Here’s a heads-up for those of you who subscribe to the ZATZ RSS news feed: ads will be coming shortly. We know some people won’t like ads, but the simple reality is we have to pay the bills and a larger and larger percentage of our readers are getting their news and information from us through our feeds. So there will be ads.

The reason I’m telling you this now is that we’re starting the beta testing of the ad process. So, you may find the feeds to be a little finicky, on and off, for the next few days. Hopefully, things will stabilize by the end of the week (and hopefully the coding will be done by then as well).

As the system works now, an ad will be dropped into the feed every few items. We’re also going to intersperse different kinds of ads: graphics, short text ads, and more full-bodied ads. Every ad we show will be relevant, and probably useful to you. For example, only ads related to Lotus Notes and Domino will show in the DominoPower feed, and only ads related to Outlook, Exchange, and email will show in the OutlookPower feed.

For now, please hold off on telling me if something’s not working right. As we go through the testing process, we’re going to find a few things that need fixing. Once we think we’ve got it deployed properly, I will ask for bug reports.

Oh, and do us a big favor. Please click on these ads and buy stuff from our advertisers. You’ll help support a vibrant aftermarket and help us continue to bring you more and more great resources and information. — David