Comments on: Ads are back. Kinda. http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SM http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6521 SM Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:24:42 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6521 My initial response (I have cookies switched off at home) was that it was just one more ad, and it wouldn't really affect me. Having thought about it some more, I may actually just take the idea and put it on my site. Yay. My initial response (I have cookies switched off at home) was that it was just one more ad, and it wouldn’t really affect me. Having thought about it some more, I may actually just take the idea and put it on my site. Yay.

]]> By: focalplane http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6520 focalplane Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:42:28 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6520 The ads never bothered me. I almost miss them. So often interesting to see how Google bots interprets the text and place an ad that is totally ass-backward to the theme on the site! For example, mention your mistrust of carbon-trading schemes and all the ads will advertise those same schemes! The ads never bothered me. I almost miss them. So often interesting to see how Google bots interprets the text and place an ad that is totally ass-backward to the theme on the site!

For example, mention your mistrust of carbon-trading schemes and all the ads will advertise those same schemes!

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6479 Pete Ashton Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:38:54 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6479 Which is precisely my point! I was not talking about something analogous to programming. I was talking about something analogous to maths. Which is precisely my point!

I was not talking about something analogous to programming. I was talking about something analogous to maths.

]]> By: Jez http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6472 Jez Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:14:49 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6472 Programming isn't maths :) Programming isn’t maths :)

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6469 Pete Ashton Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:37:03 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6469 Jez: In programming terms, yes, you're right. But as a measure of nerditude I think I'm correct here. For example, while grammatically clunky you could say something was "high level maths" and it would mean it was complicated and not understandable by the layperson, right? There's also the factor of making the sentence (as throwaway as it might be) comprehendable to the rest of my readers. ;) Jez: In programming terms, yes, you’re right. But as a measure of nerditude I think I’m correct here. For example, while grammatically clunky you could say something was “high level maths” and it would mean it was complicated and not understandable by the layperson, right?

There’s also the factor of making the sentence (as throwaway as it might be) comprehendable to the rest of my readers. ;)

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6468 Pete Ashton Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:31:47 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6468 Ken: Adblock doesn't block Google ads by default, though it can filter them (I think - I've never bothered myself). I dunno what's going on with you but I wouldn't worry about it! Ken: Adblock doesn’t block Google ads by default, though it can filter them (I think – I’ve never bothered myself). I dunno what’s going on with you but I wouldn’t worry about it!

]]> By: Jez http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6466 Jez Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:42:06 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6466 Me again. > Assuming you've got cookies enabled, but who these days doesn’t? I don't, at least not by default. I allow/disallow on a site by site basis. I'd like to think I'm not alone :) Me again.

> Assuming you’ve got cookies enabled, but who these days doesn’t?

I don’t, at least not by default. I allow/disallow on a site by site basis. I’d like to think I’m not alone :)

]]> By: Ken Davidson http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6465 Ken Davidson Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:23:46 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6465 Would the Firefox plugin Adblock stop me seeing the ad? I can't see at all, regardless of my angle of attack, not even a blank bit or an adblock placeholder. Odd? (not that I really should be complaining about not seeing an ad!) Would the Firefox plugin Adblock stop me seeing the ad? I can’t see at all, regardless of my angle of attack, not even a blank bit or an adblock placeholder. Odd?

(not that I really should be complaining about not seeing an ad!)

]]> By: Jez http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6464 Jez Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:20:05 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6464 You have high-level and low-level the wrong way around. Demonstrates just how high-level you are :) You have high-level and low-level the wrong way around. Demonstrates just how high-level you are :)

]]> By: Reinder http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6463 Reinder Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:52:56 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6463 I might use it. I might use it.

]]> By: Dave C http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/comment-page-1/#comment-6462 Dave C Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:22:51 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2007/06/ads_are_back_kinda/#comment-6462 And it works :) And it works :)

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