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"You'll also notice that Microsoft recently has been putting on some very compelling web content that is only available if you use Windows and IE." Does anyone

"You'll also notice that Microsoft recently has been putting on some very compelling web content that is only available if you use Windows and IE." Does anyone know what this 'compelling web content' is? "Google's greatest fear - that Microsoft will turn off ads in IE." Google's ads are discreet text links, not blinking banners - does anyone want to turn them off? As the commenters point out, Firefox already has adblock.

greyman 18y ago
Firefox does have adblock, but: - only certain % of people use FF - of those, only certain % of people install Adblock - of those, only certain % block also text ads But, if IE (most used browser) would contain "block all ads" dedicated button, that would really bring Google much trouble. So those two things are not comparable. But I still think that M$ will not do that...it's too dangerous for everyone and I don't agree that the fear of this was the primary Google motivator to create this. In this case, I do believe what they proclaim - they want to speed up the browsers development in general, since it's in their interest.
unalone 18y ago
People who block Google ads don't make too much sense to me. I agree with what you said: they're text-based, oftentimes they're relevant, and they don't get in the way at all.
- vaksel 18y ago
  all advertising is bad advertising. I don't want to be distracted by an ad. I don't want to be tricked into hitting an ad link by mistake. And I don't want to see numerous ads(that usually have NOTHING to do with anything I'm looking for. + adblock doesn't seem to block search results ads, and imho thats where most people click ads anyways.
  - unalone 18y ago
    If the owner of the website uses advertisements to keep his site afloat, that's a noble cause. It's not as noble as making a profit more actively, but for personal and casual sites advertisement is a good thing. And Google Ads tries to give readers ads that they actually will care about.
    - vaksel 18y ago
      the people who block advertisements won't be clicking them anyways, so the person loses nothing. As far as Google contextual ads? They are useless in 99% of the time...just because I'm looking at a blog post describing a new TV, doesn't mean I want to buy it, from the first person who tells me they have it for sale. If the site owner wants to make it a noble cause, then he should just throw some affiliate links to the item he discusses.
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greyman 18y ago

Firefox does have adblock, but: - only certain % of people use FF - of those, only certain % of people install Adblock - of those, only certain % block also text ads But, if IE (most used browser) would contain "block all ads" dedicated button, that would really bring Google much trouble. So those two things are not comparable. But I still think that M$ will not do that...it's too dangerous for everyone and I don't agree that the fear of this was the primary Google motivator to create this. In this case, I do believe what they proclaim - they want to speed up the browsers development in general, since it's in their interest.

unalone 18y ago

People who block Google ads don't make too much sense to me. I agree with what you said: they're text-based, oftentimes they're relevant, and they don't get in the way at all.

vaksel 18y ago
all advertising is bad advertising. I don't want to be distracted by an ad. I don't want to be tricked into hitting an ad link by mistake. And I don't want to see numerous ads(that usually have NOTHING to do with anything I'm looking for. + adblock doesn't seem to block search results ads, and imho thats where most people click ads anyways.
- unalone 18y ago
  If the owner of the website uses advertisements to keep his site afloat, that's a noble cause. It's not as noble as making a profit more actively, but for personal and casual sites advertisement is a good thing. And Google Ads tries to give readers ads that they actually will care about.
  - vaksel 18y ago
    the people who block advertisements won't be clicking them anyways, so the person loses nothing. As far as Google contextual ads? They are useless in 99% of the time...just because I'm looking at a blog post describing a new TV, doesn't mean I want to buy it, from the first person who tells me they have it for sale. If the site owner wants to make it a noble cause, then he should just throw some affiliate links to the item he discusses.

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