Comments on: Google v Microsoft: dog-eat-dog

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:25:18 +0000

^^^ Agree totally with your sentiments

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:22:52 +0000

“Google’s revenues, currently at $20 billion a year” Hoo boy, not bad for a search engine!

To those touting ad-block, I find it crap, but if it works for u ok. My tolerance for ads has also diminished, but it still doesn’t work. It could be vastly improved.

#1 improvement would be to allow blocking/unblocking of actual content (including Flash video), not by some trial and error method of choosing one thing at a time in a coded list which works when and if it decides to.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:30:10 +0000

The divine combination of Firefox+AdblockPlus is a must for serious surfers. Ads frequently devour more bandwidth that the rest of the site combined. NoScript is also useful if you find tedium in switching javascript on and off between sites.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:57:49 +0000

I too am fed up with the intrusiveness of ads. I no longer watch tv. Since then, I have discovered that my tolerance for the ad has plummeted. It’s to the point that those that want to intrude on my time with what they think is important contrary to my wishes suffer my wrath everytime I go to a store. When I look at a product on the shelf or where ever, one of the first things I consider even before price, is how much of a pest has the ad companies they hired bothered me? I will not consider an item to purchase if it hits me that is one of the ones supporting this type of behavior.

Like the one above, I will not suffer ads on line. I take an active role in seeing to my surfing experience being as clean as possible and ads are nothing but a nuisance. I understand that sites need money to operate and the sources are few between. But ads have totally turned me off. I suspect whenever I see an ad, that there is something wrong with the product because people don’t personally recommend them so they have to pay to have it done for them. That’s not to mention the hidden cost in the price you wind up paying to pay for the cost of those ads that do nothing to improve the product, they only raise the price without giving additional value for the money.

Unlike some people, I react to ads in a totally different way than they desire. To say it nicely, I despise ads and those that feel it has to be force fed to you. When I buy, I think back of just whom was the pain in the behind and it is a predominate determiner in what I will purchase or not consider.

By: someone there

someone there — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:52:14 +0000

And WE, the online consumers, can use the holy duo of Firefox+AdblockPlus, and forget ads even exist. I refuse to waste any of my broadband on unwanted content, my browser displays WHAT I want, WHEN I want it. Also, I can turn adblock off on sites I want to support, like p2pnet, independent sites who need them.