Althouse: Options.

२४ जानेवारी, २०१९

Options.

६९ टिप्पण्या:

Sydney म्हणाले...: Are you asking us to vote?; २४/१/१९, २:०८ PM
Nonapod म्हणाले...: AdSense is silly. It just shows me ads of things I've already looked at from NewEgg and Sweetwater or wherever.; २४/१/१९, २:०९ PM
Sydney म्हणाले...: I still can't figure out why I was seeing those Ashley Madison ads. I never look at the kind of stuff that would make anyone, even a bot, think I favor adultery or porn. Although, I do sometimes search for CDC guidelines for STD treatment.; २४/१/१९, २:१३ PM
Oso Negro म्हणाले...: Oh HELL no!; २४/१/१९, २:१८ PM
Enlighten-NewJersey म्हणाले...: If the work required to make some money on the ads is worth it to you, then keep them. I pay them no attention so, it really doesn’t matter to me one way or the other.; २४/१/१९, २:२२ PM
Ralph L म्हणाले...: With my adblocker off, I still don't see ads. There must be another one in Chrome. I shouldn't complain, but I don't mind supporting some sites, not this one, of course.; २४/१/१९, २:२३ PM
Meade म्हणाले...: Good decision. Looks better already, in my opinion. Decluttered. Those ads brought us income but did nothing to spark joy.; २४/१/१९, २:२६ PM
Darrell म्हणाले...: Those ads brought us income but did nothing to spark joy.

Do not spank Joy!; २४/१/१९, २:३१ PM
MadisonMan म्हणाले...: I ignore things I don't want to see. Works with ads.; २४/१/१९, २:३६ PM
Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...: You mean now I'm gonna have to go out of my way and actually search for Ashley Madison?; २४/१/१९, २:३८ PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. म्हणाले...: I want a third option.; २४/१/१९, २:३८ PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. म्हणाले...: If I had more income I could spank Joy more often.; २४/१/१९, २:४० PM
RBE म्हणाले...: Sparks joy not see another Ashley Madison ad and other ads to products and services I would never employ. I did ask not to see those ads but they kept popping up. Thanks.; २४/१/१९, २:४१ PM
JRoberts म्हणाले...: Thanks for shutting off the side ads. I pretty much ignored them, but the recently increased frequency of the Ashley Madison ads was starting to feel like a NSFW situation.

In appreciation for shutting off the ads, I think I'll place another order through the Althouse Amazon Portal!; २४/१/१९, २:४२ PM
Nonapod म्हणाले...: I want a third option.

Yeah. Like maybe ads for fictional products and services, like sausage catapults, underwater toasters, or a dinosaur walking service.; २४/१/१९, २:४३ PM
stonethrower म्हणाले...: This blog is thoughtfully written, and issues are explored so wonderfully. I vote for whatever benefits you the most.; २४/१/१९, २:४३ PM
J. Farmer म्हणाले...: My father is a gadgety/techy kind of guy, so we always tended to have the latest stuff growing up. We had a Netscape browser by 1995, and prior to that used online services like Compuserve, Prodigy, and even prior to that bulletin board services. I vividly recall my parents being upset after I spent nearly two hours on a BBS reading a computer game walk through, not realizing that we were incurring long-distance telephone charges the entire time.

In all of the years I have had online services, more than 3/4 of my entire life, I have never once clicked on a single ad.; २४/१/१९, २:४८ PM
CJinPA म्हणाले...: YES, unless you don't want to. Get as much compensation for your work as you can. Ads are worth it for me, as a daily visitor.; २४/१/१९, २:४८ PM
gilbar म्हणाले...: yea! i appreciate it!
i know you think you'll miss that revenue stream; but don't worry profits from all those rat stickers and magnets should make up most of it!

ps. received mine today! Thanx Meade!; २४/१/१९, २:५३ PM
Chris of Rights म्हणाले...: Go ahead. I don't mind. I may even turn my adblocker off. I'll agree with those that says that adsense ads in general don't seem very useful to me. They show me ads for things I've already looked at and often already bought. I bought a new SUV for me and a new Minivan for Mrs. Rights last summer. For months all I got was car ads, for the exact same two cars I purchased.

