No it didn't (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-07-02 09:04 (#D2T7) In the bad old days, before Firebird ( now Firefox ), that stopped site's stupid never-ending chain of window.open, I was already cutting back on my web usage. I can assure your, if there were no ad blockers, most of the web would be unusable by now, and I would spend more time in the "great blue room" (outside). Re: No it didn't (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-07-02 09:15 (#D2TP) I know it's bad form to reply to myself, but I want to rant a little bit :)I can't understand how people pay to have their brand associated with this kind of Add Networks! I mean, who want buy something with a name/brand they associate with annoying spam?Equi Re: No it didn't (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-07-04 13:02 (#D9RK) If all your competition also associates with annoying ad networks you don't have to worry that much about brand damage, so it becomes pick the ad network with the biggest payoff. Pop ups click throughs, auto playing ads, etc. all get more eyes (and are thus worth more) than unobtrusive ads on the side of the page.
Re: No it didn't (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-07-02 09:15 (#D2TP) I know it's bad form to reply to myself, but I want to rant a little bit :)I can't understand how people pay to have their brand associated with this kind of Add Networks! I mean, who want buy something with a name/brand they associate with annoying spam?Equi Re: No it didn't (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-07-04 13:02 (#D9RK) If all your competition also associates with annoying ad networks you don't have to worry that much about brand damage, so it becomes pick the ad network with the biggest payoff. Pop ups click throughs, auto playing ads, etc. all get more eyes (and are thus worth more) than unobtrusive ads on the side of the page.
Re: No it didn't (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-07-04 13:02 (#D9RK) If all your competition also associates with annoying ad networks you don't have to worry that much about brand damage, so it becomes pick the ad network with the biggest payoff. Pop ups click throughs, auto playing ads, etc. all get more eyes (and are thus worth more) than unobtrusive ads on the side of the page.