We can reduce the number, but considering its much less obtrusive than popups (which we'l never do) and banners (which we dont want to ad more of) we thought it would be OK.
Right now I think I'm going to limit both the number per page and the number per section - which I have noted is a bit high.
The revenue potential is high enough that it will help pay some expenses so we'd like to keep it, but we would agree that some compromise on frequency is in order.
I'll pop in on Monday morning and tweak a bit.
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OK, Sunday afternoon and I tweaked it to lessen the number (4 per page max). They are a different color from our normal links and none of the normal links have hovering "mini-descriptions" so I believe people will be able to distinguish between our links and the advertisers.
I'm glad you guys gave us your feedback early on. We have to do something to pay the bills, but want to pick the least intrusive options whever possible... Let's give this a try and see is its not too bad.