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fiatjaf 11y ago
Doesn't make sense.
- fiatjaf 11y ago
  http://officesnapshots.com/ http://officesnapshots.com/
keithpeter 11y ago
Looks like your editorial content is in the main left-hand column and the adverts are in the narrower right hand column when viewed on a laptop with a 1280px wide screen (linux/firefox). I have a hosts file that blocks most of the ad servers but do not have any plugins within Firefox that disable js or block adverts. Your page looks complete - i.e. nothing showing 'unable to load' signs as one might expect. Privacy Badger shows 4 trackers (amber)... cse.google.com www.google.com platform.twitter.com syndication.twitter.com The adverts appear to be smallish static images with links back to office furniture companies &c. I found the SpaceStor advert for their 'railway carriage' internal booth quite interesting so I clicked on it and was taken to a UK Web site - are you processing location information or did I just get lucky? Interesting example to pass round.
- stevesearer 11y ago
  They are UK-based. Glad you found the experience a decent one, the more I hear about ad-blocking, the more I feel encouraged to just make ads more simple and it seems to be paying off.
reitanqild 11y ago
Worked nice in mobile Firefox. Didn't do any technical check, only verified visually.
anexprogrammer 11y ago
Any site that served ads like that I'd be happy to white list. I'd go further and be happy for uBlock or adblock to never block those sort of ads (uBlock didn't btw). * Static images * tastefully integrated * Self hosted, so no networks tracking me worldwide * No JS I can still read in comfort. Much like newspapers and magazines used to be. I'd even be happy to click, and perhaps buy from ads like that. This comes from someone who goes elsewhere rather than turn off noscript or uBlock. :) Well done, you invented the future of online advertising. Oh, wait...
- jimbobimbo 11y ago
  Speaking of "tastefully integrated"... I gave up and installed ad block for my parents after they've complained about lewd ads on the local news website. This is how its "above the fold" looks like without blocked ads (I put red outlines around parts that are content): http://imgur.com/7g5ZmcG http://imgur.com/7g5ZmcG Right now there're no porn ads, but usually it serves them too.
rokhayakebe 11y ago
This is why I love HN. You randomly find the people behind things you love. OS is great (Although I used to love it more when I knew the companies being listed).
- stevesearer 11y ago
  I probably publish the same number of offices from household name type companies as before, but there are definitely many more others now. If you dial the office browse are in to show tech companies there are a good portion that the audience here will recognize: http://officesnapshots.com/offices/?fwp_industry=technology http://officesnapshots.com/offices/?fwp_industry=technology

fiatjaf 11y ago

Doesn't make sense.

fiatjaf 11y ago
http://officesnapshots.com/ http://officesnapshots.com/

keithpeter 11y ago

Looks like your editorial content is in the main left-hand column and the adverts are in the narrower right hand column when viewed on a laptop with a 1280px wide screen (linux/firefox). I have a hosts file that blocks most of the ad servers but do not have any plugins within Firefox that disable js or block adverts. Your page looks complete - i.e. nothing showing 'unable to load' signs as one might expect. Privacy Badger shows 4 trackers (amber)... cse.google.com www.google.com platform.twitter.com syndication.twitter.com The adverts appear to be smallish static images with links back to office furniture companies &c. I found the SpaceStor advert for their 'railway carriage' internal booth quite interesting so I clicked on it and was taken to a UK Web site - are you processing location information or did I just get lucky? Interesting example to pass round.

stevesearer 11y ago
They are UK-based. Glad you found the experience a decent one, the more I hear about ad-blocking, the more I feel encouraged to just make ads more simple and it seems to be paying off.

reitanqild 11y ago

Worked nice in mobile Firefox. Didn't do any technical check, only verified visually.

anexprogrammer 11y ago

Any site that served ads like that I'd be happy to white list. I'd go further and be happy for uBlock or adblock to never block those sort of ads (uBlock didn't btw). * Static images * tastefully integrated * Self hosted, so no networks tracking me worldwide * No JS I can still read in comfort. Much like newspapers and magazines used to be. I'd even be happy to click, and perhaps buy from ads like that. This comes from someone who goes elsewhere rather than turn off noscript or uBlock. :) Well done, you invented the future of online advertising. Oh, wait...

jimbobimbo 11y ago
Speaking of "tastefully integrated"... I gave up and installed ad block for my parents after they've complained about lewd ads on the local news website. This is how its "above the fold" looks like without blocked ads (I put red outlines around parts that are content): http://imgur.com/7g5ZmcG http://imgur.com/7g5ZmcG Right now there're no porn ads, but usually it serves them too.

rokhayakebe 11y ago

This is why I love HN. You randomly find the people behind things you love. OS is great (Although I used to love it more when I knew the companies being listed).

stevesearer 11y ago
I probably publish the same number of offices from household name type companies as before, but there are definitely many more others now. If you dial the office browse are in to show tech companies there are a good portion that the audience here will recognize: http://officesnapshots.com/offices/?fwp_industry=technology http://officesnapshots.com/offices/?fwp_industry=technology