Comments on: How bad do the ads suck? http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/ Data storage info & analysis Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ray Stahl http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198574 Ray Stahl Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:15:50 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198574 Robin, I agree with most of the earlier comments made about ads on your site. As a blogger of a narrow interest topic of enterprise data storage you really have a two strikes against monetizing your IP. First you do not get enough eye balls looking at your site that will take action to click one of the ads and second by using a blog/rss product many people ( me included) read your site through readers, get your content but not your adverting. I think what you say is valuable but there must be a better way for you to monetizes it then with click through adverting. For example a subscription based newsletter might be a better way. I want to echo others here on your site that I enjoy and value your articles and insights. Robin,

I agree with most of the earlier comments made about ads on your site. As a blogger of a narrow interest topic of enterprise data storage you really have a two strikes against monetizing your IP. First you do not get enough eye balls looking at your site that will take action to click one of the ads and second by using a blog/rss product many people ( me included) read your site through readers, get your content but not your adverting.

I think what you say is valuable but there must be a better way for you to monetizes it then with click through adverting. For example a subscription based newsletter might be a better way.

I want to echo others here on your site that I enjoy and value your articles and insights.

]]> By: J http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198502 J Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:47:12 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198502 I'm with Steve, noads, Bob and Ewan...I use Firefox with AdBlock Plus, so I don't even see your ads...on the rare occasion that I even visit the site. I read your posts mainly in Google Reader. I’m with Steve, noads, Bob and Ewan…I use Firefox with AdBlock Plus, so I don’t even see your ads…on the rare occasion that I even visit the site. I read your posts mainly in Google Reader.

]]> By: Jeff Darcy http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198491 Jeff Darcy Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:29:16 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198491 I don't see any ads, but on a typical day that might involve hitting hundreds of sites yours is likely to be the only one that times out while loading. The same was true long before the ad change, so I don't think it's a conflict between AdBlock and your new ads or anything like that. Do you actually re-generate the article list on the left, all the way back to 2004, for every visit? Maybe a better site design or hosting plan would be a good investment, even if it means hamburgers for a bit longer. I don’t see any ads, but on a typical day that might involve hitting hundreds of sites yours is likely to be the only one that times out while loading. The same was true long before the ad change, so I don’t think it’s a conflict between AdBlock and your new ads or anything like that. Do you actually re-generate the article list on the left, all the way back to 2004, for every visit? Maybe a better site design or hosting plan would be a good investment, even if it means hamburgers for a bit longer.

]]> By: Steven Schwartz http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198408 Steven Schwartz Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:52:27 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198408 Robin, I value your opinions more then that ad type bothers me! If it helps keep you profitable keep it! I'd track the bounce rate and time on site stats to see if this ads lowers your numbers over the next month. -Steven Robin,

I value your opinions more then that ad type bothers me! If it helps keep you profitable keep it! I’d track the bounce rate and time on site stats to see if this ads lowers your numbers over the next month.

-Steven

]]> By: Ryan Malayter http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198403 Ryan Malayter Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:50:26 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198403 I'm perfectly happy with anyone who publishes content I value making money from advertising. That said, the pop-over ads are annoying, and I do duck sites that use them. Placing ads in-line, between paragraphs or with text "flowed"around them, is far less obtrusive. It's also far better accepted form of ad placement by those of us who actually remeber reading print media. I’m perfectly happy with anyone who publishes content I value making money from advertising. That said, the pop-over ads are annoying, and I do duck sites that use them. Placing ads in-line, between paragraphs or with text “flowed”around them, is far less obtrusive. It’s also far better accepted form of ad placement by those of us who actually remeber reading print media.

]]> By: Ewan http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198400 Ewan Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:59:07 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198400 I generally read through google reader, so I'd only see those ads when I come through to comment on something. Personally I've not got an issue with click-throughs and stuff on a day to day basis, though when you're busy hunting down a fact they can become a pain in the neck. I think you'll need to look at embedding something in the RSS feed to make me notice much of anything though. I generally read through google reader, so I’d only see those ads when I come through to comment on something.

