Ads on the internet

recylingbin

Have you ever clicked an ad on a website?
I'm pretty certain that I never have and also certain that I never will.

I've had ads open up by clicking through to different websites but I ignore them and, usually, have 'x'ed out of them before they are fully displayed.

How about you?

OutlawPete

Just porn

I f***ing hate pop-ups with a passion.

Nothing worse that those Ads that open in the front of a page, blacking out the page you were looking at and frezzing what you are doing until you find how to close the damn thing.

Also, hate the ads that increase in size when you scroll over them, annoying bastards.

PogMoThoin

What ads? :cool:

Kasabian

I don't click on them much but someone is as Google reported 2 billion in profits for their first fiscal qtr.

orourkeda

Regularly

How does one attract web advertisement.

I wouldn't mind a slice of that 2 billion

punkindrublic

I always X out of popups and never click on ads. When I was like 11 and first got the Internet I used to click on them now and then if it was something related to what I was searching for

lonad

lonad wrote: »

I don't click on them much but someone is as Google reported 2 billion in profits for their first fiscal qtr.

Ads by Google FTW.

biko

Hate ads. Fecking things.

bazmaiden

I only click if it says "congratulations you are a winner"

other than that no its seems too dodgy

recylingbin

Deleted User wrote: »

Ads by Google FTW.

You took your time.

recylingbin

recylingbin wrote: »

You took your time.

I jump on these threads.. Always have, always will.

phantom_lord

ssssshhhh! don't tell anyone!

chin_grin

Ad Block Plus.

Kasabian

chin_grin wrote: »

Ad Block Plus.

If people keep using Ad blockers will it not be a case that sites like this will no longer exist ?

chin_grin

lonad wrote: »

If people keep using Ad blockers will it not be a case that sites like this will no longer exist ?

In a perfect world there would only be boards and boards would be gawwwwwwwwwwd!

But I see what you're getting at. Revenue from ad space. I think it's a gamble. I don't like ads, I hate that they clutter up the internets with useless flash or gif animations. Hence, I block it. If you're not really down with technology and don't have an ad blocker, keep looking at those shiny images by all means. Doesn't mean you have to click on them either!

Also Greasemonkey and GoogleMonkeyR to remove ads there. Ah bliss.

PeterIanStaker

Don't you just hate it when you're getting ripped in the gym and someone pops up trying to sell you porn?

chin_grin

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

Don't you just hate it when you're getting ripped in the gym and someone pops up trying to sell you porn?

Thank Gaia you continued that sentence! But really. I can't think of any response that doesn't warrant some homoerotic quip.......No, none.......So 'ripped' eh? Did it hurt? Is it easier to fart?

Kasabian

chin_grin wrote: »

In a perfect world there would only be boards and boards would be gawwwwwwwwwwd!

But I see what you're getting at. Revenue from ad space. I think it's a gamble. I don't like ads, I hate that they clutter up the internets with useless flash or gif animations. Hence, I block it. If you're not really down with technology and don't have an ad blocker, keep looking at those shiny images by all means. Doesn't mean you have to click on them either!

Also Greasemonkey and GoogleMonkeyR to remove ads there. Ah bliss.

I have no issue with Ads popping up on my screen my IT gurus at work make sure of that , I was just making the point that sites like this are reliant somewhat on internet traffic and those add clicks .

chin_grin

lonad wrote: »

I have no issue with Ads popping up on my screen my IT gurus at work make sure of that , I was just making the point that sites like this are reliant somewhat on internet traffic and those add clicks .

Actually I sounded like a bit of a c*nt there.....That's part true! :pac:

But yeah ads.........what're they all about.......I don't know what a tracker mortgage is.....etc.

My name is URL

lonad wrote: »

If people keep using Ad blockers will it not be a case that sites like this will no longer exist ?

I just whitelist sites that I visit regularly and enjoy.. don't mind seeing ads if it means a service I use can continue.. but for random sites, I couldn't care less

This is another great FF addon.. it allows you to block any element on a page, and even get rid of the whitespace left after an ad is blocked

Kasabian

chin_grin wrote: »

Actually I sounded like a bit of a c*nt there.....That's part true! :pac:

But yeah ads.........what're they all about.......I don't know what a tracker mortgage is.....etc.

You didn't really :pac:

Biggins

Never.
Adblock plus is my friend.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
or
http://adblockplus.org/en/

mawk

flashblock too is handy. Stops those moving ads that adblock doesnt

Rockn

No I never click on them. If I want to buy or find something I'll google it. I'm always suspicious of banner ads.

Wibbs

I never have myself. IMHO google's ad model is 90% smoke and mirrors. It's a great way of generating income, even though as an advertising model with actual returns its pretty useless. Certainly useless compared to the revenue generated. Look how few actually click ads. Even if they do, how many actually buy anything? Now how much money is made compared to the cost of the ad?

Of course google runs this pyramid scheme well. We tell you X site gets x amount of visitors and clicks etc. Pay us, place your ad and itll get noticed and we'll charge you on popularity of the site. Google control the figures all the way along the line. Geeks love the stats that actually mean feck all and advertisers buy into it. "Oh jesus we better be on the interweb,or we're doooooooomed". Wood for the trees time. Google wont tell you any different though.

They say "web 2.0" is very different to web 1.0. It is but there is still a lot of vapourware typs stuff generating revenue on the back of sweet fanny adams. Look at twitter. "Worth" 100's of millions, yet hasnt generated actual money yet.

