You might notice the new banner ads at the top of every page here at MGHiemstra.com, or you might not if I decided to remove them at some point. I'm experimenting a bit with advertising on the Internet, and I'm starting with my own site. Not that I get many hits here mind you, but it's a site that I have control over and can keep an eye on the stats as banners are clicked. I'm focusing on local businesses, charities and non-profits and am offering the ads at no charge. There's no guarantee that the ads will remain, and there's certainly no guarantee that another site will get any more hits due to ads here, but I'm giving it a try just the same. If you know someone who might benefit, point them to my ad information page here. Only local (i.e. Region of Waterloo, ON) ads will be considered, and I retain the right to refuse any ad... it's just an experiment and it's my site after all.

Update 2006/05/04: I've upgraded the software that runs my site, and it turns out that the banners module was not updated to the new version. Looks like those ads are offline for awhile.

Update 2006/05/31: Looks like work is progressing on the new module, with the addition of some new features. That's good news.

Update 2006/11/14: The banner module is available now, and I've installed it on the site again. Time to do some more experimentation :)