Re: OT An Experiment

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Tom T <tominkirkland@xxxxxxxxx> typed:

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Sometimes advertisements are of interest. You can even find good
deals. Just because something is advertised doesn't automatically
make it bad. I suppose you wouldn't buy anything that was advertised?
The nice thing about Adsense is the ads are related to the content of
the web page. I've clicked on ads on the internet before and even
bought things as a result of the need or want of the product they are
selling. Go figure, an advertisement making someone aware of a
product that they were not aware was available at the price or of the
kind. What's the world coming to, eh?

Tom

When I go to a personal website or blog I go there to read the content,
opinions, views and experiences of the person making the website or blog.
Not to read the ads written by someone else. In most cases, IMO, the ads
detract from the content on the site. At the least, if one has to have ads
on a their site, the ads should be on a "links" page. I go to a links page
expecting to see content that will take me elsewhere. I also expect to see
ads on Google, or the like. Google is a commercial website providing me a
service and I pay for their service by politely ignoring their ads. While
the ads on your website, or Bob's blog are somewhat unobtrusive and I can
easily ignore them as well (and do), IMPO again, they detract from the
content of the site itself. This isn't to say that you, or Bob, or anyone
shouldn't put ads on their website or blog, of course. You're all free to do
as you like with them. I'm simply expressing my opinion about the ads. To me
ads change the nature and "feeling" of a website from personal to
commercial.

Advertisements are one of the main reasons we quit watching commercial
television. 5 minutes of content and 5 minutes of the same ads over and over
and over and over. Usually at an increased volume as well. It was a bit
better when video tape came out and we could tape a production and watch it
later while fast forwarding through the commercial content but it finally
ended up for us where the tiny bit of content we enjoyed was swamped by fast
forwarding. I've run into websites that are much the same. The first one
that Ginger mentioned, for example. Too difficult to get to the content
through the ads had me leaving after just a couple minutes on the site. Not
that it matters to the owner of that site, I'm sure.

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Kevin W. Miller
http://www.bluemoongemworks.com/rv/index.asp


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