just say NO to in-text ads

Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:30 UTC (Wed) by grouch (guest, #27289)
In reply to: LWN advertising update by jordanb
Parent article: LWN advertising update

I thoroughly despise in-text advertising. It is obnoxious and disruptive. It makes the author of each article appear to be a snake-oil salesman.

Plain text ads in the sidebar would be a better idea, IMO. I don't block those as I do with advertisers who use animations or glaring images. I don't 'blacklist' websites with text ads as I do those with pop-ups and mouseovers.