Comments on: Online advertising

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:52:06 +0000

likewise; i run a website and run ads on it to cover hosting costs. The ads i choose are ones that (shouldn’t) launch any pop-ups or other things that i find irritating while browsing (those dhtmls ones that expand on mouseover for example.) ads dont have to be a problem

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:39:08 +0000

Online spamvertising is about to get very expensive if people choose to use a free (no charge as well as GPL -open source) program called SpammerSkewer. I have been working diligently on this program for several months, and I believe I finished the final tweaks.

SpammerSkewer works by downloading cryptographically signed instruction files from other people running who also run SpammerSkewer. SpammerSkewer then uses these instruction files to visit and post spam complaints to the sales forms of spamvertised websites. The idea is to shove our complaints back into the faces of the inconsiderate and pushy assholes who feel like they have the right to take a crap in our inboxes and pollute our screens whenever they feel.

All I need to do now is find a website ballsey enough to host the program as well as run a nework seeder. When this is done, I will release the beta program.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:19:17 +0000

I appreciate that servers and on-line presence cost money and it has to come from somewhere. If the initial poster hasn’t figured out what to do to escape ads, that’s his problem. Still the costs of server hosting come around every month regularly and have to be met or there is no site. Not everyone is in the position of financial security when it comes to meeting those payment demands.

One of the biggest turn-offs to me is the ad. Especally those that jump in your face or like most of us are now aware of the spammers. For the spammer that comes here, I am sure he doesn’t take the time to read the responces. I don’t take the time to read his spams either. Once I get an eyeball of the leading text, I’m gone from that post without ever looking. So he is wasting his time as well as mine. I honestly resent this yoyo as he has forced the whole forum to deal with validation as a result without ever totally stopping his actions. Why in the world would I reward him for that behavior by a click beyond closing the post? I resent both him and his spam.

The popup, the popunder, the flasher, and spyware are all products of the advertisters and they can go suck on it for all I care. Just as I won’t reward the spammer, neither will I reward those who employ such tactics; not on the website and not in the store. Whenever I go to the store if I stand in front of a product, I don’t look at its placing on the shelves to indicate its value. I think about the last time I tried that product and if it was worth the money. If the answer is no; no sale.

The advertisers have fooled a lot of folks into supplying space to carry their wares and companies to pay for it. That doesn’t mean it works. It certainly doesn’t work in my case, I promise you.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:57:58 +0000

If you don’t enjoy this site, then please take advantage of the “thousands of other sites” that suit you better. I don’t mind the ads here, because I can focus on the content, and I am glad it’s both entertaining and enlightening. Well done, Jon!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:22:51 +0000

You really piss me off. WHat gives you the right to spout your crap at us anyway and who says you should be paid for it? There are thousands of other sites that do theyre thing without expecting anyone to pay them for it.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:07:06 +0000

— And not all ads are hard-core. Some represent sponsorship —

p2pnet isn’t an entrepreneurial site. I’m here 24/7, I have a family and a mortgage and the income from the sponsors barely supports us and the site.

I could have a lot of advertisers promoting gambling, porn, and wanting pop-ups and so on. But I turn them all down. And that’s the truth.

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:54:59 +0000

This site advertises. Thanks for sticking *product* in my face.

Hypocrites.