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Click. Click. Ad. Click. Ad. Click. Click. Ad. ugh.

by buss 14y ago

zheng 14y ago
Yes, how rude that a website operator wants to monetize their content.
- anigbrowl 14y ago
  Like everything else, there are smart and stupid ways of going about this legitimate objective. This is an example of the latter.
  - SiVal 14y ago
    And what would the smart way have been?
    - GhotiFish 14y ago
      well. I'm no expert, but I can sure take a shot of some things you might want to avoid! *Not marking ads as ads *Presenting advertisements with the same presentation inline with normal content, potentially confusing the reader. *Assuming that no one would block the ads -or recognizing they would and not caring *Not making use of the space in the... article! I did not notice I could scroll down, either. Why didn't they put the ads there?!
  - mkr-hn 14y ago
    People will put up with a lot to get to a piece of content that's sufficiently compelling. This probably makes more money than a "smart" option.
- jlarocco 14y ago
  Then he should charge money for it. Of course he would never do that, because the content he added simply wasn't very valuable at all, and he's primarily saying, "Hey, look at what some other guy did! And while you're at it click on my ads!"
chadillac83 14y ago
Running ad block, was confused why every 3 slides there was just this generic black and grey wavy pattern. tl;dr install ad block
- PebblesRox 14y ago
  Yes, it all makes sense now! I love AdBlock so much : )
- chrischen 14y ago
  Sometimes ads are useful. In this case you still have the blank pages except they're blank, instead of being filled with a potentially useful ad.
  - jlarocco 14y ago
    No, they're not. If I wanted to buy something right now, I wouldn't be reading HN, I'd be browsing Amazon or whatever site sells what I needed to buy.
    - IanCal 14y ago
      It does, however, help pay for the content you're consuming.
      - jlarocco 14y ago
        I already covered that in another post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5459646 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5459646
    - chrischen 14y ago
      A properly targeted ad is useful. By definition, if the ad works on you then it did something useful for both the advertiser and the person who saw the ad. Ads obviously sometimes work, or else no one would do ads.
    - rtpg 14y ago

Click. Click. Ad. Click. Ad. Click. Click. Ad. ugh.

by buss 14y ago

Click. Click. Ad. Click. Ad. Click. Click. Ad. ugh.

zheng 14y ago

Yes, how rude that a website operator wants to monetize their content.

anigbrowl 14y ago
Like everything else, there are smart and stupid ways of going about this legitimate objective. This is an example of the latter.
- SiVal 14y ago
  And what would the smart way have been?
  - GhotiFish 14y ago
    well. I'm no expert, but I can sure take a shot of some things you might want to avoid! *Not marking ads as ads *Presenting advertisements with the same presentation inline with normal content, potentially confusing the reader. *Assuming that no one would block the ads -or recognizing they would and not caring *Not making use of the space in the... article! I did not notice I could scroll down, either. Why didn't they put the ads there?!
- mkr-hn 14y ago
  People will put up with a lot to get to a piece of content that's sufficiently compelling. This probably makes more money than a "smart" option.
jlarocco 14y ago
Then he should charge money for it. Of course he would never do that, because the content he added simply wasn't very valuable at all, and he's primarily saying, "Hey, look at what some other guy did! And while you're at it click on my ads!"

chadillac83 14y ago

Running ad block, was confused why every 3 slides there was just this generic black and grey wavy pattern. tl;dr install ad block

PebblesRox 14y ago
Yes, it all makes sense now! I love AdBlock so much : )
chrischen 14y ago
Sometimes ads are useful. In this case you still have the blank pages except they're blank, instead of being filled with a potentially useful ad.
- jlarocco 14y ago
  No, they're not. If I wanted to buy something right now, I wouldn't be reading HN, I'd be browsing Amazon or whatever site sells what I needed to buy.
  - IanCal 14y ago
    It does, however, help pay for the content you're consuming.
    - jlarocco 14y ago
      I already covered that in another post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5459646 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5459646
  - chrischen 14y ago
    A properly targeted ad is useful. By definition, if the ad works on you then it did something useful for both the advertiser and the person who saw the ad. Ads obviously sometimes work, or else no one would do ads.
  - rtpg 14y ago