This is why we cant have nice things - stupid Adblock addon.

[FelixDeCat]

I recently uploaded a video to Youtube that has just crossed 13,000 views in two days. But according to my Adsense account it has only registered about 7000 views. I have other videos and the sum total for the last seven days is about 8500. Total clicks for the week are 65 clicks with $22.50 in income.

I was wondering what the difference was between "monetizable" views vs. actual views. According to my accounting the view count for the week should be closer to 14,000. So then I realized stupid things like Adblock are taking food off my table! :|

If you dont mind, please disable Adblock when you go to Youtube. For the record I mainly use IE9 so I support Anandtech, Youtube and a host of other sites and so should you.

 

[RavenSEAL]

What's an ad?

 

[kstu]

I do mind.

 

[FelixDeCat]

What's an ad?

An ad is part of our evil capitalist system.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I don't use adblock. I rely on adsense for my site/servers and would feel like a hypocrite if I was actually blocking it everywhere I go.

With everyone blocking it these days though, I need to look into another solution such as self hosted/managed ads.

 

[Rage187]

I saw an ad once. Then I remembered to turn the adblock addon back on.

 

[sixone]

I do not donate my time and attention involuntarily. I'll disable Adblock when I'm compensated for doing so.

 

[PottedMeat]

<3 adblock + noscript

 

[FelixDeCat]

I saw an ad once. Then I remembered to turn the adblock addon back on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2md_VcM0FCc

 

[RavenSEAL]

Only if more ads contained pictures of female breast, that day I would disable adblock.

 

[sandorski]

I felt guilty about this very thing about 2 months back. So I excepted Youtube and felt better....after a couple weeks I couldn't take it anymore. I don't mind the Banner Ads on the bottom, but I will not put up with full Video Ads. Especially since not 1 of them is about anything that pertains to me.

So "sorry", but no.

 

[FelixDeCat]

I felt guilty about this very thing about 2 months back. So I excepted Youtube and felt better....after a couple weeks I couldn't take it anymore. I don't mind the Banner Ads on the bottom, but I will not put up with full Video Ads. Especially since not 1 of them is about anything that pertains to me.

So "sorry", but no.

I understand. You have the option of enabling the so called "Trueview instream ads" when you monetize a video. I keep them disalbed because while the click count goes up the payments are only about 1/20th or less of normal because YT expects a high error rate. Not worth it to me.

 

[IcePickFreak]

1. Do actual, real work
2. Profit

 

[Jeff7]

Awhile ago, I got confused looks at work when I pulled up a Youtube video for a meeting and said, "When did Youtube start running commercials?"


Home PC = Adblock + hosts file blacklist


An entire adserver can earn a spot on the blocklist by hosting an obnoxious or intrusive ad.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Awhile ago, I got confused looks at work when I pulled up a Youtube video for a meeting and said, "When did Youtube start running commercials?"


Home PC = Adblock + hosts file blacklist


An entire adserver can earn a spot on the blocklist by hosting an obnoxious or intrusive ad.

I've used IE exclusively for 15 years now. Only recently have I begun to delve in to the world of FF and all the wacky add-ons and customizations. While I must admit FF is appealing in that you can personalize it can be made more secure then IE, its still just for secondary missions, not the primary browser.

Now I have experienced the no ad world and its a scary place indeed.

 

[Jaskalas]

Ads need to function more like TV commercials, and originate less from third party locations and more from the server of the content we're viewing.

Some of the stuff out there is pretty distasteful though.

 

[Lifted]

There are 3 reasons I run adblock and noscript.

The first is security. Ad servers get hacked, and are probably the primary instrument in infecting computers via websites.

Second is privacy. I don't want google or any other site tracking every page I go to, every link I click, etc., just so they can better target me.

Third is sanity. When I use IE for a full day, only then do I realize how intrusive the ads are on some of the sites are that I visit occasionally, or even regularly. Pictures flying across the screen, things popping up every time you move your mouse over anything, new tabs and windows opening, sounds and voices coming from flash or other crap hidden on the pages. It's just damn annoying and I would never visit these sites without all that crap blocked.

I certainly don't feel guilty using it on forums I participate on as our posts are the reason the average sheep end up here from google. Without us, there would be no forums, and no ad revenue for the site. I also never click ads, so they're not losing anything from me. I do advertise with google occasionally though, and know a fair bit about SEO, but that's all to target very specific demographics who usually wouldn't be running adblockers.

 

[Slew Foot]

Ads are for losers

 

[Childs]

How many times can one person watch the same commercial...

 

[FelixDeCat]

Third is sanity. When I use IE for a full day, only then do I realize how intrusive the ads are on some of the sites are that I visit occasionally, or even regularly. Pictures flying across the screen, things popping up every time you move your mouse over anything, new tabs and windows opening, sounds and voices coming from flash or other crap hidden on the pages. It's just damn annoying and I would never visit these sites without all that crap blocked.

 

[darkswordsman17]

There are 3 reasons I run adblock and noscript.

The first is security. Ad servers get hacked, and are probably the primary instrument in infecting computers via websites.

Second is privacy. I don't want google or any other site tracking every page I go to, every link I click, etc., just so they can better target me.

Third is sanity. When I use IE for a full day, only then do I realize how intrusive the ads are on some of the sites are that I visit occasionally, or even regularly. Pictures flying across the screen, things popping up every time you move your mouse over anything, new tabs and windows opening, sounds and voices coming from flash or other crap hidden on the pages. It's just damn annoying and I would never visit these sites without all that crap blocked.

I certainly don't feel guilty using it on forums I participate on as our posts are the reason the average sheep end up here from google. Without us, there would be no forums, and no ad revenue for the site. I also never click ads, so they're not losing anything from me. I do advertise with google occasionally though, and know a fair bit about SEO, but that's all to target very specific demographics who usually wouldn't be running adblockers.

I fucking cringe when I see people's "web experience" without adblock. Hell, AdBlock on Chrome doesn't even work as well as on Firefox and pisses me off enough that I only use Chrome for a few things here and there.

I've been running Ghostery, but its causing slowdowns so I'd like to find a different program to accomplish the same.

 

[darkswordsman17]

An ad is part of our evil capitalist system.

So is donating to help a guy develop software that blocks them. I'd much rather support the AdBlock developer than vapid attention whores on Youtube.

 

[ch33zw1z]

<3 adblock + noscript

^*

 

[dabuddha]

I recently uploaded a video to Youtube that has just crossed 13,000 views in two days. But according to my Adsense account it has only registered about 7000 views. I have other videos and the sum total for the last seven days is about 8500. Total clicks for the week are 65 clicks with $22.50 in income.

I was wondering what the difference was between "monetizable" views vs. actual views. According to my accounting the view count for the week should be closer to 14,000. So then I realized stupid things like Adblock are taking food off my table! :|

If you dont mind, please disable Adblock when you go to Youtube. For the record I mainly use IE9 so I support Anandtech, Youtube and a host of other sites and so should you.

Yeah fuck that. Adblock is one of the greatest things ever!

 

[mikeymikec]

I've been running Ghostery, but its causing slowdowns so I'd like to find a different program to accomplish the same.

Ghostery stopped me from being able to use the Crucial site, so I stopped using ghostery. I simply couldn't get the two to play together.