Comments on: Great Greasemonkey Scripts for Firefox http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2007/04/09/great-greasemonkey-scripts-for-firefox/ News, plugins and themes for blogging applications Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: citysquirrel http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2007/04/09/great-greasemonkey-scripts-for-firefox/#comment-151569 citysquirrel Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:12:17 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2007/04/09/great-greasemonkey-scripts-for-firefox/#comment-151569 Kyle, I have nothing against monetizing blogs -- if you do the work, you're entitled to some payback. Adsense, affiliates, banner ads, are fine with me. But ads that are hidden within the text, and that then pop up over the text I'm trying to read, are impossibly intrusive and offensive. Blogs are supposed to be about content first, but inline ads bastardize that content. How many people, who aren't familiar with those dreaded double-underlines, see an ad pop up without even clicking on the supposed link, get angry, and simply go away without bothering to tell you about it? Over at WordPress, there's been a lot of complaint about the intrusiveness of WebSnapr. Think about how much more intrusive inline ads are. Your choice, of course, but is it worth it? Cheers, citysquirrel Kyle, I have nothing against monetizing blogs — if you do the work, you’re entitled to some payback. Adsense, affiliates, banner ads, are fine with me. But ads that are hidden within the text, and that then pop up over the text I’m trying to read, are impossibly intrusive and offensive. Blogs are supposed to be about content first, but inline ads bastardize that content.

How many people, who aren’t familiar with those dreaded double-underlines, see an ad pop up without even clicking on the supposed link, get angry, and simply go away without bothering to tell you about it?

Over at WordPress, there’s been a lot of complaint about the intrusiveness of WebSnapr. Think about how much more intrusive inline ads are. Your choice, of course, but is it worth it?

Cheers,
citysquirrel

]]> By: Kyle Eslick http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2007/04/09/great-greasemonkey-scripts-for-firefox/#comment-151541 Kyle Eslick Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:53:13 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2007/04/09/great-greasemonkey-scripts-for-firefox/#comment-151541 David, Thanks for the link! I will be monitoring your comments as I'm always looking for great new scripts to add to the list and more importantly to use myself! :) @citysquirrel - I'm certainly not desperate for money, just trying to cover the costs of keeping it up (I don't really make any more, just enough to pay hosting fees, etc.). Anyway, inline ads don't show up in feeds and an even better option is a Greasemonkey script I listed in that post that removes ALL inline advertisements on all websites, so grab that (if you use Firefox/Greasemonkey) and you're all set! David,

Thanks for the link! I will be monitoring your comments as I’m always looking for great new scripts to add to the list and more importantly to use myself! :)

@citysquirrel – I’m certainly not desperate for money, just trying to cover the costs of keeping it up (I don’t really make any more, just enough to pay hosting fees, etc.). Anyway, inline ads don’t show up in feeds and an even better option is a Greasemonkey script I listed in that post that removes ALL inline advertisements on all websites, so grab that (if you use Firefox/Greasemonkey) and you’re all set!

]]> By: citysquirrel http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2007/04/09/great-greasemonkey-scripts-for-firefox/#comment-151531 citysquirrel Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:02:03 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2007/04/09/great-greasemonkey-scripts-for-firefox/#comment-151531 I hadn't thought about Greasemonkey scripts for WordPress, and I'm definitely going to hunt for them. But not on Kyle's Cove. I do not access websites that use inline ads. Ever. If you're so desperate to monetize your blog that you're willing to utterly trash the reading experience, you'll have to find someone with more patience than I have. Concentrating on keeping my cursor off the text makes it pretty much impossible to concentrate on the content. I hadn’t thought about Greasemonkey scripts for WordPress, and I’m definitely going to hunt for them. But not on Kyle’s Cove.

I do not access websites that use inline ads. Ever.

If you’re so desperate to monetize your blog that you’re willing to utterly trash the reading experience, you’ll have to find someone with more patience than I have. Concentrating on keeping my cursor off the text makes it pretty much impossible to concentrate on the content.

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