How many ads are too many ads?

[DanJ]

Anyone else think that the sheer quantity of ads to content (2 short paragraphs) on this page is kind of amazing, especially since they're many are animated?: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1808

1 750x150 ad
2 normal banner ads
1 google ad
4 sponsored link ads
4 square/rectangular side ads
1 BizRate search ad

Its getting...how do you say...a bit cluttered in here...I feel bad for anyone who can't run at higher resolutions (i'm on 1152x864)...of course the problem I guess with higher resolutions is that you can see them all at one time... many moving and flashing...flashing and moving...

 

[Anubis]

gott make $$$$ somehow

 

[aphex]

eek....

 

[DanJ]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
gott make $$$$ somehow

I'd rather have pop-ups I think...

 

[prodigy]

Ever see that commercial for I think it was Earthlink with all the popups? I would say that is too many ads lol.

 

[JetBlack69]

Originally posted by: DanJ

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
gott make $$$$ somehow

I'd rather have pop-ups I think...

dear god no

 

[VBboy]

I'm not seeing any animated ads 😉
Turn off Animations in "Internet Options" | "Advanced", and use my program in the signature.

 

[Electrode]

3 measures I have taken that block almost all ads:

1. A DNS proxy server that runs on my router box. It not only caches resolutions, but it also references /etc/hosts.conf, allowing me to block most ad servers by resolving them to 192.168.0.1
2. Configuring Mozilla to not display iframes, a common method for embedding ads in pages
3. The Bannerblind add-in, which removes images of specified dimensions from pages

What I can't see doesn't bother me. 😉