EPTBasically, I'm asking if I don't click any ads anyway, am I effecting a site in any way by using an Adblocker?
Question on internet ads on sites and adblockers
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dabom88
United States3483 Posts
Basically, I'm asking if I don't click any ads anyway, am I effecting a site in any way by using an Adblocker? | ||
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Raeleigh
Canada902 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
I'm fairly certain that if you use adblock, the ad won't get downloaded, so it wouldn't count towards an impression. | ||
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Graham
Canada1259 Posts
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MisterD
Germany1338 Posts
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
On January 12 2011 09:10 dabom88 wrote: Basically, I'm asking if I don't click any ads anyway, am I effecting a site in any way by using an Adblocker? If you use adblocker, you're basically freeloading off the site. Although you don't have to feel guilty, many users do the same. | ||
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Rayeth
United States883 Posts
Reddit and TL.net are some of the few sites that I allow through my adblock. | ||
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dabom88
United States3483 Posts
On January 12 2011 09:49 T.O.P. wrote: If you use adblocker, you're basically freeloading off the site. Although you don't have to feel guilty, many users do the same. I don't feel guilty. Just wanted clarification. On January 12 2011 09:49 Rayeth wrote: This is exactly the reason adblockers include the option to turn ads off imo. You should be willing to allow the websites that you respect and who don't abuse your eyes to show you RELEVANT and non-obtrusive ads. Reddit and TL.net are some of the few sites that I allow through my adblock. No ads are relevant to me because I don't want anything they're offering, or I don't want it at the prices they're offering. And all ads annoy me so they are obtrusive. | ||
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
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syn0r
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IE: When someone types "pink digital camera" into Google, and my pages that appear at the top of the search results have ads or products related to pink digital cameras, they are targeted to the user and lead to a higher click through rate. If you're just browsing around because I created some controversy about pink digital cameras, or saw the page on a site like Reddit or StumbleUpon, I wouldn't really want you clicking the ads because you weren't planning on buying something. It's not really a loss for me personally. It's pretty hard to turn this type of traffic into buyers. If you're just surfing the net, there may be ads related to something you just searched for, but the click through rate on those types of visitors is pretty abysmal at best. The difference between "social" visitors and visitors that come from the search engines is huge. The pay per impression type programs require a TON of traffic to make minutiae amounts of money, so your 1-2 impressions probably aren't going to make a difference in their paycheck. These are most typically news sites that are generating thousands of impressions every minute, like New York times. Hope that makes sense. | ||
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dabom88
United States3483 Posts
On January 12 2011 11:40 Mr. Wiggles wrote: But look deep into the TL horse's eyes. Surely you can't be so soulless as to not feel pity for that horse. Look how sad he is. Don't you want to turn off Adblock? C'mon, we know you do! :p Thankfully, with Adblock, I can block the horse as well. Just one less annoying banner to worry about. But this topic isn't solely about TL anyway. | ||
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
On January 12 2011 15:26 dabom88 wrote: Thankfully, with Adblock, I can block the horse as well. Just one less annoying banner to worry about. But this topic isn't solely about TL anyway. How do you block the Horse with AdBlock? Mine didn't. I thought the horse was designed to show specifically if you were running AdBlock haha? | ||
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dabom88
United States3483 Posts
On January 12 2011 15:32 Mr. Wiggles wrote: How do you block the Horse with AdBlock? Mine didn't. I thought the horse was designed to show specifically if you were running AdBlock haha? Right click the banner, click Adblock Plus: Block Image. Or Download Adblock Element Hiding Helper: http://adblockplus.org/en/elemhidehelper After installing it, select it on your Adblock and then click the frame the Horse banner is in. You can block it that way. | ||
BroOd
Austin10833 Posts
On January 12 2011 16:12 dabom88 wrote: Right click the banner, click Adblock Plus: Block Image. Or Download Adblock Element Hiding Helper: http://adblockplus.org/en/elemhidehelper After installing it, select it on your Adblock and then click the frame the Horse banner is in. You can block it that way. Wow, what an annoying dick you are. | ||
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jalstar
United States8198 Posts
On January 12 2011 16:12 dabom88 wrote: Right click the banner, click Adblock Plus: Block Image. Or Download Adblock Element Hiding Helper: http://adblockplus.org/en/elemhidehelper After installing it, select it on your Adblock and then click the frame the Horse banner is in. You can block it that way. Can I do this even if I disable it on TL.net? That horse keeps telling me to do something I've already done, damn it. | ||
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numLoCK
Canada1416 Posts
Anyway ya, I was wondering about this too. Good to know how it works. | ||
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
But when I look at it now it's just some dating program lol. Although I can understand why'd they put a dating program like that on a community like TL  | ||
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jalstar
United States8198 Posts
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
On January 12 2011 17:41 jalstar wrote: For those blocking the horse, make sure you don't accidentally disable all of Hot_bid's images. Now I'm curious. What horse add are you guys talking about since I don't block any adds? | ||
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dabom88
United States3483 Posts
Takes one to know one I guess. On January 12 2011 17:08 jalstar wrote: Can I do this even if I disable it on TL.net? That horse keeps telling me to do something I've already done, damn it. No idea. Try it out yourself. On January 12 2011 17:41 jalstar wrote: For those blocking the horse, make sure you don't accidentally disable all of Hot_bid's images. On January 12 2011 17:45 shannn wrote: Now I'm curious. What horse add are you guys talking about since I don't block any adds? Just this: http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Hot_Bid/Adbanwhitelist_mod.png | ||
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