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I am thinking, maybe I should get an ad-blocker. Not tu reward the webistes, but stop punishing poor folks who buy ads and then waste money showing them to me,

I am thinking, maybe I should get an ad-blocker. Not tu reward the webistes, but stop punishing poor folks who buy ads and then waste money showing them to me, because I never click them…

saiya-jin 12y ago
ads are paid by click, no? so if you don't click, no harm done
- nkozyra 12y ago
  Some are CPM/RPM, some are CPC and some ultimately require an arbitrary "action" which can sometimes be a conversion. There are plenty of ad networks that will pay you some nominal amount just to display an ad to 'users.'
GregoryGrookett 12y ago
I feel the same way and never click on these ads. It's a total waste of time in my opinion them showing them it actually makes me not want to use the product or service. But I really dont think the companies get charged for the ad unless someone actually clicks on the ad. It's called PPC Pay Per Click. Anyway ads stink get rid of them I say.
coldpie 12y ago
You should definitely get an ad blocker, for many reasons. If everyone blocks ads, content won't stop being produced. They'll just figure out another way to fund it.
bad_user 12y ago
The mistake you're doing is thinking only about impulse or intent driven advertising. But there's another form of advertising, which is brand advertising (i.e. CPV). Why do you think that Coca-Cola or Pepsi insist on airing expensive ads in prime time or on conducting huge marketing campaigns? Because given hundreds of choices in a super-market, you'll go for the ones that have a brand you've heard about and this is because people hate having choices ;-) And the funny thing is, even if you're isolated from mass-media and using ad-blockers on the net, you still end up noticing marketing campaigns on Facebook, or being suckered into reading ingeniously planted news pieces on the web, or ending up making choices because of your ads-infused friends. Thing is, advertising affects you and the products you end up buying, even if you think it doesn't, unless you're completely isolated of course.

I am thinking, maybe I should get an ad-blocker. Not tu reward the webistes, but stop punishing poor folks who buy ads and then waste money showing them to me, because I never click them…

saiya-jin 12y ago

ads are paid by click, no? so if you don't click, no harm done

nkozyra 12y ago
Some are CPM/RPM, some are CPC and some ultimately require an arbitrary "action" which can sometimes be a conversion. There are plenty of ad networks that will pay you some nominal amount just to display an ad to 'users.'

GregoryGrookett 12y ago

I feel the same way and never click on these ads. It's a total waste of time in my opinion them showing them it actually makes me not want to use the product or service. But I really dont think the companies get charged for the ad unless someone actually clicks on the ad. It's called PPC Pay Per Click. Anyway ads stink get rid of them I say.

coldpie 12y ago

You should definitely get an ad blocker, for many reasons. If everyone blocks ads, content won't stop being produced. They'll just figure out another way to fund it.

bad_user 12y ago

The mistake you're doing is thinking only about impulse or intent driven advertising. But there's another form of advertising, which is brand advertising (i.e. CPV). Why do you think that Coca-Cola or Pepsi insist on airing expensive ads in prime time or on conducting huge marketing campaigns? Because given hundreds of choices in a super-market, you'll go for the ones that have a brand you've heard about and this is because people hate having choices ;-) And the funny thing is, even if you're isolated from mass-media and using ad-blockers on the net, you still end up noticing marketing campaigns on Facebook, or being suckered into reading ingeniously planted news pieces on the web, or ending up making choices because of your ads-infused friends. Thing is, advertising affects you and the products you end up buying, even if you think it doesn't, unless you're completely isolated of course.