Comments on: Inq. of the Week: Webvertising http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:32:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Inq. of the Week: Games You Play : Critical Hits http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13892 Inq. of the Week: Games You Play : Critical Hits Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:16:07 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13892 [...] weeks ago Dave asked about your views on Web-vertising and it looks like a large majority just tune out Google ads all together, a whopping 48% of you!  [...] [...] weeks ago Dave asked about your views on Web-vertising and it looks like a large majority just tune out Google ads all together, a whopping 48% of you!  [...]

]]> By: The Game http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13781 The Game Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:24:39 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13781 It is intellitxt, so I will have to try that! It is intellitxt, so I will have to try that!

]]> By: DarthCthulhu http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13779 DarthCthulhu Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:00:42 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13779 "...my least favorite advertising method are the ones that automatically link keywords, and when you scroll over them pops up a small box with a product. Comic Book Resources uses those and it drives me crazy- I have to be very careful where I put my mouse." This is where Firefox and the <a href="http://noscript.net/" rel="nofollow">NoScript</a> plugin comes in handy. With this, you can determine what scripts, if any, get run on a per-site basis. In addition, there is also <a href="http://adblockplus.org/en/" rel="nofollow">AdblockPlus</a>. With this handy little Firefox plugin, you can avoid even downloading extremely irritating advertisement stuff. Most of the auto-link ads come from a company called intellitxt, so adding a line that says *.intellitxt.*' to the blocked server list completely removes them. Combine the previous two with <a href="http://flashblock.mozdev.org/" rel="nofollow">FlashBlock</a>, a utility that blocks irritating flash movies UNLESS YOU CLICK ON THEM (also called click-to-flash) and you have a complete web solution for removing the most annoying bits of the web. “…my least favorite advertising method are the ones that automatically link keywords, and when you scroll over them pops up a small box with a product. Comic Book Resources uses those and it drives me crazy- I have to be very careful where I put my mouse.”

This is where Firefox and the NoScript plugin comes in handy. With this, you can determine what scripts, if any, get run on a per-site basis.

In addition, there is also AdblockPlus. With this handy little Firefox plugin, you can avoid even downloading extremely irritating advertisement stuff. Most of the auto-link ads come from a company called intellitxt, so adding a line that says *.intellitxt.*’ to the blocked server list completely removes them.

Combine the previous two with FlashBlock, a utility that blocks irritating flash movies UNLESS YOU CLICK ON THEM (also called click-to-flash) and you have a complete web solution for removing the most annoying bits of the web.

]]> By: The Game http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13770 The Game Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:15:36 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13770 We signed up for "feedvertising" on TLA, but nobody's bought them yet. It's possible I'll try to figure another way to do feed ads, or I'll leave them alone. Note: I'm not trying to guilt trip anybody to change their viewing habits or ad-clicking habits, I really do just want to know how people think :) We signed up for “feedvertising” on TLA, but nobody’s bought them yet. It’s possible I’ll try to figure another way to do feed ads, or I’ll leave them alone.

Note: I’m not trying to guilt trip anybody to change their viewing habits or ad-clicking habits, I really do just want to know how people think :)

]]> By: count_crackula http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13766 count_crackula Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:20:43 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13766 I read critical-hits entirely through the RSS feed with the exceptions of participating in polls and leaving comments, so I almost never see the ads. Maybe you could include an ad at the bottom of each RSS article? I read critical-hits entirely through the RSS feed with the exceptions of participating in polls and leaving comments, so I almost never see the ads. Maybe you could include an ad at the bottom of each RSS article?

]]> By: Bartoneus http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13764 Bartoneus Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:04:29 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13764 Oh yea, those are the WORST! It actually actively impedes your view of the website content, which is obviously a bad thing and I can only imagine it earns a good amount of money or else I see no reason anyone would have them? Oh yea, those are the WORST! It actually actively impedes your view of the website content, which is obviously a bad thing and I can only imagine it earns a good amount of money or else I see no reason anyone would have them?

]]> By: The Game http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13761 The Game Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:52:54 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13761 That can be annoying, but my least favorite advertising method are the ones that automatically link keywords, and when you scroll over them pops up a small box with a product. Comic Book Resources uses those and it drives me crazy- I have to be very careful where I put my mouse. That can be annoying, but my least favorite advertising method are the ones that automatically link keywords, and when you scroll over them pops up a small box with a product. Comic Book Resources uses those and it drives me crazy- I have to be very careful where I put my mouse.

]]> By: Bartoneus http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13759 Bartoneus Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:32:28 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/10/29/inq-of-the-week-webvertising/#comment-13759 I would say the thing I hate to see most is when the top of a post is completely strangled by google ads, so that there is only about 2-3 words per line of the post and this huge ad. I have to struggle to get to the meat of the post where it is unimpeded by the ads. I would say the thing I hate to see most is when the top of a post is completely strangled by google ads, so that there is only about 2-3 words per line of the post and this huge ad. I have to struggle to get to the meat of the post where it is unimpeded by the ads.

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