Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-08 Thread Russell Chapman
J. van Baardwijk wrote: Also, John, do you click on each and every banner ad you come across, to go the websites of the companies that are advertising? It is not uncommon for hosting companies to be paid not only for putting up ads on websites, but also to be paid a few cents for every click o

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-08 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 21:36 06-11-2002 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote: >Have any of you people that enthusiastically supported the various >ad-blocking software programs ever considered the fact that these >software companies prevent the owners and oeprators of the websites you >visit from recouperating the costs of main

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-07 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
The Fool wrote: > > I consider banner ads to be a necessary evil, but > > the advertisers routinely abuse this by coding > > pop-up ads that can spawn up to 30 different > > browser windows, each with defensive coding that > > opens more windows when you close it. This has > > crashed my computer

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-07 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:42 07-11-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > >Have any of you people that enthusiastically supported the various > >ad-blocking software programs ever considered the fact that these > >software companies prevent the owners and oeprators of the websites > >you visit from recouperating the costs

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-07 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: Re: Software question -- anyone use this? > At 21:08 06-11-2002 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: > > >Have any o

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-07 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 21:08 06-11-2002 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: Have any of you people that enthusiastically supported the various ad-blocking software programs ever considered the fact that these software companies prevent the owners and oeprators of the websites you visit from recouperating the costs of maintai

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-07 Thread The Fool
> From: Matt Grimaldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > > Have any of you people that enthusiastically > > > supported the various ad-blocking software > > > programs ever considered the fact that these > > > software companies prevent the owners and > > > oeprators of the website

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-07 Thread Matt Grimaldi
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > Have any of you people that enthusiastically > > supported the various ad-blocking software > > programs ever considered the fact that these > > software companies prevent the owners and > > oeprators of the websites you visit from > > recouperating the costs of maintai

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: > > Advertising space is somewhat based on viewership, which indeed cannot be > counted, but mostly, its about number of hits. For example, Google's prices > > are based on the popularity of the words to which the add is associated as > well as the number of follow th

RE: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-07 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Have any of you people that enthusiastically supported the various >> ad-blocking software programs ever considered the fact that these software >> companies prevent the owners and oeprators of the websites you visit from >> recouperating the costs of

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-06 Thread The Fool
> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 05:02 PM 10/14/2002 -0500 Julia Thompson wrote: > >Someone on another mailing list I'm on posted a link for Ad Death, which > >kills most banner ads. > > > >http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ > > > >Has anyone here used it? I'd like more than o

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-06 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:38 PM 11/6/2002 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: >How you figger? >Most website make money hosting ads based on how many visitors they have. >I dont think the advertisers have any idea how many people use ad blocking >software and the websites certainly wouldnt give up that info if indeed they >

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-06 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:36 PM 11/6/2002 -0500 Jim Sharkey wrote: >If not, how is an ad-blocker all that different? Ruthless efficiency. You'll never see an ad with a well-designed ad-blocker, which means that you'll never pay for the benefit of enjoying that website. JDG _

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:08 PM Subject: Re: Software question -- anyone use this? > At 05:02 PM 10/14/2002 -0500 Julia Thompson wrote: > >Someone on anoth

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-06 Thread Jim Sharkey
John D. Giorgis wrote: >Have any of you people that enthusiastically supported the various >ad-blocking software programs ever considered the fact that these >software companies prevent the owners and oeprators of the websites >you visit from recouperating the costs of maintaining these >website

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-06 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 05:02 PM 10/14/2002 -0500 Julia Thompson wrote: > >Someone on another mailing list I'm on posted a link for Ad Death, which > >kills most banner ads. > > > >http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ > > > >Has anyone here used it? I'd like more than one person's recom

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-06 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 05:02 PM 10/14/2002 -0500 Julia Thompson wrote: >Someone on another mailing list I'm on posted a link for Ad Death, which >kills most banner ads. > >http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ > >Has anyone here used it? I'd like more than one person's recommendation >before I decide whether or not

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-15 Thread The Fool
> From: Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > > > >When you can use proxomitron, why bother? Proxomitron + webwasher. That > >is power. I can provide screenshots for the unbelievers. > > > Wow! Just loaded Proxomitron - free, and no more banners or pop-ups! > > What's the catch??

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-15 Thread Rik Burke
The Fool said: > > http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ > > > > Has anyone here used it? I'd like more than one person's > recommendation > > before I decide whether or not to download it. > > When you can use proxomitron, why bother? Proxomitron + webwasher. That > is power. I can provide

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-14 Thread Doug
The Fool wrote: > >When you can use proxomitron, why bother? Proxomitron + webwasher. That >is power. I can provide screenshots for the unbelievers. > Wow! Just loaded Proxomitron - free, and no more banners or pop-ups! What's the catch?? Doug If it's too good to be true... _

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-14 Thread The Fool
> From: The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Someone on another mailing list I'm on posted a link for Ad Death, > which > > kills most banner ads. > > > > http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ Looks like pathetic crap. It also looks like it's just

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-14 Thread The Fool
> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Someone on another mailing list I'm on posted a link for Ad Death, which > kills most banner ads. > > http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ > > Has anyone here used it? I'd like more than one person's recommendation > before I decide whether or no

Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Someone on another mailing list I'm on posted a link for Ad Death, which kills most banner ads. http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ Has anyone here used it? I'd like more than one person's recommendation before I decide whether or not to download it. Julia __