In 2006, Drupal.org traffic increased 250%. In order to prepare for future growth of Drupal.org and the needs of the Drupal community the Drupal Association is looking into starting a paid advertising program. We believe that paid advertising that is relevant to the needs of Drupal administrators, Drupal users, and the Drupal community can be placed in relevant sections of Drupal.org and help the Drupal community greatly by funding improvements and infrastructure for Drupal.org websites.

If you represent a company interested in participating please get in touch. We are looking for proposals from:

* Hosting companies that provide reliable, secure hosting of Drupal web sites.
* Web development and consulting companies and practioners which provide contributions back to the Drupal community.

Advertisements on Drupal.org web sites will be marked as paid advertisements and must meet responsible hosting and consulting practices which are to be determined. The Drupal Association will not explicitly endorse any advertisers.

Funds raised from advertising will go to the Drupal association and fund infrastructure, and support improvements in Drupal.org to meet the needs of the Drupal community. The Drupal association will also offer paid memberships to the Drupal association, for supporters that do not wish to advertise but still wish to support the Drupal project.

November 10th, 2007. We are now trying Google Ads to see how they perform on http://drupal.org/paid-services and http://drupal.org/hosting.