IMHO Google's ad model is a bubble. It may burst. If confidence is lost, the whole thing would have to be re jigged. No wonder they got into other areas as fast as they could.

That said long may it continue as great sites like this and other useful sites may go to the wall if they didnt. Its why I wouldnt use an ad blocker here. No pop ups or any of that shíte and fair play. So I can live with some ad in the corner I'll never read, never mind click if it keeps the money coming in and it keeps things free.

If it did go wallop then we would be paying for sites a lot more. We'll start to have to pay for news sites soon enough. In 10 years time the web will be a very different place IMH so enjoy it now.

EGriff

Ad Blockers aren't really going to affect a sites revenue since someone who is tech savy enough to install one probably won't be clicking any ads anyway.

Anyone tried this one for chrome ?

Mint Sauce

only by accident

PeakOutput

it is generally accepted in the industry that if you can get more than a 1% click through rate on your ads you are doing very very well and will be in the money

PeakOutput

Wibbs wrote: »

Now how much money is made compared to the cost of the ad?

billions

i personally know people making ten of thousands per month threw internet advertising alone(affiliate marketing) and i guarantee you that the companies they are advertsising are making many times that amount

sure a 1% click threw rate sounds low and uneconomical but two things

A) you dont pay for people to see your ad thats free you only pay when someone clicks your ad
b)there are hundreds of millions of people on the internet every day 1% of that is a huge amount of clicks

HyperSkypeWiper

Regularly

Sometimes its unavoidable, you click play on a video/stream on some website and the page goes mental with PartyPoker pop-ups and the like

EGriff

EGriff wrote: »

Ad Blockers aren't really going to affect a sites revenue since someone who is tech savy enough to install one probably won't be clicking any ads anyway.

Anyone tried this one for chrome ?

Yea, it's good.. It still downloads the add though and then hides it.

Wibbs

PeakOutput wrote: »

billions

i personally know people making ten of thousands per month threw internet advertising alone(affiliate marketing) and i guarantee you that the companies they are advertsising are making many times that amount

sure a 1% click threw rate sounds low and uneconomical but two things

A) you dont pay for people to see your ad thats free you only pay when someone clicks your ad
b)there are hundreds of millions of people on the internet every day 1% of that is a huge amount of clicks

Of course there are billions in the advertising and marketing part. That was my very point.

I'm talking about how much money is actually generated through selling the actual products or services in the click ads? I suspect its nowhere near billions as a cost benefit thing compared to the advertising revenue spent. Company X may be making billions, but how much of that is generated by these ads?

PeakOutput

Wibbs wrote: »

Of course there are billions in the advertising and marketing part. That was my very point.

I'm talking about how much money is actually generated through selling the actual products or services in the click ads? I suspect its nowhere near billions as a cost benefit thing compared to the advertising revenue spent. Company X may be making billions, but how much of that is generated by these ads?

im only refering to online advertising

the people im talking about who are making this much money monthly only use this type of advertising

they advertise other peoples products for them on the internet and take a percentage of any sale made(usually). seen as they are making percentages its safe to say the company paying them this percentage is making large multiples of this amount themselves

there are thousands and thousands of companies who only exist on the internet and only advertise on the web that make millions a year

Wibbs

I agree there are, but ads such as the ones we're discussing I still strongly suspect are a lot less to do with it.

I would compare it to the recent economic crash. If I had come on here 4 years ago and said its all a dangerous bubble and the international billions zipping around were more pie in the sky than not, I would have been taken to task. I know. I did and I was. Similar notions too like, well there are people making billions/millions so it must be true etc.

I still think the same of a lot of google led internet advertising. Like the economic bubble(and web 1.0) was a game of musical chairs. Ten people were told there were 15 chairs so you're grand. The music stopped and there were only 3 with a lot of people left standing, but even then were convinced they could see 15 chairs.

Closed ac

Never click on any of them, they just annoy me..

Absolutely hate those "Evony" ads! :mad:

PeakOutput

Wibbs wrote: »

I still think the same of a lot of google led internet advertising. Like the economic bubble(and web 1.0) was a game of musical chairs. Ten people were told there were 15 chairs so you're grand. The music stopped and there were only 3 with a lot of people left standing, but even then were convinced they could see 15 chairs.

i dont understand that example but whatever

you could be right about it being a bubble but the reason i disagree is

for google(or any of the other engines) to make money people have to click the ads(there is a different option but its up to the advertiser which he chooses) i have created ads that have been by more than 1million people but google only gets paid when one of those one million clicks the ad. when they click the ad they go to my page and its my job to persuade them form their to pay me money for something

the success of google is because people tell them every second what they are interested in(by searching for it) and then their algorithms allow highly targetted marketing which is what advertising companies try to achieve all the time no matter what the medium.

i believe this type of revenue making is sustainable weather its google that does it or not dosnt really matter but the amount of information that is on the net about people is an advertisers wet dream and if they cant find a way to make it sustainable they deserve to fail

nehpets10

Never

I click on ads. The ones the are relevant to my searches and stuff, not the ones that say "YOU WON A PRIZE".

K-9

Google ads don't bother me, don't really notice them any more, easy to ignore as they are pointless anyway.

The Flash ads are far more annoying. Flashblock is far better than Adblock or NoScript in that respect.