Comments on: Blocking Adverts Might Cost You Money

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Ad Blocking From a Reader’s Perpsective » Reader Appreciation Project — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:28:09 +0000

[...] the recent controversy over blocking ads, I’ve been forced to ask myself some tough questions. As a reader, all I want is the content. [...]

By: John

John — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:29:08 +0000

I don’t usually block ads but I don’t click either. I think I became immune to ads long time ago. The ad should be really interesting and intriguing to me to click it.

By: sexymoneytips

sexymoneytips — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:53:26 +0000

Stealing is never okay no matter what the circumstance. America is the land of opportunity for all who go after it…

By: Ms Wahala

Ms Wahala — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:35:57 +0000

@ James, no. I’ve actually been starving – not like poverty in America starving, but like kids in Ethopia starving. And I still didn’t shoplift.

I used the point of shop-lifting to say that though I think it’s wrong, that’s not the reason I don’t shop-lift, and to say that I’d show *mercy* to someone who did shoplift for hunger’s sake. IE, my reasons for not doing it aren’t moral, and my reasons for not judging people who do are based in compassion.

And next time, be a smart ass! Much more fun. :)

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:29:13 +0000

I am not sure about the technical side of it, but there is a high chance that someone will come up with a way of detecting ad blockers being used, allowing a content owner to switch off content.

Alternatively content producers will find other ways to monetise their content such as paid reviews, affiliate links etc, which currently can’t be blocked.

I always see adverts, they are sometimes annoying, but am prepared to put up with them, even click them occasionally when something show is interesting, and have purchased products advertised in adverts, even when I knew which affiliate program they were using.

By: Copes Flavio

Copes Flavio — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:16:22 +0000

How could you prevent users blocking the ads? It’s not possibile, it’s the users that form the Internet and they can do anything.

By: James D Kirk

James D Kirk — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:26:59 +0000

There are many, many ways to monetize ones venture online. Inline ads on websites are only one choice a website owner has in order to try and financially support themselves. All one has to do is look at the phenomenon of businesses like SiteSell.com and all they promote for literally thousands and thousands of site owners to support themselves. In fact, anyone who owns a Site Build It! account knows the mantra of CTPM (Content>>Traffic>>Pre-sell>>Monetize) and that what is most stressed is NOT putting advertisements on your site until you have the traffic (generated by quality content). The rest of my post here

By: James D Kirk

James D Kirk — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:21:09 +0000

Not to be a smart ass, but if you were starving, would shop lifting become okay??

By: mark

mark — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:20:21 +0000

I’ve never blocked ads and never will, the amount of useful stuff I’ve found via adverts far out weighs the hassle of having to view them. I don’t find they intrude on my surfing.

I suppose it’s a bit like watching a TV program that you know is about a subject you don’t like and then complaining about it. I’d much rather have someone block out my ad than get upset because it was a blight on their existance..

By: lucia

lucia — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:02:51 +0000

I’ve been alternating blocking and not blocking. When blocking, my goal is to find the programs that ABP doesn’t block!

My prediction: ABP won’t work fully in the long run. When ever possible, advertisers will go to some non-javascript method of delivering ads that disguises the ads from ABP. TextLink ads already delivers some with php. Others will do the same.