Posted by Jost on October 9, 2006, at 0:27:37
In reply to Re: Slowing down the site something awful » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on October 9, 2006, at 0:13:27
On the link provided by Bob, I went to a page that had all the threads on one side, and then a comment by someone recommending inositol. I didn't see any ads.
I use the layout that doesn't have two side-by side 50%-of-the-screen windows. I'm not sure how that would work on my view, but I still didn't see ads. (I paged down to the bottom.)
I'd also rather have some sort of donation procedure than use ads. But maybe Bob sees that as giving some people a proprietary interest in Pbabble, and giving the sense that some (donors) are somehow in a different position from others non-donors).
While I'm not sure what's indicated by google ads, is it text ads like you see on the google search or gmail sites? Cause I don't mind it on the google search--because that has become mostly a large billboard anyway-- and is only links, not content. I'm not sure-- I find it creepy on gmail that somehow google is privileged to know the content of my emails, and to invade what feels like my privacy.
Although text ads are the least problematic-- I really don't like them.
And even though it is intellectually understood that "Dr. Bob" doesn't think that FantasticProduct is especially pure, up to standards, etc-- I do think one unconsciously associates the quality of the site with the quality of the advertised product--which is in part why advertisers want it here.
Jost
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