[Closed] All these ads

Perhaps if your posts were written in a more precise manner people would understand what you are trying to say. [i]he was claiming most people block the ads[/i] Who is 'he' - am I supposed to know which 'he' you are referring to?

Personally I still don't understand what the big issue people have with the ads is - at least now they are more processor friendly. Not so hard to mentally tune them out if that's what you want to do. Despite the ads sitting there on my page I have to actively go and look to work out what it is people are on about.

Gary_M - if you bothered following the thread (or even just reading the post above the one you quoted) it would be obvious who 'he' is. I think most people on here who've managed that understand exactly what Drac was on about.

There's tow metrics we look at to get an idea of how many are blocking ads. The page views as reported by our main site hosting server minus the page views reported by our separate ad server. The differences are currently tiny. Less than 1%.. About as far from being described as 'most' as it is possible to be.

I'm sure Drac is touched by you standing up for him, are you his boyfriend?

[i]Perhaps if your posts were written in a more precise manner people would understand what you are trying to say. he was claiming most people block the ads Who is 'he' - am I supposed to know which 'he' you are referring to? [/i]

Well other seems to manage very well, maybe because they read the thread instead of trying to find someone to jump on.

[i]Less than 1%.. About as far from being described as 'most' as it is possible to be
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[b]FACT![/b]

Interesting and unexpected, thanks Mark.

I am very suprised at less than 1% blocking ads. Do all adblocking methods show up? I have a choice of at least three different ways of blocking ads should I choose to do so.

I am convinced myself that the flashing and animated ads reduce clickthru. I certainly do not click thru to CRC from this page anymore.

Jesus what a touchy bunch (Drac and the other one) eh. Chill out fellas.

[i]it's easier to look away from the screen with a TV, as during the ads there's nothing interesting to see[/i]

I find it bloody easy not to see the ads on here. Without blocking them. I block them with my [i]b r a i n[/i] oooh.

[i]I'm sure Drac is touched by you standing up for him, are you his boyfriend? [/i]

Not yet but he continues with such ability to read he may win me over.

[i]Jesus what a touchy bunch (Drac and the other one) eh. Chill out fellas. [/i]

What the hell are you on about now?

The differences are currently tiny. Less than 1%

it is possible to download the content but not render it visible

I block them with my b r a i n oooh

please do NOT expand on this or you will be banned! I think people have different levels of sensitivity to off centre visual disturbances

it is possible to download the content but not render it visible

Well you can, but that is pointlessly wasteful of bandwidth (your own and theirs) and means you wouldn't benefit from any possible increase in speed.

The [i]"thing that shall not be named"[/i] which most people use to block adverts simply does not request them in the first place.

I do find it amusing that Drac bemoans people not reading threads / posts but is guilty of doing exactly the same.

My comment was:

"I was asking (although to be fair I could have made it clearer) whether or not the advertising actually had any effect (IE made them money) or if people (as it [i][b]seems[/b][/i] most do) blocked it [i][b]or[/b][/i] simply ignored it.

There have been 24 people comment on this thread (myself included), 9 of those people admit to ad blocking - that's just a smidge under 38% of users on one thread who block, I haven't counted those who just ignore the ads.

that's just a smidge under 38% of users on one thread who block

but self selecting and therefore not statistically significant

[i]Drac bemoans[/i]

It's his thing. Just watch...

Well to be fair Simon I did expect more people to read / comment who had an 'issue' with the ads so you're right, the 38% isn't a fair indication of sitewide trends. I was curious. I have an answer and as an STW user I have a statistic. In my World (on a Wednesday afternoon) that makes me happy 😉

Dez - That became horribly obvious very early on.

Neither is 38% a majority. If you want some stats for the other side, I don't block ads at all (though I have previously).

Not yet but he continues with such ability to read he may win me over.

[i]It's his thing. Just watch... [/i]

What makes you think that?

[i]There have been 24 people comment on this thread (myself included), 9 of those people admit to ad blocking - that's just a smidge under 38% of users on one thread who block, I haven't counted those who just ignore the ad[/i]

One thread doesn't represent the entire membership though which was my point. If it did 38% is still not most.

[i]You're not my type - sorry[/i]

Damn!

I didn't say the majority blocked the ads. I was asking if people blocked OR ignored the ads. 38% (screw the stats) 9 of 24 admit to blocking, a few others admit to ignoring or not clicking through.

Sheesh. All this arguing over semantics because I asked a simple question!

Right - my question was answered, a couple of people had digs at each other and we've all learned something from Mark. Can we move along now? Nothing to see here!

Can we move along now?

or if people (as it seems most do) blocked it or simply ignored it.

[i]What makes you think that?[/i]
Ah, just a little "conversation" we had on a previous thread.

Moving along!

[i]Ah, just a little "conversation" we had on a previous thread. [/i]

Hehehe!