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===Advertising===
===Advertising===
Wikia offers free {{tag|MediaWiki}} hosting for a community to build a wiki-based website, in return for the display of advertisements.  Some [[wikia:Special:ListUsers|users]] complain that they have little say over the placement or content of advertisements their website displays.
Wikia offers free hosting for a community to build a wiki-based website based on a heavily modified version of {{tag|MediaWiki}}, in return for the display of advertisements.  Some [[wikia:Special:ListUsers|users]] complain that they have little say over the placement or content of advertisements their website displays.


Logged-in users don't have to see the advertisements unless they choose to.  Users may set their preferences to see advertisements on Wikia in order to see how a page looks to logged-out users.  A prominent advertisement is placed at the top right hand side of most pages, but when there is also a picture on the top right hand side of a page the layout for users who see the advertisement can be poor especially on short pages.  Logged-in users may not realize this when they add pictures.
Logged-in users don't have to see the advertisements unless they choose to.  Users may set their preferences to see advertisements on Wikia in order to see how a page looks to logged-out and/or non-Wikia users.  A prominent advertisement is placed at the top right hand side of most pages, but when there is also a picture on the top right hand side of a page the layout for users who see the advertisement can be poor especially on short pages.  Logged-in users may not realize this when they add pictures.


Wikia ''currently'' uses the following types of ads on pages:
Wikia ''currently'' uses the following types of ads on pages: