Holy Pop up ADs, SmallNetBuilder!

[Cruzinmy64]

Wow! Holy #%^#%$!!! Do you guys realize that a small 1 inch ad is just as or MORE effective than blasting things in my face? Come on, AD revenue is NOT a prob for a big site like you - having 3-4 gigantic ADs on each page is crazy - I'm more likely to HATE a product that pops in my face than buy it! Smaller sites do well with ONE AD so no reason other than greed for you. Then heaven forbit I "mouse over" something on accident - big whopping popup ... and even VIDEO ... wow - never thought one text artice I want to read would consume many MB of bandwidth. I can't even open your page via Terminal Server because my whole session locks.

Really sad to see this happen on what was a great site...

 

[thiggins]

Thanks for your feedback.

Contrary to what you may think, ad revenue does not come rolling in, especially given market conditions these days. I was trying the auto-expanding ads as an experiment and, yes, to bring in more revenue.

If greed were what motivated me, I would not be trying to make a living this way, believe me.

I would love to see the "Smaller sites [that] do well with ONE AD".

Again, thanks for taking the time to comment. Anyone else have any thoughts about the ads?

 

[jdabbs]

On a scale of obtrusiveness, from Google Adwords (minor, and slightly humorous when the wrong keyword is used) to interstitial/site redirects (which I absolutely despise), I switch Ad Block Plus on when seizure-inducing or audio defaultn ads are in rotation. Although this site has more ads than the norm, they aren't really obnoxious.

 

[tipstir]

Spyware Blaster, Ad block Plus and Ad Block element.. forums have to make money, server and run and keep..

 

[thiggins]

Although this site has more ads than the norm, they aren't really obnoxious.

Really? Can you give me the sites that represent "the norm"?
I really didn't think that SNB has that many ads.

 

[jdabbs]

Really? Can you give me the sites that represent "the norm"?
I really didn't think that SNB has that many ads.

Sure. By norm, I mean sites I visit on a regular basis: ArsTechnica, Slashdot, and The Tech Report.

The ad count includes Intellitxt ads, which out of this group are only in use here.

 

[thiggins]

Thanks, jdabbs for the info. I also dislike interstitials and won't use them.
The intellitxt ads can be annoying, but provide needed revenue.

 

[thiggins]

The auto-expanding ads have been removed.

 

[tipstir]

You have some flash ad on this site had confused one of my laptops with firefox, but I've fixed the the issue. Do not use Flashblock for Firefox.