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

[Number1]

I did not mind advertisements in the past, until I stared getting half page adds from the Royal Bank. There is no going back for me.

 

[silverpig]

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

Free forums, free youtube, free other content on the internet.

 

[Deeko]

OP is part of the cancer killing the internet.

I'm not going to chastise anyone for choosing to use something like AdBlock, but you really think that people that advertise online are cancer killing the internet? If it weren't for ad revenue, most of the internet as we know it wouldn't exist. The internet largely runs on ad revenue.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I use noscript and don't rely on adblock any more.

So, any static advertisements still show up, just nothing annoying.

 

[FelixDeCat]

How so?

My friend spent a few hours putting together a video to show people how to replace the LCD screen on a specific android phone. He shot, and reshot several sequences and made it easy to follow and use. He then uploaded it to youtube and enabled ads so he can get paid for his work.

What is wrong with this? He should benefit from his hard work and obviously people are searching on how to do this, otherwise his video wouldn't pertain to them. His ads are inobtrusive, semi transparent, and pop up from below. A quick click on the X and they go away.

Damn straight!

Laugh all you want, but that's why many people - me included - really only surf with AdBlock and the like.

It's not that those sorts of things are on EVERY page, or even that the most obnoxious of them are even all that common. I got to a breaking point on a rollout ad covered all of the content I wanted to see and had no apparent mechanism to dismiss it. Since that day, I've rolled ad-free (mostly).

I mostly agree its out of hand, I was just axing people to whitelist Youtube.

Who gives a shit how many hits you get. Go outside or something you fucking weirdo.

Ironically the video was made outside. :biggrin:

 

[SAWYER]

Im sure op loves ads on the internet and has never used a pop up blocker

 

[FelixDeCat]

You should sue Youtube for "lost potential profits".

:hmm:

It could also be that some of the views are mobile and don't show the ads?

This could very well be. I know there is a bug that allows people to manipulate views in the mobile API ("viewbotting"). As a result, YT has been discounting all mobile views. Knowingly manipulating views would result in a suspension or ban so doing it is stupid - however - some people do it to others in an attempt to harm them.

 

[BoomerD]

Some of the horrible ads that have invaded AT are why I went to adblock plus in the first place...I'm NOT gonna disable it just so you can make a few pennies if I view your video.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I would have whitelisted Anandtech, then this happened. I don't even use browser addons anymore as ads are blocked at the router with DD-WRT.

 

[ky54]

Free forums, free youtube, free other content on the internet.

I understand your statement but it's not necessarily true. I pay hard earned money for my Verizon FiOS so my internet is not free hence neither are the forums, youtube, etc.

 

[silverpig]

I understand your statement but it's not necessarily true. I pay hard earned money for my Verizon FiOS so my internet is not free hence neither are the forums, youtube, etc.

You're paying for the pipe, not the content. The youtube content creators don't get any of the money you pay Verizon.

 

[MotionMan]

I understand your statement but it's not necessarily true. I pay hard earned money for my Verizon FiOS so my internet is not free hence neither are the forums, youtube, etc.

So your analysis would be different if you used the internet at the library or stole wifi from your neighbor?

MotionMan

 

[Lifted]

You're paying for the pipe, not the content.

I think I've met you before at a few parties. :hmm:

 

[AstroManLuca]

Every goddamn video on the internet now requires you to watch a 15 second ad first. Even if the video is only 15 seconds long.

No. I am okay with banner ads but embedded unskippable video ads and ads that pop up INSIDE the YouTube player are unacceptable. It's not like I'm going to click on them anyway, so you're not even losing much money (since as I understand it, clicks generate TONS more money than views, which are practically worthless even in large quantities).

 

[Anubis]

if i could use adblock to block your posts i would

 

[ViviTheMage]

Engaged.

 

[bfdd]

Don't use adblock or any of that non-sense. I just won't visit pages that are overblown with ads. Keep it tidy gentlemen and you'll keep my attention.

