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Authored by: SilverWave on Wednesday, April 17 2013 @ 10:32 PM EDT |
Even if 1/2 your readers didn't adblock, the very low rates
you do get paid don't seem to be a viable business plan.
Well not unless you are huge.
I don't think voluntary payments are viable long term
either....
Logically a paywall seems the best business plan...
BUT... I just avoid paywall sites...
hmmm ...
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Authored by: hardmath on Thursday, April 18 2013 @ 05:51 AM EDT |
Ben writes that if his site were paid $5 per 1,000 page
views, and if
half (50%) of readers use ad-block software,
then he'd need 1,500 readers to
reach the $5 mark.
Shouldn't this be 2,000 readers? I realize he's just
giving
some numbers for illustration, but for the sake of
consistency!
I
would have left a comment on his site (I don't use ad-
block software, small
comfort to him for that), but the
layout of the existing comments was all
messed up (running
Google Chrome under Win7), so I didn't
bother.
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Authored by: sumzero on Thursday, April 18 2013 @ 10:34 AM EDT |
it seems to me this misses the forest for the trees.
users block ads because of the increasingly hostile way in which they are
profiled and interfered with by advertisers. they fear the growing
databases of highly detailed personal information being compiled. they
fear the selling and sharing of this data. they fear the abysmal security
provided for this information. they dislike the html injections that
modify content and reroute their urls. and on and on...
imho, it makes more sense to focus on the advertisers. why are they
allowed to dictate such low rates? why are they allowed this kind of
access to our personal information? why are there no meaningful
consequences for bad behaviour or shoddy security?
impose some serious limits and regulations on the advertisers and you will
likely see a more willing end user.
sum.zero
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Authored by: tknarr on Thursday, April 18 2013 @ 01:10 PM EDT |
My thought is that when he asks me to whitelist his site, he has to
understand that he's not just asking me to trust his site. He's really asking me
to trust every random Joe buying ad slots on every ad network that places ads on
his site. He's got no control over who buys ad space, he can't make any
assurances about them, and I know the bad guys buy ad space specifically to
route their malware to people through popular sites that people trust not to
deliver malware. So no, I can't whitelist his site. The only way I'll whitelist
it is if all the ads on his site are served from his machines and placed
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 18 2013 @ 05:24 PM EDT |
It would seem that the advertising revenue stream is not the best way to
monitize the Internet. Maybe it should be dropped and other options found.
NOTICE - The easy way didn't work!
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