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- 7of7, on 10/12/2007, -8/+146No, I haven't. Get adblock.
- TiKoZ, on 10/12/2007, -5/+27ie users?
- squirrelza, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22@raz3000: If they are distracting you I think they are accomplishing what they are trying to achieve.
- Inigo_Montoya, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Gee, the same one that you've been spamming in all of your comments and submissions. I'm sure you have no financial interest in it, right? :p
- TomP, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I didn't mind having ads but when the flash ads which by default had sound came along i decided to block them all.
- h0f5, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Who the hell even bothers to read ads anyway?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Well they are less irritating than those huge ones, but that article was the first time I'd seen them as Ad-Block works.
- luddep, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Just look at the right of the description.. oh noes, a 125x125 ad!
- rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I don't click on the ads, so how is it any different from blocking them? At least this way I save someone some bandwidth...
- raz3000, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14I too use adblock, though more and more ads are showing up anyways. If I had to see ads I'd like to see small squares instead of large flashing banners that distract me when I'm trying to just read the damn site! Of course text-only is the best; otherwise smaller graphics FTW.
- Satanael, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I just installed an Ad Blocker after being inspired by this article.
The internet feels so empty now and I hate you all. - etruscan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Good examples... of spam.
- Vouksh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6There is? I'd forgotten that Digg even had ads!
- koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I would, but I depend upon some Firefox extensions.
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Exactly right. In fact, without adblock I would leave pages cluttered with ads or with annoying flash ads that were noisy (out of shock 1/2 the time) or really distracting. So one could argue that their goal of getting a message out is more effective with adblock, because people may actually stay on a site that they would have left had they seen it in all its ad-filled glory.
- jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I use adblock+ and subscribe to [1] EasyList (USA), [2] EasyElement and [3] FanBoy's list. plus I keep adding to my own list whenever I see one slip through the filters. when i happen to use my sister's computer, i think where the hell have i landed. haven't seen a serious distraction in months.
- fnaqzna, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Digg has ads?
Who knew?
I have adblock. - shad0w, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Digg makes all its money off of advertisements....where have you been?
- eizooo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"The ad pictured above is an ad for Text Link Ads;"
Which ad is he talking about? - Harbinger67, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3No, because I don't reade those crappy blogs.
- hanslope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This articule is pointless, and not worth reading.....
- ricree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"If they are distracting you I think they are accomplishing what they are trying to achieve."
Convincing me to block all future ads served by that site? Because that is exactly what happens if an ad starts to annoy me. I've found that for the most part, ads are pretty unobtrusive, but the companies that allow those terrible blinking ads or other similar things allow tons of them. Better just to kill them off at once. - scrap104, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4adblock + flashblock + noscript
- drepmoreh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@h0f5 : I think either Larry Page or Sergey Brin will be able to answer your question.
- k3n85, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Solution: AdBlock Plus extension
I love blocking ads .... its a time killer - rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I don't, and I don't frequent sites that disrespect their users with huge flashing ads placed throughout the content... annoying.
- Beaver6813, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The one with the big red border around it saying "Easier than getting Arrington to Link To Your Site" :P
- Zelgadiss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@squirrelza
It makes me hate them too though. Hard to buy something from people you hate. - drepmoreh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't really mind the 125 x 125 format, for the most part they're unobtrusive and relevant. I can see this changing though if the style catches on with mainstream ads.
- Soldan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2no i have not...I can totally ignore ads... I think the punch the monkey ads killed the market for anyone else... sure folks still uy ads.. but what demographic clicks on them geeze...
- Vektuz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Adblock + Filterset updater = the web as it is supposed to be.
I really don't care if 'the web' 2.0 companies go out of business due to 'lost ad revenues' due to blocking. So what? I liked the internet before all this advert crap started. I like it now without any adverts. Worst case it goes back to the masses instead of a few really powerful companies. Sometimes I even use greasemonkey scripts to eliminate text ads. Its not hard.
