Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 13th May 2009 07:50 UTC
Internet & Networking As we happened to be talking about advertisements on OSNews yesterday, and the use of Adblock, I stumbled upon a blog entry by Adblock Plus' developer, who is trying to improve Adblock in such a way that it is less harmful to webmasters. His suggestion is surely intriguing, but will it fly wth Adblock users?
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by hussam on Thu 14th May 2009 10:41 UTC
hussam
Member since:
2006-08-17

I don't really believe the "ads are used to pay for hosting and bandwidth"
On the contrary, in 99% of websites that have ads, the site only exists so the webmaster to get actual revenue from ads. This is usually a LOT more that server/bandwidth costs.

In fact, many news websites exist because someone likes to get profit from teh internet.

if you make hosting/bandwidth free and remove ads, many news sites would close lol. It's ugly but it's a fact.

RE: ads
by Thom_Holwerda on Thu 14th May 2009 11:23 in reply to "ads"
Thom_Holwerda Member since:
2005-06-29

It's ugly but it's a fact.


This is not Soviet Russia. We demand sources.

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RE[2]: ads
by hussam on Thu 14th May 2009 11:48 in reply to "RE: ads"
hussam Member since:
2006-08-17

" It's ugly but it's a fact.


This is not Soviet Russia. We demand sources.
"
I can't list websites in public but if there is a way I can send you a private message, I'd be happy to list a few.

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RE: ads
by Soulbender on Thu 14th May 2009 19:30 in reply to "ads"
Soulbender Member since:
2005-08-18

On the contrary, in 99% of websites that have ads, the site only exists so the webmaster to get actual revenue from ads


Why do you go to sites with only ad's and no content?

In fact, many news websites exist because someone likes to get profit from teh internet.


Oh my God, someone wants to make a profit on teh intarweb! That's almost like why every single company exist.

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