I have willinging clicked on a web ad exactly zero times.

It strikes me as the most preposterously ineffective ad format in the universe.

run out and bought something you saw advertised on tv?

Just trying to figure outnif it is any more effective on you.

As far as physical products go, I'd say it's about zero. At least, I've never been convinced by an ad to buy something that I wouldn't otherwise have bought.

I've probably seen a few movies based on their trailers, though, so that's worth considering. Of course, judging by the volume of ads that I've seen (like anyone else), the hit:miss ratio is pretty lousy.

In my opinion ads mostly only work if you are in the market for the product in the first place. No matter where they are placed.

So that would be no times.

didnt realize i asked you.

When we post here, we can all contribute. You didn't like what I had to say, okay. Life goes on

Was speaking to a particular poster. Pretty sure that was obvious.

There was no reason for you to be so rude.

I generally disable javascript when dealing with those sites. Gets rid of the problem.

CLOSE, DAMMIT, CLOSE!!

And it's funny, I use the exact same phrase. Where the f*#k is that x"?

you accidentally end up clicking on the ad instead, and then the ad won't allow you to leave the page.

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just kidding!

Now I just keep my audio off. I am severely hearing impaired, so I don't listen to stuff online anyway. But even for me, the audio on those ads is so loud that it causes me to startle and jump.

If you don't already have Chrome on your computer, download it free and start downloading blockers. It's a beautiful thing.

There's a great Greek/Lebanese place near here whose menu I wanted to look at online, but as soon as I hit their page BOOM -- loud, irritating Greek music and no obvious way to turn it off. Assholes.

Right now, Thom Hartmann. I resent any site that allows audio to play without me clicking it. I usually just close any site that does that as soon as realize it's covering up what I'm trying to hear.

It's getting to where you have to click to get rid of a popup on every page you open. I've got popups blocked, but it doesn't stop them.

Without advertising the whole internet would dry up overnight. DU included.

which is not really javascript heavy. u can also set temporary permissions which will clear when u leave a site. when u visit a javascript site you are offered the option to allow or not allow certain levels of script activitity

Far be it from me to say how minimal, but it works for me.

Haven't seen an ad in years. Seems counter intuitive, but it works.

Oh, and it's free.

I love free.

thank the goddess. Advertising is why I don't have cable.

I rarely use Opera, but when I do, I don't want to see ads.

Some owners are perfectly happy to have ads like that. I would take that into consideration when you decide what sites you want to frequent.

If you didn't create it and you're not paying it use it, what right do you have to complain?

I have no problem with people complaining, especially when they give double barrels to the advertisers and install blocking software to avoid letting those SOBs put ad crap in front of them.

There's nothing more annoying than settling in to read a story and having a 4 inch monster take up the little screen and having to try to find the corner where you can close it.

The internet is dead.

Sometimes I have to go back and unblock something, but not often.

Sites I enjoy tend to have unobtrusive advertising for things I care about, usually technical stuff.

I don't have Adobe Flash installed so that gets rid of the most annoying stuff.

I've been on the internet a long time. I used Lynx, a text-only browser, for many years.

Maybe it's just a quirk of mine, but I don't like things moving around or making sounds on a web page without my permission.

unlimited bandwidth. I have 0 ads on my site. That's 0.
I don't know what's costing so much that everyone has to put as many ads as they can squeeze into a screen except greed for the money for selling the space. If companies want to put ads all over everything, why don't they put up their own site and plaster their ads on their own wall and leave the rest of us alone.

Then get the Adblock Plus and NoScript addons (also recommended: Flash blocker plugin so only Flash content you allow is played). Then? No more ads.

I use AdBlock Plus on my computers, so I basically never see an ad and I have most pop-ups blocked as well.

I just haven't figured out what to do on my tablet. Salon is HORRIBLE on tablets; there are pop-ups I can never get rid of.

On a tablet or mobile device, get Mercury. That browser COMES WITH AD BLOCKER already installed - you just have to turn it on. Also, it lets you spoof a variety of browsers so that if, like me, you hate mobile sites, you'll never see another one again.

Make sure you have a compatible browser you're using, download it, and never deal with another ad again.