Comments on: Your blog ads piss me off

By: Stan Hansen

Stan Hansen — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:40:41 +0000

The funny part is, that I actually read BornRich in my feed reader and honestly havent been to the actual browser site in six months when I added it. What is going to happen when my feeds get bombarded with ads? Yikes.

By: Pedro Machado Santa

Pedro Machado Santa — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:08:11 +0000

Now that you’ve mentioned it, I can’t help noticing the ‘motherload’ of ads thrown onto us. Damn you. (Honestly, I did notice that something was not quite all right with some sites, but I never stopped and realized the abuse of ad space.)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:31:42 +0000

After checking out bornrich.org and seeing no ads, I was a little confused as to what you were talking about. Then I realized I had the adblock extension enabled in firefox. After temporarily turning it off, I understand fully what you’re talking about. What a mess! Your blog post is a prime example why adblock is such a necessary plugin.

By: Fred Oliveira

Fred Oliveira — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:24:31 +0000

My bad, I did want to include 3 (the third was Techcrunch), but ended up not adding it in. I’m collecting a bunch of examples of full article pages for closer examination too. Thanks for the note! :)

By: Gustavo Felisberto

Gustavo Felisberto — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:04:40 +0000

Frederico, that was two examples, not three :P
And yes all those adds just lower the value of the site.

By: Matthew Griffin

Matthew Griffin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:55:29 +0000

I agree 100% with you on this one. It’s almost like were reverting to the early days of internet advertising. Sites like Engaget may think they are making good use of space but in reality, all they are doing is decreasing the value of ads for their advertisers.