It is just not fair is it? every affliate goes thru hell and beyond to promote his links. . .it is only right tht you click on his link to join..

i know this is about google and its ads. . .jst my 2 cents. ..

Regardless, I’m doing it now without even realizing it for the most part.

I wonder if you’re really doing the advertiser’s a favor. Here’s what I’m thinkin’. Google’s advertising campaigns offer a way for advertisers to monitor the effectiveness of their ads. After all, without knowing where their ad was seen and why, that advertiser could be losing valuable information for future campaigns.

I’m under the impression that advertisers don’t mind spending money on ads if they know they’re being seen.

And Hannes points out above that the advertisers are in favor of paying Web site owners, Web masters, and bloggers for legitimate advertising space. After all, without the Web site you were looking at and the advertisement on that site, you may never have seen the URL in question.

I would probably be more prone to copy a straight URL instead of say someone’s awkward landing page or sumthin’. I will often go directly to a manufacturer’s Web site to see if an item I’m interested in is available cheaper than on the original site I was on. If not, I return to the site with the cheapest price, etc.

But basically, I’m nowhere near as sympathetic to advertiser’s as you are. In some ways, they keep America humming along. Everything is paid for by advertising these days–literally everything. Hell, I even think advertisers should be the ones to buy my TV for me. Why on earth should I have to pay exorbitant amounts of money on an entertainment center and monthly programming when I’m subject to a ca-jillion advertisements.

At least on the Web, I don’t have to pay for the privilege of watching their ads.

So what the fart am I saying? I don’t know that your subversion tactics are really helping anyone. And I’ll add that Yahoo actually seems to be doing a better job of keeping track of blog updates and Web sites than Google is right now.

Thanks

Cheers,

Wil

I’m probably just too lazy and just click on the ad…

Though not all the time. I only do this when I am researching keywords/ads and do not want to waste advertisers money.

I also do the opposite, intentionally clicking on an ad when I don’t really want to see what the website has got to say. I have done this a few times because I felt the ad was inappropriate or something.

But if I see an interesting link on an AdSense unit somewhere else I usually click the link to support the blog editor/webmaster.

- Hannes Johnson

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Part of it is also an anti-establishment mind-set.

I need help.