Now if you could turn off the "select all squares with store fronts" thing in your captcha, that would make me exceptionally happy.; २४/१/१९, २:५५ PM
YoungHegelian म्हणाले...: I always thought the model in the AM ad had a nice rack for a bot.

Would I prefer no ads? Well, yes. But I'm not paying for the upkeep of this blog, am I? If ads lighten the burden & put food on the table over there at MeadHouse in frosty Madison, then I'm perfectly happy to live with them.; २४/१/१९, २:५७ PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. म्हणाले...: I suspect Chris is a robot.; २४/१/१९, २:५८ PM
JackWayne म्हणाले...: Chris, if you’re logged in as a google user, for example, you can just hit publish. You don’t need to prove you pass the Turing test.; २४/१/१९, २:५८ PM
rhhardin म्हणाले...: I could never pass any of the select all squares ... etc because the picture was never clear enough to tell, the time I had to do it using a dialup laptop when century link crapped out. Centurylink gave users no day off on the bill, by the way.; २४/१/१९, ३:०२ PM
rhhardin म्हणाले...: No ads means Althouse can use foul language now.; २४/१/१९, ३:१० PM
Jim at म्हणाले...: No Adsense displayed. But I sure see this a lot. Including right now when I tried to click on the comments:

"Whoops, that's an error.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Try refreshing the page to see if things are back in order."; २४/१/१९, ३:१३ PM
Paul Mac म्हणाले...: Ann,

Sign up for Brave Rewards/Payments Ann then you can get paid or tipped by folks using Brave Browser on your site just for the time they spend on it.

https://brave.com/faq/#for-publishers

Brave is a privacy focused browser based on Chromium (basically it runs just like Chrome but tries not to be evil like Google has actively worked to be since dropping their early catchphrase.; २४/१/१९, ३:१३ PM
Michael K म्हणाले...: My father is a gadgety/techy kind of guy, so we always tended to have the latest stuff growing up. We had a Netscape browser by 1995, and prior to that used online services like Compuserve, Prodigy, and even prior to that bulletin board services.

You sound like one of my kids. Yes, I argue with them, too; २४/१/१९, ३:१९ PM
Chris of Rights म्हणाले...: ✔ I'm not a robot

I am logged in with a Google Account, and I get the Turing test about 1 time out of every 3rd comment I post. It's beyond irritating.; २४/१/१९, ३:२० PM
Dave Begley म्हणाले...: No longer will I see ads from law firms in Wisconsin. Yeow!

And the next BIG revenue stream after the AMZN portal will be Althouse's Rats. It will be HUGE!; २४/१/१९, ३:२१ PM
Henry म्हणाले...: I guess everyone got the Ashley Madison ads.

For some reason, everywhere but here, I get ads for professional Cricket.; २४/१/१९, ३:२६ PM
Mike Sylwester म्हणाले...: We need an option to show only ads illustrated by women with beautiful busts.; २४/१/१९, ३:३२ PM
Mike Sylwester म्हणाले...: I want to see any ads posted by the Internet Research Agency in Moscow.

Those ads guide my voting decisions.; २४/१/१९, ३:३६ PM
Tank म्हणाले...: Whatever. I don't notice those ads unless someone mentions them and I purposely look for it. Like Farmer, except for the Althouse Amazon Portal (if you count that), I've never clicked on one of those ads.; २४/१/१९, ३:३८ PM
Lucid-Ideas म्हणाले...: I want to see ads for puppies. The ones I mutated are all grown up and I need a fresh batch. There's a dual benefit for the other readers in that they get to look at cute puppies, which everyone really seems to enjoy.

We get to see them. I get to mutate them. Come on. I have babies that need to be "served".; २४/१/१९, ३:३९ PM
AmPowerBlog म्हणाले...: Keep Adsense but don't allow Ashley Madison to show on your blog. You can make good money with Adsense, so why not keep it? You don't charge readers a subscription. So, keep making money if it's available to you.; २४/१/१९, ३:४१ PM
iowan2 म्हणाले...: The side ads where background. Other than the nice rack, I can't tell you what the other ads where. So, if it generates income to sustain your passion, I'll stick with you.; २४/१/१९, ३:४५ PM
RBE म्हणाले...: But...if it helps pay the bills, keep the ads.; २४/१/१९, ३:५० PM
Wince म्हणाले...: I used to keep clicking on the women's swimwear ads so they would fill the area with scantily-clad women.; २४/१/१९, ३:५२ PM
Ralph L म्हणाले...: not realizing that we were incurring long-distance telephone charges the entire time.

