On 22 Nov 2006 11:21:09 -0800, "eXpertGenealogy" <support@eXpertGenealogy.com> enriched this group when s/he wrote: >I operate the website at http://expertgenealogy.com and was somewhat >surprised to see the previous posting about a Thanksgiving offer. I >thought that this type of posting was not acceptable. To determine the >acceptability of such a message, I have searched the FAQ of various >groups and found the following statements on etiquette. This same >advertisement has been posted on a number of newsgroups and most have >no comments although I do see that one comment is posted here. Can >anyone refer me to any other references to etiquette regarding this >situation? If there are no objections to the Thanksgiving offer posting >then I have a number of announcements that I would like to post. > >Regards, >Terry Young >http://expertgenealogy.com > >soc.genealogy.medieval >Inappropriate Topics and Posts: > * Advertising or selling of a product or service is not in general > regarded as acceptable. The announcement of a product or service >and > its cost is acceptable. > >soc.genealogy.nordic > Generally, advertising or selling of a product or > service is not regarded as acceptable Internet behavior. > The announcement of a new product or a new service is > acceptable when there is no mention of price or an > ordering address. Those who post such messages should > answer those questions by personal, direct e-mail or by > letter. Advertisements or selling services by > professional genealogists is strictly forbidden on this > group. If appropriate, those types of postings should > be announced on soc.genealogy.marketplace > only. The "advert" in question is a one off and in general would not be objected to by most people. It announced a special, limited time, offer and warned of an upcoming price increase. Provided they are not posted to often then this sort of posting is, in my mind, perfectly acceptable. -- Bob.