Reply 20 of 33, by JayCeeBee64
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While I agree that websites should have a way to support themselves, it shouldn't be so pervasive and distracting that their target audience simply walks away out of plain frustration - I've already done this with live TV and Radio, haven't watched or listened to anything on either one for many years and don't see this changing anytime now or in the future (have all the content I want on CD/DVD/Blu-ray). Here is a quote from another article I read earlier:
Phil Jones, chairman of one of Australia's top marketing consultancies, The Bridge, believes bombarding targeted people with automated online ads has reached the stage where it can be counterproductive.
"You still need an intuitive understanding of when it's appropriate to place a marketing message," he says. "It's one thing knowing you can reach the right target, it's another deciding when to do so. For example, in real-life selling, you wouldn't interrupt a wedding reception, would you? You still need to apply subjective judgment."
And as I said before, if lack of financial support leads to an empty and barren Internet then so be it; when (and if) that time comes I'll just pull the plug and find something else to do.
Ooohh, the pain......