We finished "The Hour" on Acorn last night, set in the UK during Suez, and the avant garde of soft boys, Ben Whishaw, made a looong trunk call--on someone else's phone! Guess the writers didn't know how expensive that was. They did show the BBC people not even bothering to claim they were impartial and not anti-Tory and anti-Empire, so at least they weren't hypocrites.; २४/१/१९, ३:५६ PM
Static Ping म्हणाले...: You do you.

For some reason I keep getting ads for gay vacations in Israel. I'm not sure what to make of that.; २४/१/१९, ३:५७ PM
Dust Bunny Queen म्हणाले...: I use an ad blocker and my internet security software blocks ads, banners and any pop up windows. I can decide which sites to allow to show me ads and turn the function on or off at will. I do allow ads on this site as they ads seem to be fairly innocuous and don't pop up all over the place creating annoying boxes to click off.

I forgot how horrible ads actually are when I spent a week with a relative and had to use their computer without ad blockers. It was AWFUL. Almost unusable.; २४/१/१९, ४:०२ PM
ALP म्हणाले...: I get ads for puppies all the time in my Instagram feed - can we get that here? Don't know why- don't follow anything dog related. But I do want a dog really badly and have for years..how does the Instagram robot know THAT?; २४/१/१९, ४:०२ PM
Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...: I didn't get the Ashley Madison ads. I mostly got ads for things I'd recently purchased or insane things. "You just bought this sweater. Would you like an identical one?" or "How about a helicopter taxis you around?"; २४/१/१९, ४:०४ PM
Darrell म्हणाले...: It's been years since I saw The Hour, but I remember the part where they first started to use film cameras. There was a big Socialist march and the police were just observing and making sure that the group stayed together. At some point, thugs from the group attacked the police horses and the police gave chase. The edited film made it look like the police attacked the group for no reason. And that whole setup was presented as a triumph for "truth"--the power of images in television news. Sickening. I really thought the people behind The Hour didn't get it at all.; २४/१/१९, ४:१४ PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...: after the ad where Jesus beats Satan arm-wrestling popped up,
there was no way we could have voted for Hillary after that,
so yeah, they're annoying, but damn informative!; २४/१/१९, ४:१९ PM
Meade म्हणाले...: Jesus is a Russian troll farmer.; २४/१/१९, ४:२७ PM
BJK म्हणाले...: I can only assume there were not enough adulterers in the blog audience to make the AM ads worth all the hassle which came with them.; २४/१/१९, ४:३३ PM
Leland म्हणाले...: Commenters, buy more Amazon, donate, or get your own blog...; २४/१/१९, ४:३९ PM
Anne in Rockwall, TX म्हणाले...: If you have had ads on, I've never noticed them. Keep them and enjoy the money.; २४/१/१९, ५:०१ PM
Fen म्हणाले...: Via Ace:

Trump: LOL I'm Authorizing $7+ Billion for the Wall GFY

-Ace of Spades; २४/१/१९, ५:०६ PM
Birkel म्हणाले...: Income to you at modest inconvenience (despite the complaints) is a good trade-off.
Take the money, whatever it is.; २४/१/१९, ५:०६ PM
Wilbur म्हणाले...: Wilbur sez there ain't no Big Rock Candy Mountain. If you need ads, use 'em.

I found the ads on this site about the most un-intrusive around next to no ads at all and always appreciated that. I didn't even notice their present absence until I read it in the comments above.

I kinda' dug the Ashley Madison ads if just for the eye candy. And truly, anyone who thinks they're going get some strange from/through that site is too stupid to help.

When I was at Illinois a few decades ago, my roommate and lifelong friend noticed that I was reading a magazine without looking at the double page ads, or for that matter without looking at any ads at all. I just then realized that when reading I instantly and unconsciously could tell there was nothing to read when there was a double page ad, so I just turned to the next page without looking at it at all. This astonished him (a near-brilliant fellow who got his MBA in Marketing and had a very successful career) that I could or would do that.

