Comments on: Poor Ad Practice at WashingtonPost.com http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/11/30/poor-ad-practice-at-washingtonpostcom/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bradley J. Fikes http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/11/30/poor-ad-practice-at-washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-2797 Bradley J. Fikes Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:12:03 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1557#comment-2797 Scripts are sometimes desirable, so I prefer Adblock. I also use Flashblock, which gives you the option to view a Flash item by clicking on it. Scripts are sometimes desirable, so I prefer Adblock.

I also use Flashblock, which gives you the option to view a Flash item by clicking on it.

]]> By: arthur http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/11/30/poor-ad-practice-at-washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-2796 arthur Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:11:00 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1557#comment-2796 There is something much better than adblock-NOSCRIPT. It stops all scripts from running on the webpage. I haven't seen a popup ad like that in ages after installing it in Firefox There is something much better than adblock-NOSCRIPT. It stops all scripts from running on the webpage. I haven’t seen a popup ad like that in ages after installing it in Firefox

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/11/30/poor-ad-practice-at-washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Jon Garfunkel Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:16:16 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1557#comment-2795 Dan, Online ads will succeed either by getting more targeted or obnoxious, or both. It has seemed sensible to me that newspapers can spare this for paying subscribers; this would also encourage more readers to get a "subscription" for online reading. I call this mechanism <a href="http://civilities.net/PaperTrust" rel="nofollow">PaperTrust</a>. Jon Dan,

Online ads will succeed either by getting more targeted or obnoxious, or both. It has seemed sensible to me that newspapers can spare this for paying subscribers; this would also encourage more readers to get a “subscription” for online reading. I call this mechanism PaperTrust.

Jon

]]> By: NM http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/11/30/poor-ad-practice-at-washingtonpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-2794 NM Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:31:18 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1557#comment-2794 This is the reason why I use AdBlock Plus. I hesitated for a while before installing it, since so many sites rely on advertising to live, but if they can't be bothered to do something about obnoxious ads, well it's their own damn fault. This is the reason why I use AdBlock Plus. I hesitated for a while before installing it, since so many sites rely on advertising to live, but if they can’t be bothered to do something about obnoxious ads, well it’s their own damn fault.

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