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If it is a popup, I look away as I click the X to close it. If it is an ad with sound before the video I want to view, I mute the sound until the ad is over. I always avoid looking at the ad, and rarely know what is being advertised.
Rude ad behavior requires stern measures. I used to think I was the only one to deliberately avoid looking at intrusive ads, but apparently, it is common practice. In fact, many of the ad clicks occur because the user is trying to close the ad without actually looking at it.
This is a great topic. I wonder this alot. It really blows me away how much money is being poured into online advertising.
Do you ever click the ads on the Google Search results page? Particularly the ones in the right hand pane, not the sponsored results.
Do you ever click the ado on the Facebook right panel?
Or the ones in your Facebook feeds?
How about ads that load over top your webpage that you have to click the "X" in the right corner?
Those are my "favorites" The only time I click those is when I miss the X.
I get companies have ad budgets. I get they need to spend those ad dollars and we are online SO much, of course they need to advertise on the web.
But I can't help thinking all they are doing is making us more and more immune to it all....
This is a great topic. I wonder this alot. It really blows me away how much money is being poured into online advertising.
Do you ever click the ads on the Google Search results page? Particularly the ones in the right hand pane, not the sponsored results.
Do you ever click the ado on the Facebook right panel?
Or the ones in your Facebook feeds?
How about ads that load over top your webpage that you have to click the "X" in the right corner?
Those are my "favorites" The only time I click those is when I miss the X.
I get companies have ad budgets. I get they need to spend those ad dollars and we are online SO much, of course they need to advertise on the web.
But I can't help thinking all they are doing is making us more and more immune to it all....
I don't even need to watch that to know what you are talking about. Yes, we are the product. But you are also trying to sell stuff to us. As we get even more immune by the day to advertising, companies should really consider toning DOWN the advertising but making to more enticing for us to click on an ad. If I didn't see an ad on every webpage, at the beginning f every video, on the side of my Facebook page... I might be more apt to click one.
I don't even need to watch that to know what you are talking about. Yes, we are the product. But you are also trying to sell stuff to us. As we get even more immune by the day to advertising, companies should really consider toning DOWN the advertising but making to more enticing for us to click on an ad. If I didn't see an ad on every webpage, at the beginning f every video, on the side of my Facebook page... I might be more apt to click one.
Basically he talks about how you may think you're becoming immune to ads, but there's about half a trillion dollars that ad agencies spent in 2012 that says you're mindlessly paying attention and it is still worth their time and money to make those ads
OK I watched it.
I like what he said. Very much. And I know very well and have told others about US being the product. I get that.
But I still somewhat disagree. I AM immune to ads. These companies ARE wasting money on me. "You may think you are immune but here is a half a trillion dollars that says otherwise"...
So because they spent all that money, it works? That's not a convincing argument.
Yea it may work on some. I'm sure it does. But the more we see, I am convinced, the less we will care...
Adblock Plus on Firefox blocks everything. I can't stand using a browser without it. I'm spoiled.
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