If I may, let me solicit some opinions from the people here: Was that unusual or common? Or neither?; २४/१/१९, ५:१७ PM
Rockeye म्हणाले...: If ads that barely register to my senses will get me rat stickers, then let them stay. Plus the writing is worth more than my cost.; २४/१/१९, ५:१९ PM
Original Mike म्हणाले...: Althouse embedding ads between posts (as opposed to on the side) was the impetus for me finally getting an ad locker.

Thanks, Althouse!; २४/१/१९, ५:२४ PM
Black Bellamy म्हणाले...: I command some of the highest programmatic ad bids I've seen because those guys think I'm an affluent guy who clicks on a lot of ads and buys a lot of stuff online, and my interests all revolve around expensive brands. I can see that because I work in adtech and I have access to tools that allow me to see the precise bid price that Google and other programmatic vendors pay for an ad impression. So where some ordinary Joe comes here, you're missing out on 4, maybe 5 cents. When I visit, you're losing a quarter, maybe more! I visit your site every day. Turn the ads back on. Don't miss out on that eight dollars!; २४/१/१९, ५:३० PM
Birkel म्हणाले...: Black Bellamy owes me 8 dollars.
I win the internetz.; २४/१/१९, ५:३६ PM
J. Farmer म्हणाले...: @Static Ping:

For some reason I keep getting ads for gay vacations in Israel. I'm not sure what to make of that.

I get that one, too, but then again I've actually been on a gay vacation to Israel. I am concerned though by the number of ads I get for boner pills.; २४/१/१९, ५:४० PM
Art in LA म्हणाले...: As a fellow web publisher (we have a reference guide to books and literature on the interwebs), I say run the ads. AdSense gives you some control over what's displayed, right?; २४/१/१९, ५:४५ PM
Dust Bunny Queen म्हणाले...: I am concerned though by the number of ads I get for boner pills.

Maybe your wife uses your computer and hence the ads?? (I'm joking!); २४/१/१९, ५:४७ PM
Phil 314 म्हणाले...: I don't get ads on your site (work computer). I'll have to check home desk top.; २४/१/१९, ५:५० PM
Bill, Republic of Texas म्हणाले...: I don't get ads on your site

Me either. I use my Android phone 90% of the time.; २४/१/१९, ५:५४ PM
FullMoon म्हणाले...: Never had an AM ad. Side ads only, generally featuring attractive women.; २४/१/१९, ६:०० PM
stephen cooper म्हणाले...: ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.; २४/१/१९, ६:४४ PM
Big Mike म्हणाले...: Since I've been running ad blockers for years it doesn't make much of difference to me.; २४/१/१९, ६:४७ PM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: I took the ads out for a number of reasons...

1. I don't like the way they look, and I use Ad Block myself (but not on my iPhone and iPad, so I was seeing them).

2. The rate of payment isn't good enough in proportion to the annoyance.

3. Google kept docking me $$ for violating the rules -- something about the content (which was never specified, so I couldn't avoid the problem even if I wanted to).

4. Some of you actively complained about the ads.

5. I did our taxes today and that forced me to look at the details and ask myself is it worth it.

6. There is still the Amazon portal and the PayPal donation button, and thanks to everyone who uses those things. I notice and appreciate it.; २४/१/१९, ७:२२ PM
Known Unknown म्हणाले...: "I have never once clicked on a single ad."

They're not to click on. They're billboards, basically.; २४/१/१९, ९:०६ PM
Sprezzatura म्हणाले...: There's no way that those algorithms are able to correctly pick ads for particular folks who view pages.

When I come here I always get ads for tiny dick fixes and check cashing and wheelchairs.

Anywho, a friend I know did need that stuff, and they weren't expecting the removal of the ads. Would you consider bringing back the ads for a week longer? That way my friend can jot down the contact info re the remedies.

Alternatively, can some of the other commenters relay their fav fixes?; २५/१/१९, १२:३५ AM
NotWhoIUsedtoBe म्हणाले...: I have a problem with AdSense because they banned me for buying ads with a credit card with my own name on it, calling it "suspicious payments." No appeal, no way to ever advertise on Google again. Probably saved me money because I ended up advertising on BookBub and Goodreads, which are better targetted for my audience.

But AdSense is a bunch of jerks who can ban you for no reason and try to control the content of your page. Good for you for leaving, Althouse.; २५/१/१९, १०:२६ AM