Inside Stretch

We knew it was coming, advertising companies weren’t gonna ignore this one. With millions of people on the internet, there is much income for someone to make via ads. But there are good ads and bad ads.

Good ad:

These two ads are what I would consider to be good ads. They are off to the side, and you can still read the content on the webpage without them distracting you. But unfortunately not all ads are like this.

Bad ad:

Bad ads are invasive, stuck in the middle of the content you are reading, or are extremely distracting. The worse case I can think of is one for a free iPod Nano, and as soon as the page loads, its will start an audio ad saying that you’ve won a free iPod Nano, the only way to stop it is to find the ad, and hit the stop button on it. Pop-ups, and pop-unders also fall in the bad ad category.

Due to the chance of running into bad ads, I have an ad blocker installed on my browser. Now, it seems that some companies think this should be illegal since they are expecting to get paid every time someone visits their site.

Responding to the complaints that they are hurting people who put content on the Web — while expecting to get paid in advertising — Palant and Rick are adamant.

“People accuse me of destroying the Internet,” Palant said.

The two suggested that the advertisers and publishers deserve ad blockers because they have imposed so many annoying ads on users.

I have to agree, if ads were only small, and not in your face, I wouldn’t be so ticked at them. But with many internet providers talking about limiting internet access by bandwith, I don’t want ads using up all my bandwidth, especially with these huge gifs that are so annoying.

Via Reddit

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