Besides, once you start using advert blockers, you really can't go back. Its a much, much better experience overall...
Oh, and MUCH faster too, since a lot of these ads hold the webpage 'hostage' until they finish loading :/ - sezzme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If Adblock does not do the job of removing an ad, then google for "Nuke Anything" and "Remove It Permanently" and install those extensions.
- KibibyteBrain, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Indeed, at the very worst, you can whitelist sites that use proper advertising practice using adblock. I actually like the ads on some tech sites, being they interest me. But "general" ads just serve as a distraction I'd rather not see.
- mookieXL, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1125x125 jpg ads and adsense are ok. What i really hate is giant noisy flash ones.
Try going on site filled with them with old computer. 100% cpu, browser frozen, only way out is ctrl-alt-del. Seriously, what are those ads for? Would you buy anything from company that just tried to f*** up your computer? I don't think so.
Adblock+R.I.P+Noscript - regularfry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't get it... *Why* aren't these ads supposed to work? The fundamental question - what's wrong with them - isn't addressed, with only a passing mention of them being placed in non-premium positions. That problem is certainly not limited to 125x125's.
- 13thfloor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I believe Tor by default blocks images of certain sizes like these ads. Or if the filename contains 'banner'. Having a crappy satellite connection, it slows me down so I gave it up and just go with adblock and a regularly updated hosts file.
- shm1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd check but then I'd have to switch off adblock. No thanks.
- silverj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I actually clicked on it yesterday, thought it was a good advert. At least way better than the ones they had before.
- Vektuz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Oh, and I forgot: one more nail in the coffin for adverts.
I will never, ever click on an advert. Ever. no matter what it says, by principle. There are a lot of others that feel the same way - we hate advertising.
So by blocking the advert I
* Save the advertisers bandwidth on their servers that would otherwise have been wasted
* Prevent the advertisers from paying out a reserve of their money to show useless adverts to customers that would never click on them anyway
Its a win-win situation
In other words, if you need something advertised, and you pay an advertiser to show 10,000 exposures of your advertisement, it means people like me who detest advertisments and would never, ever click on any, do not 'use up' any of those 10,000 exposures. So even the person with the product to advertise benefits, because those exposures will instead be shown to people more likely to look at and click on the advert. - evilelf2407, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2so now were pointing out ad types on websites? what a pointless post.
- t3hX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Your layout shouldn't depend on the Google Ads, it should be able to cope with them not being there.
- marnaq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes! And even worse -- make a living by providing content!
- Beaver6813, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Tor does a good job of blocking these ads so i don't have to :) With so many ad blockers around it strikes me that advertisers need to come up with a new way to advertise to us :P
- Gogogo111, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ad-Block/Ad-Block Plus + Adblock Filter.G Set is all you need. The Filter.G set blocks the ads automatically, so you don't have to block them yourself.
- chazzbro, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I don't mind relevant ads. It's how "the internets" can afford to stay in business, while offering a lot of cool free content. It's a foolish game to block advertising. It just pushes advertisers to more desperate ends to try to grab the audience's attention. Believe it or not, there are plenty of products out there worth knowing about...as well as other web sites that you might want to see. Robbing basic advertising of its effectiveness hurts all of us. All forms of publicity have their downsides...even Digg. It takes balls to submit here and be forced to "take your medicine" from mouthy, arrogant idiots who've "seen it before", couldn't care less because they know "20 better options", or despise your imperfect use of the English language. Social networking has a lot of upside, but it's not always pretty, either.
- bouche, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1welcome to 2003.
- hm8941, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2People on AOL????
- JaYBrooks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't click graphic ads ever... The only ads I have ever clicked are google like ad sense. They are usually related to what I am looking for. This is probably why they are so successful. Now if they could make a Graphical ad that works the same way... that would be something.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4First thing I install on Firefox is Adblock+
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