Too Many Ads – Where’s The Content?

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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We’ve come a long way from scrolling text and the annoying <blink> tag. But why do we let our advertisers annoy the crap out of our visitors?

Some websites have so many advertisements that it’s hard to find real content. I surf the net without cookies, javascript, flash and image animations. This sucks for site owners who want good general statistics about how people navigate their site. It also sucks for me because I might be missing some good content in an effort to block the crap.

But I understand that people need to make a living. I just wish there was a better way. So, to make me feel better, I’m going to vent about all the website advertising that annoys me by writing a top-10 list.

  1. Lying ads: “you’re a winner!”, “you have new messages.”
  2. Ads that resize my browser window.
  3. Ads that flash or blink.
  4. Too many ads – page takes forever to load.
  5. Ads between pages I navigate (skip this advertisement).
  6. Floaters. Those stupid windows that obscure content.
  7. Ads with noise. They usually scare the crap out of me.
  8. Articles written on 10 pages (one paragraph on each page) in order to show me more damn ads.
  9. Ads that look like links that belong to this site, but in fact, take me to some advertisement site.
  10. Ads in the middle of the page – right smack in between one article’s paragraph and the next.

Of course, these are just the advertisement annoyances. I could go on and on about websites in general (coming soon, logo not a link to the homepage).

Let’s be smart and stop using intrusive advertising that pisses me off!

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4 Comments

  1. Carol
    Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 8:25 pm

    Hey, advertisements that make noise scare me too!

  2. Jenn
    Friday, May 11, 2007 at 9:40 am

    That’s funny. Did you ever get that email forward that asks you to look closely at a picture to see a small detail. Then, as your face is planted against the screen, a scary lady-demon picture pops up and you hear a loud scream? I almost passed out on that one.

  3. Carol
    Friday, May 11, 2007 at 12:11 pm

    Haha! Yes, I know what you’re talking about. That shit was scary!!!

  4. MOM
    Friday, May 11, 2007 at 12:13 pm

    I got that one too, but was too scared to try it. Glad I didn’t!! (not a risk taker)

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