Blocking Ads: I’m not a hypocrite!
by mmayhew on Oct.19, 2009, under General, Technology
I hate web advertisements with a passion yet I love capitalism and I love people that make money any moral (and some immoral) way they can. Honestly, the main reason I won’t switch to Google Chrome is I’ll miss my AdBlock Plus plugin too much. I don’t have anything against someone putting advertisements on their site.. I just don’t want to see them! They are ugly, they get in the way and they take the focus off of the real content. (That’s the whole point, I know…)
But now I’ve decided to start making money using Google Adsense. I’m sure you’ve noticed the hideous, ugly ads on the site but I’ve also launched 13 21 other sites just for making money with Adsense.
So now that I’m on the other side of the things, am I a hypocrite? HELL NO! I still use Adblock Plus, even when looking at my own sites. My logic is this: If you are the type of person to block ads using a plug-in, proxy, host file, etc, you are also the type of person to identify ads from real content and not click them.
Yes, this is a rant and yes it was pointless. Thanks for reading… now go click some ads!
October 29th, 2009 on 5:06 am
I like this michael. Way to go
November 1st, 2009 on 8:18 am
Hi Michael,
I didn’t want to drop Adblock Plus either, however I found using Chrome + Hostsman (http://www.abelhadigital.com/) works wonderfully.
Cheers,
Geoffrey
November 2nd, 2009 on 10:07 am
Michael’s rant! love it. you are like a grumpy old man that is a super tech geek. you ought to consider politics with all those flexing justifications. Love it dude!
November 12th, 2009 on 4:45 am
21 other sites? Where are your links? Thanks!
November 12th, 2009 on 5:25 am
Look at the “Affiliate Links” at the top of my blog. I’m taking the Patrick Cash “sweettearecipes.com” approach.