Goes to an ad for Crystal Reports
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| Author | Content |
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| tracyanne Feb 20, 2009 4:18 AM EDT |
FT |
| DiBosco Feb 20, 2009 4:50 AM EDT |
FT? Is that ****-all text? A kind of "no text" for when you're hacked off?! |
| tracyanne Feb 20, 2009 4:57 AM EDT |
yep |
| Sander_Marechal Feb 20, 2009 6:12 AM EDT |
There's a link on top that says "ship this add". Click it to read the article. It's quite good and even mentions LXer :-) |
| tracyanne Feb 20, 2009 7:44 AM EDT |
They lost me when the ad appeared. |
| tracyanne Feb 20, 2009 7:51 AM EDT |
That's the second LinuxInsider Link that's done that. I won't get suckered a third time. |
| jacog Feb 20, 2009 8:11 AM EDT |
The "skip this advertisement" link is quite clear, and in a fairly standard location. In fact, my internet here is so slow that I skipped it before the thing even loaded. Really it's nothing to get worked up or negative about. Nobody suckered anyone into anything. |
| tracyanne Feb 20, 2009 8:18 AM EDT |
Let's see now, I clicked on the link at Lxer, the next thing I saw was a "full page" ad. I'll admit I didn't go looking for a skip this ad link, I just went back to the LXer page. If they are that desperate for money from advertising, they can be just a little more desperate as far as I'm concerned. They've lost my readership. |
| jacog Feb 20, 2009 8:28 AM EDT |
Don't have to go looking for it, it's rather hard to miss. It's a fairly common way to deliver ads actually - a bit in-your-face sure, but this is why they make it easy to just skip past. I have seen ones that make you watch an animated Flash advert that automatically forwards you to the content you wanted after you were done watching... now THAT is annoying. And yeah, methinks maybe they just want to pay the bills. Crazy, I know. |
| tracyanne Feb 20, 2009 8:31 AM EDT |
Quoting:methinks maybe they just want to pay the bills. Fine, and because of the obnoxious way they delivered the ad, they will have to do so without my help, in future. |
| tracyanne Feb 20, 2009 8:32 AM EDT |
I don't visit other sites that are equally obnoxious any more either. |
| Sander_Marechal Feb 20, 2009 8:44 AM EDT |
I have Adblock. All I see is the "skip" link on an empty page :-) |
| ColonelPanik Feb 20, 2009 11:42 AM EDT |
I vote with tracyanne, rude advertising is bad for your business. In your face marketing gets a look at my backside as I leave response. |
| theboomboomcars Feb 20, 2009 11:49 AM EDT |
I can't stand annoying and in your face advertising, which is why I use adblock, no script, etc. I don't mind mild advertising as it pays for the website, but big flashing ads that occupy more space than the content makes me not want to go back. Small static adverts that don't get in the way of the content is good, sometimes I'll even click on such an advert if it is relevant to what I am interested in. I never click on animated adverts, if I see them. Just a little heads up for those who want me to visit their site and click on an ad. |
| tuxchick Feb 20, 2009 12:19 PM EDT |
boomboomcars, hoping that marketers ever wise up is a futile hope. They operate on the principal that if shouting doesn't work, shout louder. |
| theboomboomcars Feb 20, 2009 12:57 PM EDT |
Tuxchick, I am not sure I have hope that they will listen, but I thought I would share my views anyway. I guess they miss that when speaking and the crowd get louder, often a good way to get them to queit back down again is to speak quietly, or stop speaking. That is one of the things I like better about gmail than yahoo or hotmail, their ads are unobtrusive and relevant opposed to large flashy distracting ads that make you not want to use the email system. |
| tuxchick Feb 20, 2009 1:47 PM EDT |
Oh I agree with you, boomboomcar. The other big thing wrong with Web ads is they are pointless. They should learn from newspaper ads. People buy the Wednesday and Sunday papers to get the ads, because they are all about sales and good deals. Can you remember any Web ad that offered an attractive coupon, or any enticing reason to pay attention to it? I can't think of one. I want to like them because they pay my paycheck. But they make it difficult. |
| bigg Feb 20, 2009 2:20 PM EDT |
> Can you remember any Web ad that offered an attractive coupon, or any enticing reason to pay attention to it? Yes. Then when I click on them it turns out to have been a lie. Either the product is sold out, simply cannot be found on the website, or there is Boss Hogg-style fine print. It seems that in this economy many companies are taking the dishonesty route. I wanted to buy a laptop from Staples, but it turned out that there was a complicated reason it could not be done. But they would have been more than happy to sell me an expensive laptop. Just this morning I wanted to buy a new set of tires. By chance, they were all sold out of the ones on special, and it would take a minimum of two weeks to get them in. |
| Scott_Ruecker Feb 20, 2009 2:26 PM EDT |
For the record, I do try to link to the pages that do not prompt an advert at you, but the host can change that anytime they want. There is little I can do about it. It is the 'most' direct link I can find, every time. Scott |
| tuxchick Feb 20, 2009 2:44 PM EDT |
You do a great job, Scott, and it is appreciated. |
| tracyanne Feb 20, 2009 4:16 PM EDT |
Oddly, I have AdBlock Plus, and yet the ad appeared. |
| Sander_Marechal Feb 27, 2009 9:23 AM EDT |
@tracyanne: You can configure different filtersets for AdBlock plus. It's possible that the list you use doesn't include that ad while mine does. |
| tracyanne Feb 27, 2009 4:51 PM EDT |
I just don't go to any articles from Linux Insider anymore. |
| tracyanne Feb 27, 2009 6:26 PM EDT |
I've just spent the last 20 minutes being insulted by that ad. My Filters are working correctly, I've got several enabled, including one from the US, but I can't get rid of the ad, I've even had a look at the generated source code of the page, using the Web developer tools, there is an extra image that doesn't get hidden on my set up. I just won't go anywhere near Linux Insider again, they can go do unspeakable thing to themselves as far as I'm concerned. |
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