Personally I’ve not got an issue with click-throughs and stuff on a day to day basis, though when you’re busy hunting down a fact they can become a pain in the neck.

I think you’ll need to look at embedding something in the RSS feed to make me notice much of anything though.

]]> By: Bob Dobbs http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198399 Bob Dobbs Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:00:35 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198399 I didn't even know this site had ads. That might have to do with the Adblock Plus firefox extension. :) I didn’t even know this site had ads. That might have to do with the Adblock Plus firefox extension. :)

]]> By: noads http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198398 noads Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:10:39 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198398 What ads? Thank you adblock plus and fireox, you are a great combo! What ads? Thank you adblock plus and fireox, you are a great combo!

]]> By: Steve Shockley http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198397 Steve Shockley Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:59:49 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198397 Wow, I've been using FF with AdBlock and NoScript, and that's excessively intrusive. (I even use GreaseMonkey to reformat your page and remove all the non-content, I hate scrolling needlessly.) Granted, HP does the same thing on their own web site ("Fill out this survey so we can mine your email address"). One thing that seems... "dirty" is that all the ads I've seen tonight are for HP storage products. I'm not making any accusations or innuendos, but I don't trust magazines that have reviews next to the ad for the product either. I also dislike ad companies because they're easy targets to inject malware on otherwise trusted sites. Unrelated: the last line of your page source is "Page not cached by WP Super Cache. No closing HTML tag. Check your theme.", so you may want to check that. Wow, I’ve been using FF with AdBlock and NoScript, and that’s excessively intrusive. (I even use GreaseMonkey to reformat your page and remove all the non-content, I hate scrolling needlessly.) Granted, HP does the same thing on their own web site (“Fill out this survey so we can mine your email address”). One thing that seems… “dirty” is that all the ads I’ve seen tonight are for HP storage products. I’m not making any accusations or innuendos, but I don’t trust magazines that have reviews next to the ad for the product either.

I also dislike ad companies because they’re easy targets to inject malware on otherwise trusted sites.

Unrelated: the last line of your page source is “Page not cached by WP Super Cache. No closing HTML tag. Check your theme.”, so you may want to check that.

]]> By: Paul http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198396 Paul Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:54:51 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198396 The roadblock ads are pretty suckful. They seem somewhat abrupt and more intrusive than the others. I don't know what kind of click thorough rates you are getting but it seems to me that you may get better click traffic if you played around a bit with the placement of the ads that you currently have before you add too many more. Ultimately its your choice. The ads on a very topic specific blog like yours seem to be pretty well focused. I'm seeing one for 3PAR for instance. Having them better integrated into your site wouldn't be too distracting. I think the skyscraper on the right would be better off as a leaderboard or square ad halfway through the article or right at the end. As long as you give it a small visual break, people will understand it's an ad and skip over it if they are really reading the article. I'll still read what you have to say either way. The roadblock ads are pretty suckful. They seem somewhat abrupt and more intrusive than the others. I don’t know what kind of click thorough rates you are getting but it seems to me that you may get better click traffic if you played around a bit with the placement of the ads that you currently have before you add too many more. Ultimately its your choice.

The ads on a very topic specific blog like yours seem to be pretty well focused. I’m seeing one for 3PAR for instance. Having them better integrated into your site wouldn’t be too distracting.

I think the skyscraper on the right would be better off as a leaderboard or square ad halfway through the article or right at the end. As long as you give it a small visual break, people will understand it’s an ad and skip over it if they are really reading the article.

I’ll still read what you have to say either way.

]]> By: Nathan http://storagemojo.com/2008/11/10/how-bad-do-the-ads-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-198395 Nathan Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:39:02 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=1007#comment-198395 I read this site in Google Reader except for the rare event that I come here to comment, so I see no ads. I would not complain in the slightest about seeing an ad at the top/bottom of the post--if my eyeballs can help pay for your hamburgers (or steaks, good luck with that), I'm glad to help. I read this site in Google Reader except for the rare event that I come here to comment, so I see no ads. I would not complain in the slightest about seeing an ad at the top/bottom of the post–if my eyeballs can help pay for your hamburgers (or steaks, good luck with that), I’m glad to help.

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