"Jeremy Rutz" <jeremy@spotanime.com> wrote in message
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> So putting the ads on the page was a way to color it up
> and and make it professional-looking at the same time.
>

"Professional-looking"? Wow, which sites have you been visiting?  The most
professional looking sites I've ever seen either have a minimal amount of
banner ads, or none at all.  See: http://www.amazon.com,
http://www.gearhost.com/ (never buy hosting from them, by the way; I often
use thier site as inspiration for writing HTML, but their service is
deplorable), http://www.tokyopop.com/, http://www.big-big-truck.com/

Banner ads don't make your site professional looking.  In my eyes, when a
site has too many banner ads the first thought to come to my mind
is"amateurish."  Better to have no graphics, or a minimal of graphics (Like
Big-Big-Truck) than to use banner ads.  Remember, when it comes to web
design: less is more.  Content is the place where you're supposed to be
excessive. :)

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