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Posted by Dior Homme on Oct-21-2008 02:21:

Online Advertisements

You go on a webpage for whatever reason and you see flashy banner ads. Do you click on them or pretend like they aren't there. If you click have you purchased, followed instructions etc from that ad?

I don't think I have ever clicked on something and actually followed the link and have purchase or followed through what it was advertising. So pretty much it doesn't really work for me. Just wondering if anyone else actually buys into the ad.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Oct-21-2008 02:25:

Firefox + Adblock Plus = win at the internet

Posted by Yohan on Oct-21-2008 02:27:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Firefox + Adblock Plus = win at the internet

+ no script

win is good

Posted by DigiNut on Oct-21-2008 02:58:

I've never clicked on one, no. But then these ads cost nothing to run, so they're built around the expectation of maybe a .1% conversion rate if that.

Are you asking because you're thinking of advertising this way, or because you're curious as to how they make money?

Posted by Chris Allen on Oct-21-2008 03:02:

I used to click on the fart button.

Posted by Irishaddict on Oct-21-2008 03:18:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Firefox + Adblock Plus = win at the internet

Posted by Dior Homme on Oct-21-2008 03:24:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
Are you asking because you're thinking of advertising this way, or because you're curious as to how they make money?

No I have no desire to invest into the idea. I was just wondering if people actually used it. I was just on msn.com after logging out of hotmail and saw 3 different ads that pop onto my screen. TSN.ca has the same thing expect there are these flash ads that you have to find where the close button is located.

I never had an interest in these ads, but then again my interests are generally different than I know. So I figured, people might click on them....

By the way, to those people answering to Firefox, im not talking pop ups... im talking about the rectangular ads that you find usually on the top, or sides of a webpage. Those kind of ads you can't block.

Posted by DigiNut on Oct-21-2008 03:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Dior Homme
Those kind of ads you can't block.

Yes. Yes you can.

Posted by Yohan on Oct-21-2008 03:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Dior Homme

By the way, to those people answering to Firefox, im not talking pop ups... im talking about the rectangular ads that you find usually on the top, or sides of a webpage. Those kind of ads you can't block.

get no script!

Posted by Owen M on Oct-21-2008 11:06:

I find those ads really really annoying, especially when it keeps poping out over something I'm trying to read.

I think they do it for general "brand awareness" and not so much of trying to monetize my internet actions.

It's mostly big "life style & entertainment" companies/products, like fashion, alcohol, movies using them...or atleast from what I've noticed. Maybe thats because the nature of the websites I visit???...I dunno.

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Allen
I used to click on the fart button.

lol.

Posted by exstasie on Oct-21-2008 12:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Yohan
get no script!

******** is probably the best thing you can get.

PS. If you stop going to so many porn sites maybe you're computer won't get infected by all of those popups.

Posted by dEsidEL on Oct-21-2008 12:13:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Firefox + Adblock Plus = win at the internet

+1

+ no script

Posted by exstasie on Oct-21-2008 12:32:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
******** is probably the best thing you can get.

PS. If you stop going to so many porn sites maybe you're computer won't get infected by all of those popups.

Um...

Why can't I type No.Script (without the period) without it being starred-out???

Posted by FunkyCrew on Oct-21-2008 13:41:

quote:
Originally posted by VERTiG0
Firefox + Adblock Plus = win at the internet

thanks Cale

Posted by DigiNut on Oct-21-2008 21:44:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
Um...

Why can't I type No.Script (without the period) without it being starred-out???

Because the forum software was designed by brain-damaged monkeys who thought that blacklisting would be a really super idea in place of actual HTML sanitzation.

I for one despise noscript. It cripples 9 out of 10 web sites, and I never thought I'd say this, but they release updates far too frequently. I'm sick of getting interrupted by FF's update dialog asking for me to install another pointless noscript update when I'm trying to actually get something done. It's a fucking script blocker guys, you don't need to add new "features" every 3 days. Stick to what you're good at, please.

Posted by rabbitjoker on Oct-22-2008 02:27:

Yay to all the scammers who are ripping off site creators/owners by blocking their only source of revenue!

Posted by Cuzo on Oct-22-2008 02:45:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Yay to all the scammers who are ripping off site creators/owners by blocking their only source of revenue!

Agreed.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Oct-22-2008 03:25:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Yay to all the scammers who are ripping off site creators/owners by blocking their only source of revenue!

Are you seriously calling us scammers for selectively blocking online advertisements?

I realize you're in the business and all, but come on. We're such a miniscule percentage that I'm sure it has little to no effect on advertising revenue streams.