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Old 07-06-2015, 08:09 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by suesheboy View Post
I posted a thread about this a few weeks ago.

If you can detect and ad blocker, why not shut of all content to anyone who has one on, the just have a banner (or text) that says "please turn your ad-blocker off to see this site"
Yes, that will make a difference. As the scoot onto the next site offering exactly the same.

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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd View Post
The irony? Technology is here to serve PEOPLE not businesses. Meaning, people will use technology to get what they want - an ad-free environment where everything on the Internet is free - and businesses can just cry about it.

Here's the dirty little secret about capitalism: you cannot FORCE someone to buy your shit. Not yet anyway.
QFT

Here's the real world. The odds on your ads being so amazing, so wonderful that they would click on them. Are so remote it's pointless to worry about it.

Compare it to the real world. Busy Mall and someone without asking thrusts a leaflet in front of you, or there's a rack of leaflets outside every shop. Or your mailbox full of leaflets. How long before you ignore them all?

Go back to selling a product, it's so easy. PM me for tips.
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