#50009 - 02/27/11 01:00 PM
Advertisement Killer
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Tesseract
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Registered: 02/08/11
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Looks like it’s been over six months since this software was referred to, so for those who’d like a less irritating and obnoxious internet experience, try Adblock Plus:
http://adblockplus.org/en/
It’s “free”, and cleans up nearly all webpages I view (including the 600 Club).
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#50129 - 02/28/11 12:52 PM
Re: Advertisement Killer
[Re: Fnord]
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Tesseract
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Yes, it’s understandable why websites use paid advertising, and I’m not one to complain if a free site I frequent goes under; there’s no “free lunch”, and someone, somewhere has to pay for everything. But I have a very low tolerance for the ugliness and stupidity of nearly all marketing and advertising, so I do what I can to minimize such annoyances in my life. I certainly wouldn’t object to the owner of The 600 Club switching to the requirement of paid membership if ad revenue becomes insufficient (but I’m not necessarily saying I’d get a paid membership -- just that it would be a valid choice to fund the site).
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#50225 - 03/01/11 01:42 AM
Re: Advertisement Killer
[Re: TV is God]
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I don’t know the technical or business details behind web ads either, but I’d tend to think that in some advertisers’ minds what’s lost by ad blocking software are “eyeballs”: if a website’s users don’t even see the ads for christian dating services or diet programs the opportunities for spontaneous clicking of ad links is lost. Perhaps if even only 1% of all those website visitors bother to follow the advertiser’s ad link, and even fewer actually order any of the consumer crap being hawked, it’s still enough to keep some online businesses alive at least long enough to pay for some more ads and web hosting for another month...
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