Comments on: Are you Ad Blind?

By: BioTecK

BioTecK — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:26:30 +0000

I'm not blind. Actually I love good commercials, and some ads on the net! I try to help the author of a good site (with good content) with a couple of clicks! BioTecK's last blog post..Reopen Closed Tabs in Firefox

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:33:27 +0000

That is very true, and I am not saying that this will work for every site. But it is something I still do.

By: turnip

turnip — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:11:40 +0000

Remember, some ads are pay per click and some aren’t. Google referral ads give nothing unless you complete some action.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:16:24 +0000

I like how you phrased it..."tipping" the blogger. I usually will scan over the ads, to see if there is anything "new and interesting", though often it seems to be the same 4-5 ads over and over. I do look at the ads generated by my posts (though I never click on them), just to see what Google tends to pick out to match with relevant ads. Steve's last blog post..Free movie rental

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:31:06 +0000

Not only am I ad-blind, but I wear goggles that filter out ads - they're called NoScript and AdBlockPlus and they work in Firefox, check out my post on Firefox addons to annoy advertisers db David Bradley's last blog post..Disadvantages of Running Multiple Blogs

By: ax associate

ax associate — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:32:45 +0000

I do pay attention to ads on the web. They helped me discover quite a bit of great stuff out there. I do not see ads as an annoying sales tool. As for ads on TV, some do caught my attention. The thing is I usually watch the TV with my laptop on. I would have like 70% on the show and 30% on my laptop. When it comes to commercial breaks, naturally almost all my attention would be diverted to the laptop. By the way, I like your example of a business community. ax associate's last blog post..X++ Relational Operators

By: Pam Hoffman

Pam Hoffman — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:26:30 +0000

Wow, that is a really good point!

I run around pretty scared of getting too click happy – in case I accidently start clicking on my own site!

I like your idea though and I think I will start working on that.

I’m not in the market for anything at the moment. I AM curious about a lot of things in the world though.

Thank you for the thoughts you express. I’m looking forward to your series on how to optimize for google ads too!

See you later,

Pam Hoffman
http://seminarlist.blogspot.com

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:21:33 +0000

I kind of thought about this after I hit publish. It may sounds as though I am desperately pleading for ad clicks.
I am not really, it was just something that I caught myself doing the other day. Who knows maybe by spreading some good karma some will come my way.

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:03:04 +0000

That's rather nice of you. I'll start "tipping" bloggers too, starting with you. Leon's last blog post..My blog’s reading level

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:17:18 +0000

I don’t watch TV – I watch DVD

And yes, I’m pretty much blind to advertisements.
Blinky ones let me also put my sunglasses on for extra protection

BUT, from time to time one catches my eye and I DO click.

So,…., maybe I’m not that blind after all