On Jun 28, 2011, at 3:10 AM, Bob W wrote: >>> >>> If I get on a bus that says Trafalgar Square on the front, I don't >> want to >>> be forced to go shopping first. >> >> A fallacious argument. You won't have to go shopping, but you will see >> ads on the side of the bus, on the bus shelter, and perhaps on the >> interior of the bus as well. And if they weren't there, you'd probably >> have to pay twice as much to ride that bus. It's commerce in a free >> society, and, for the most part, it works. >> Paul >> > > OK, I'm not forced to read or avoid the ads before I can get on the bus. I > don't strongly object to sites, or buses, carrying ads, what I object to is > the in-yer-face intrusive approach that photo.net have taken with theirs > which spoils the experience of looking at your photos and those of others, > so I won't go there. > > I lose, you lose, photo.net loses, the advertisers lose. How can you think > that works? >
Unfortunately, the advertisers don't lose. Pop-ups score more hits than banner ads. I don't know why. Like you, I click them off immediately. Paul > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
