Why Advertising is Destroying Your Website

Can You be More ANNOYING???

I remember the good old days when the Internet was fresh and new. A lot of writers here weren't even born. I marveled at how an image could appear on the page in minutes along with a block of text. Magical.

The Internet changed after that and started becoming a gigantic cesspit of advertising. I remember the old banner ad that every site had at the top of the page, on the side, below the text, etc. These were everywhere. Graphic designers rushed to make as many banner ads as possible. I even had a few on my old music site.

Now, we have pop-up ads, pop-up videos, and walls of ads that take up entire pages, let alone a few squeezed between text here or there. The Internet isn't a fun place to search for information anymore. In fact, it's hell on earth.

Yes, websites need to make money, but there are other ways of doing this besides the insane amount of advertising I see squeezed onto one site.

It drives me crazy

Pop Up Hell

Can these things die already??? I'm so farking tired of visiting websites and seeing these things as the first piece of content I get. HOW in the living hell can I signup when I don't even know what you're selling???

They convert, you say

Convert this

A simple signup on the side of your page is sufficient. Unlike people who have the cranial capacity of a tube of superglue, I'll read your page and decide for myself if I want to signup or not. I want to read your content before I decide on any signup.

Please avoid pop-ups during my reading session as the chance of me coming back to signup is zero!!!

You're winning extra brownie points with the pop-up video ad. Thanks for that. I love those. Please, bring me more!!!

The ad then text, Then ad, Then Text Page

I'd like to take an ax to these wonders of the Internet. A small snippet of good information followed by an ad, then another paragraph, then another ad, is so fun to read. I get a twitch in my eye when I see these abominations.

All I want to do is read the content. Let's make reading fun again. Advertise, but make it easier on your reader. Can you do that ONE thing??? Nah, far too easy.

The Endless Wall Ad

The wall ad is the worst. A giant wall of stupid garbage about sites I'd never visit in a million years. All for clicks. Thank GOD for ad-blocking software, or I'd be committed by now. Please don't use these if you care one bit for your reader.

Content First!

Can we get back to providing good value for the reader? Ads are fine, but stop making them the highlight of your flipping site! I want to read what you have to say. If I like the content, I'll subscribe and may even buy from you.

Give me a reason to come back. Provide good value, ditch the Times Square cornucopia of advertising. Trust me. It's killing your website.

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