[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

If you've had a VB4 forum for years and you've managed without a 3rd party ad manager all that time, you have no reason/desire to install one now. (Just an example, not a dig at the mod)

I never used Ads (of any type) in any of my sites (eg a city portal and a dating portal that I was operating). Don't know why but I don't like banners at all. But many friends and/or clients discussed with me such a plugin for years now (even since the time that I was coding for vB3). So, its a surprise for me seeing it down in downloads, and if I'm not wrong it's a unique addon in this category.

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Not all Admins like to be constantly installing mods- I think most in fact prefer the fewest mods possible and once their site is setup and working well they don't want to take the risk of screwing it up by adding something new to it.

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Yes and No. Yes I do agree that they don't want to change something that they have and works fine. But No, I don't agree that they'll not like to test a plugin type that comes for first time in the community. eg Like the Forum Ads, and some others that I seen relevant to social networks.

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I remember having the same conversation about VB3 mods after VB4 was released. VB3 install rate dropped dramatically- a combo of existing forums being matured and new users going to VB4.

Yes, but at that time there were at least 100 plugins for vB4 and many users already moved to vB4. Now what? What's the popularity in addons for vB5 after 9 months?