PhDP Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 I just thought some people might be interested to know the New York Times "will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site"... They explain why here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 That's good... I wonder why it took them 11 years to figure it out, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severian Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 The more mystifying thing is that people think that web advertising works. I just followed that link, and read a few stories, but now that I have closed the site, I can't remember a single ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 The more mystifying thing is that people think that web advertising works. I just followed that link, and read a few stories, but now that I have closed the site, I can't remember a single ad. Ah, but your subconscious does... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 esp. big, colorfully, moving ads that display products and brand names you're already vaguely familiar with. My parent's recently switched their auto insurance to Gieco... they claim it wasn't because of the ads (which my mom says she hates) but, you never know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDNA Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I only recall images of internet ads with young, very attractive, females. Everything else is a blurr. I believe that they are usually for dating sites. They seem to pop up everywhere in relatively benign locations, like yahoo news. Either I'm a real sicko or they have it down to a science. I hate to think what this is doing to me subconsciously..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Paying to read Paul Krugman's neo-Keynsian, ABB negativity was like wading through acid to pay your taxes. Though I must admit I was surprised to see that the numbers were so high. A quarter of a million Times-Select subscribers and a million WSJ-Online subscribers, generating $10 million and $65 million annually, respectively. Those are much bigger numbers than I would have guessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john5746 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 esp. big, colorfully, moving ads that display products and brand names you're already vaguely familiar with. My parent's recently switched their auto insurance to Gieco... they claim it wasn't because of the ads (which my mom says she hates) but, you never know... Which ones? The caveman, the gekko, the loser? How can someone hate them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 the newyork times has adds? https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 the newyork times has adds? https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/10 Is it true, however, that the websites don't get the money if adblocker is in place, however? I would rather deal with a few ads than have websites charge me for access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Is it true, however, that the websites don't get the money if adblocker is in place, however? I would rather deal with a few ads than have websites charge me for access. Seems to me the Ad-Block software is more a response to annoying animated ads than advertisements in general. How can a site visitor concentrate on the content while a widget wiggles back and forth seeking our attention? The subsequent attention the widget gets is undeserved: the “eyeballs” focus on the animation while the suddenly annoyed viewer loses focus on the content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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