 

[Lithium381]

yeah, you have to pay me for my attention, not the other way around

 

[xanis]

Don't use adblock or any of that non-sense. I just won't visit pages that are overblown with ads. Keep it tidy gentlemen and you'll keep my attention.

This is the ticket right here. If ads were about half as long and half as retarded, I wouldn't be using AdBlock.

 

[IcePickFreak]

Every goddamn video on the internet now requires you to watch a 15 second ad first. Even if the video is only 15 seconds long.

No. I am okay with banner ads but embedded unskippable video ads and ads that pop up INSIDE the YouTube player are unacceptable. It's not like I'm going to click on them anyway, so you're not even losing much money (since as I understand it, clicks generate TONS more money than views, which are practically worthless even in large quantities).

I've been using adblock for long enough I was wondering wtf was up with all the complaints about vevo on youtube comments - all I would see is a little logo in the corner. Then I was at a friends house who doesn't (or didn't up until then 😉 ) use adblock and he showed me a youtube video. D:

Seems these days you're to watch commercials, with small breaks in-between of actual videos you want to see. TV is getting to be much the same.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's one thing. Simple text/static image banner ads are fine. What pushes it for me is the javascript junk like stuff that flashes, moves, and overall takes over the page you're on. Nothing more aggravating than ads with sound too. That shit gets blocked by me. In fact noscript alone works fine for that.

 

[midwestfisherman]

Adblock FTW

 

[Juddog]

I leave addblock off for sites I frequent, in order to support them, but if someone has an add that is flashing, blinking, flying around the screen etc. I block it - regardless if it's a site I frequent or not.

If you want to put up an add, make it tolerable. I can't stand browsing some sites that have so many annoying ads it makes me feel like I'm about to have a seizure, let alone some sites which have ads that just start streaming video automatically (which uses up a ton of bandwidth).

 

[Jeff7]

I leave addblock off for sites I frequent, in order to support them, but if someone has an add that is flashing, blinking, flying around the screen etc. I block it - regardless if it's a site I frequent or not.

If you want to put up an add, make it tolerable. I can't stand browsing some sites that have so many annoying ads it makes me feel like I'm about to have a seizure, let alone some sites which have ads that just start streaming video automatically (which uses up a ton of bandwidth).

Another hint for advertisers: If your ad has sound, it will definitely draw attention to itself. I will stop what I'm doing and seek out what's making the sound, and that adserver will get blocked immediately.

I've been using adblock for long enough I was wondering wtf was up with all the complaints about vevo on youtube comments - all I would see is a little logo in the corner. Then I was at a friends house who doesn't (or didn't up until then 😉 ) use adblock and he showed me a youtube video. D:

Seems these days you're to watch commercials, with small breaks in-between of actual videos you want to see. TV is getting to be much the same.

Example: When showing Star Trek TOS episodes nowadays, they have to be edited to give sufficient ad time. One site gave figures on it. The episodes were about 51 minutes long, but the new programming requires them to be around 42-44 minutes, to allow more time for commercials.
MST3K episodes filled a 2hr timeslot, but each episode occupied about 1h32m, though in the early seasons, this was 1h37m.

It was part of the reason I ditched my cable TV service. The cost per month kept going up, and so did the amount of advertising, so I was effectively getting a double hit on the cost for stuff to watch.
Plus the cable networks kept pushing advertising overlays into the shows, usually advertising for more of their programming. Some of this crap would occupy more than 25% of the viewable area.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

You get money for a certain amount of views with adsense but it's really low. Most of your money should be coming in from clicks. 13,000 views is actually kind of low for adsense. I think it's usually around every 1k impressions results in a click. If it's a youtube video it might be a little higher since the traffic is usually targetted and organic. Don't think it's going to be a lot higher though.

There's a site that will list out what you can expect per click for targetted keywords but I can't remember it off the top of my head.