Anyone worried about Adblock plus?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by blogspot, Jun 8, 2008.

  1. snowbird

    snowbird Notable Member

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    #21
    The log files tell the true story:

    Webmaster related: 47% use firefox
    Non Webmaster related: 11% use firefox

    That's an average on my sites, and I am sure it does vary to some degree for others.

    There's been a few people that were upset about Firefox plugins blocking their ads so they blocked/redirected Firefox users to a separate page explaining why they can't view the Website. Their arguement is that blocking ads is essentially theft. I'm not going to debate that because I'm sure there are plenty of opinions to support both sides of the issue. However, I will say that if someone is so inclined to install an ad blocker, chances are they won't click many ads anyway.
     
    snowbird, Jun 8, 2008 IP
  2. SmallPotatoes

    SmallPotatoes Peon

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    #22
    This is the key point, I think. The people who hate ads that much aren't your market.

    I have AdBlock installed. I use it selectively to ban ads from networks that have those really jarring flashing brightly-coloured things that make it impossible to read the other content on the page. I wouldn't surf without it.

    If the cost of that ability is losing 10% of my CPMs, well, blame the people who made ads so annoying that someone felt the need to develop AdBlock in the first place.
     
    SmallPotatoes, Jun 8, 2008 IP