It just seems wrong
Posted: January 20, 2005 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 Comment »I understand the need for advertising dollars to support online publications. Happens all the time. We’ve all learned to live with it, or have chosen to pay for content. I, personally, often prefer to pay for content. But ads on sites is a fact of life.
HOWEVER, I read an article this morning on Askmen.com – and found myself really pissed off. The article, The Most Stolen Cars of 2004 (and please don’t ask why I wanted to read it – I guess it was just curiousity), had links embedded throughout the article. But they were to car sales and buying sites. They were ads! Am I the only one who thinks this sucks?
I couldn’t agree more – ads hiding themselves in a post and pretending to be information are reprehensible.
I stumbled on your blog by accident, just following the “next blog” tool bar, but am glad I found it. I love the “Blanche” story. I hope you’ll keep posting and keep polishing your voice. I think we have a vested interest in seeing and promoting the comments of women, librarians/cybrarians, baby boomers, seniors, environmentalists, and others frequently below the radar of the world wide web – the web doesn’t belong to just to the youngest, hippest segment of our society!
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