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Originally Posted by Jel
Moaning about ads on a free service like youtube - are you fucking kidding me?  Holy fuck I can't believe the absurdity of someone in the business of selling things bitching about how they can't opt out of an ad after a few seconds in order to watch something for free.
General porn surfing - you are 'bombarded' with pop ups plus pop unders plus chat boxes? Got an example site? I'm guessing you are more likely hit with 1 popunder, and a chat box, at most. 2 clicks and done, where you carry on looking at your free stuff.
And you aren't a customer until you've paid for a service, at which point you can crack on intrusive-ad free  |
Hi Jel,
You don't understand what I mean. I'm a consumer and ads affect what I buy for sure. But I also know what I'm not interested in, and so do you.
The advertiser that forces the consumer to watch an ad that he has zero interest in is gaining absolutely nothing. Youtube is not TV. The consumer should be able to skip the commercial after a few seconds which is what youtube allows on some ads.
If the advertiser was smart enough, he should demand that youtube target the ads better, and track when customers opt-out of watching the entire ad.
This will tell the advertiser which ads are working and which are not, in what parts of the world, in what demographic, age range, etc. AND, it will make for a better experience for the end user, and Youtube can gain back some of the cool points it has been losing lately.
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Originally Posted by DavieVegas
Ya, adblockers should be illegal or sued for making them by webmasters who lose tons of income from them. Fucking rediculous how they are not being sued left and right.
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Adblocking software will never be sued away, DavieVegas. What Advertisers have to do is COMPETE for your end user attention. Be more creative. Allow opt-out. Collect and learn from the data.
peace.