Advertising on birding-aus

Hi all Some months ago I removed the “no advertising” restriction and simply asked that people who wished to advertise birding services and products are welcome to do so, but that they should place ADVERTISEMENT in the subject header. Remember that posts from new members are moderated (and some from older members are moderated :-) ) so we can easily filter out irrelevant ads. The publisher of the new photographic guide contacted me to ask permission to post, and also used the correct subject header. I’m perfectly happy with this sort of message. In fact, I think it would be helpful for members to have a look at the new guide and post some feedback. Additionally, the offer of a discount for birding-aus readers is a nice gesture, and not something I was aware of. In the early days of the Internet (I’m one of the oldies who remembers them) almost all public access was through universities, via services such as AARPAnet. Administrators saw that it might be useful to expand the Internet to include people outside the academic world, but there was an understanding that usage should be not-for-profit. Early users like myself remember when anyone touting services or products via email, newsgroups, etc were sternly rebuked. In more recent tiems, services like eBay and Paypal suggested that maybe there could be a commercial side to the Internet after all … and the rest, as they say, is history! Russell Woodford Birding-Aus Owner


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