Arcturus said:
Torillian said:
Adblock is wonderfully convenient, but it's extremely unfortunate from the business side of things. Content is not produced for free and the assumption is that it'll be paid for by advertising, but if you use adblock the content providers can't make their money. I understand that sometimes the ads get annoying, and I try to keep them manageable on the site I run, but if you don't approve of the ads I don't think adblock is the answer.
Basically that's like disapproving of how much apples at a certain store cost, but instead of taking your business elsewhere which is the legitimate way to voice your disapproval you just start stealing them instead.
Again, I understand it's convenient and nice to not have ads popping up everywhere, but as someone who works as an internet content provider and has server bills to pay and writers to pay (what tiny bit I can pay them) it's simply unfortunate that some would take that route instead of just choosing to visit another site with less intrusive advertising. |
Does the site only get paid when ads are clicked by users? Or is the site paid just for displaying the ads? or Both? I'm not sure how Adblock works, but does it not even load the ads (therefore preventing the ads from even loading, and the site not getting paid), or will it load the ads and just not display them in the browser (and the site still gets paid because they were loaded)? Just curious.
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How the ad pays out depends on the deal you make with them, often you'll get money based on how many people view it and more for the number of people that actually click through. Issue with Adblock to my knowledge is that it blocks the ad from even loading so you don't get the money from either from the content provider side.
