [barnesandnoble.com](http://barnesandnoble.com) a long time ago; smart people read a _lot_ more than the typical American. Other good fits would be cdnow, zdnet, travelocity, the airlines themselves, anyone selling consumer software or gadgetry, intelligent webzines (e.g. [salon.com](http://salon.com)), etc. In some parts of the country, the word is, there isn’t enough advertising space/time for all the dot-coms that want to get some public exposure. In such an environment, there ought to be some ad bucks to be made on this site. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/13 "2000-04-11T20:31:00Z")
We do a lot of searching around here - maybe some search engines would like to lure us into their clutches, er, sites. Or how about reference sites like [britannica.com](http://britannica.com) and the aforementioned imdb? I wouldn’t mind being able to point and click on an ad banner to reach those places - easier than opening favorites. I third “The Onion” idea. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-in-the-ad-banner/15817/14 "2000-04-11T21:10:00Z")
Another entry in best consecutive thread titles! * * * Who would you LIKE to see in the ad banner? ## Female gym teachers. Kellibelli, get on the horn and find us some gym teachers!