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I had to double check which site I was at, those pages look remarkably similar to most made for AdSense fluff content sites. I wonder just how profitable those

by sosuke 16y ago

I had to double check which site I was at, those pages look remarkably similar to most made for AdSense fluff content sites. I wonder just how profitable those pages are.

kingkilr 16y ago
The ads really are phenomenal though: http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/66289/screenshot_105_grHs8P.png http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/66289/screenshot_105_grHs8P.p...
pavel_lishin 16y ago
I actually disabled ad-block out of curiosity. I don't understand how people browse without it, now.
- scott_s 16y ago
  Most sites don't have ads placed and sized in this obnoxious a manner.
- GFischer 16y ago
  Wow. I installed adblock only a short while ago, and I hadn't noticed how much it improves the browsing experience until you made me disable it out of curiosity too.
mattmaroon 16y ago
I know, it's awful. I almost didn't submit it because of that. I looked around for a print link, even though I hate it when people submit those here, because that was just so bad. Shame on LA Times really. I'm most definitely not one to begrudge an institution their profits, but this just feels like a bad business decision to me.
- schwanksta 16y ago
  That's an archive server, where older articles go to get monetized. You can see what it looks like in a normal template here: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-0516-okrent-prohibition-20100516,0,3951629.story http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-0516-ok...