Want to advertise on a high-traffic blog?  With over 4,000 different readers in any given month, mcgees.org can help boost your sales, further your cause, promote your product, or whatever else you are setting out to do — all while boosting your Google PageRank.  The site has a dedicated subscriber base (mostly American, Canadian, and British readers) and, over the years, millions of search engine visitors from around the world.

You may advertise in two ways: on blog posts, or as a site sponsor.

Blog posts ads have both graphical and textual components, and are placed between the post body and the comments section.  See Passages Malibu’s advertisement for an example of how great a well-crafted ad can look on the site.

The price schedule is as follows:

• 12 months guaranteed placement, up to 100 words plus a banner: $15 for the first post, $3 for each additional post (with same ad content).  mcgees.org will host your banner for no additional charge if you would like.
• 30 months guaranteed placement, as above: $30 for the first post, $5 for each additional post.

All ads will receive a free post in the RSS comments feed announcing a new paid ad on the post, so that website subscribers will be alerted to your advertisement.

Advertisements are subject to editorial approval, and not all will be accepted.  If mcgees.org discontinues your ad before the agreed-upon date, you will receive a pro rata refund of the remaining time.  You may also discontinue your advertisement at any point, but will not receive a refund for unused time.

Or, you can sign up to be a site sponsor.  Your advertisement will show up on every page on the site, in the sidebar to your left.  Each request is evaluated on a case-to-case basis for site appropriateness.  Pricing varies.

There is a strong line on mcgees.org between editorial and advertising content.  Readers need to trust facts, figures, and recommendations on the site.  Please do not ask for placement in a post (including hyperlinking of words), on the front page, as a “Really Cool Site”, or anywhere else where readers except unbiased content.  If you wish your product to be reviewed on mcgees.org, that can be easily arranged.  Supply a unit, sample, login, etc. of a commercial product (by mail, common carrier, or email, as appropriate), and, at Editor’s discretion, it will be reviewed.  Submitters will always be thanked and treated with courtesy, but advertising dollars will not have an impact on the content of the review.

1. To advertise, send email to advertise@mcgees.org with:

• Desired ad text (up to 100 words, URLs not counted)
• Desired banner ad (link or attached file)
• Desired ad duration
• Desired URL(s) on which to advertise
• Paypal email address, if different from sending email address

You will have a chance to preview your ad before payment.  After approval, you will receive a Paypal invoice at the specified email address.

2. For product reviews, send email to advertise@mcgees.org for a submission kit.

For best results, do both 1 and 2, and the product review will run alongside your ad content.