Sneaky So an So's

[Anonymous]

Who has sneakily started replacing the flash adverts on the right handside with JPEGS

grrr.. i have flash blocked on CN.. not i can see adverts again..

 

[BroDeal]

Who has sneakily started replacing the flash adverts on the right handside with JPEGS

grrr.. i have flash blocked on CN.. not i can see adverts again..

Poor you. Not being able to freeload off of someone else's business is a tragedy.

 

[gregod]

Poor you. Not being able to freeload off of someone else's business is a tragedy.

+1

this is here to take up space

 

[Anonymous]

Poor you. Not being able to freeload off of someone else's business is a tragedy.

i dont mind subtle, but too many flashing adverts makes my head hurt

 

[Anonymous]

Poor you. Not being able to freeload off of someone else's business is a tragedy.

and i never click on em anyway, so i dont see what odds it makes..
im sure im not the only one blocking adverts...

if they where less in your face and more subtle i wouldnt... but they are everywhere on here..

 

[gregod]

and i never click on em anyway, so i dont see what odds it makes..
im sure im not the only one blocking adverts...

if they where less in your face and more subtle i wouldnt... but they are everywhere on here..

That's kind of the point. So readers will notice them.

Who has sneakily started replacing the flash adverts on the right handside with JPEGS

grrr.. i have flash blocked on CN.. not i can see adverts again..

Why would you complain about this? Others do click on them and they are necessary for the economic survival of this site. You understand that "free" doesn't really mean "free", don't you?

http://tinyurl.com/yg84j7l

cheers

 

[Anonymous]

That's kind of the point. So readers will notice them.



Why would you complain about this? Others do click on them and they are necessary for the economic survival of this site. You understand that "free" doesn't really mean "free", don't you?

http://tinyurl.com/yg84j7l

cheers

i dont really see the relevance of that link.. i was neither slamming, hijacking, nor was a being distrespectful..
Having an opinion you dont agree with is not a valid reason for me not posting..

actually they are doing nothing for the ecomic survival of the site, they are akin to a heavy handed double glazing salesman who knocks on the door and simply wont take no for the answer.. such a huge block of flashing adverts lead many visitors to simply block them..

yes i fully understand the need for advertising.. i also hope you understand my right as an individual to block it, it is of no benefit for me to see it as i do not click on such blatent links anyway. however, there is good and bad advertising, good advertising makes money, bad advertising doesnt..

now on the older site the adverts where better placed, more subtle and i did not block them.. in fact some of them if they where relevant i even clicked on..

there is good targeted advertising, and there is ill concieved badly thought out advertising that leads the user to block it.. cn displays the latter.. companys that continue to use large block, untargeted and clunky advertising will sooner or later fold from lack of advertising revenue...

you may find this article of some intrest
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/22/why-advertising-is-failing-on-the-internet/

 

[gregod]

i dont really see the relevance of that link.. i was neither slamming, hijacking, nor was a being distrespectful..

the link was meant as an obscure (perhaps too obscure) joke. sorry. just the title of it was relevant.

as for your other points about the quality of the advertising; i get what you are saying.

cheers

 

[Greg Johnson]

now on the older site the adverts where better placed, more subtle and i did not block them.. in fact some of them if they where relevant i even clicked on..

There was also twice as many of them and due to their smaller size, you had more ads on the one page rotating at different times making it highly distracting.

Personally, I rather swap the casino feel for the larger ads. But, each to their own.

Cheers
Greg Johnson