Comments on: Top 5 Most Annoying Online Ads

By: dave

dave — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:54:05 +0000

I agree with forgetso.. they need to update their business model instead of being so ballsy (playing videos over videos, etc)

By: Barb

Barb — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:52:40 +0000

I'm getting really annoyed at all of those ads that have sound now and play automatically. Specifically when I'm watching a video and want to pause it and one pops up, it's so annoying to be in the middle of another web page and then have to hunt down the source of the audio, why can't they just be silent until you WANT to hear them? Or not have sound at all.

By: forgetso

forgetso — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:22:21 +0000

No, they should update their business model.

By: forgetso

forgetso — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:19:22 +0000

To stop all forms of ads in your internet browsing experience, simply install Adblock-Plus for Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865)
It can be enabled or disabled with one click meaning that you can still view ads when you need to, while at the same time enjoying a more pleasant browsing experience. I have not seen a takeover in about 3 years.

By: Velocurean – Christopher » Advertising in the 2.0 Internet Age

Velocurean – Christopher » Advertising in the 2.0 Internet Age — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:50:02 +0000

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By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:39:31 +0000

Ads with salacious content. The ones that appear most often for me are true.com and that evony game.

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By: Gsp

Gsp — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:11:18 +0000

I’m with Chris – credit score and debt consolidation ads are the most annoying!

To be perfectly honest, the standard ads like you have down the right column of this page are not annoying at all & actually quite interesting sometimes. Even better are the ones at the – you may also find this interesting ones at the bottom of an article you’ve just read – as long as they’re relevant.

By: Mishan Kontroll

Mishan Kontroll — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:42:22 +0000

iRider (a fancy web browser) handled pop-up ads in an ideal way: a page appears in your list and you flip through it as you click Next Page, but it doesn’t interrupt you and you can effortlessly ignore it. It’s exactly like a full-page ad in a magazine. It also didn’t block pop-ups that you really wanted. (But reviews I read of iRider usually didn’t appreciate this.)

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:43:36 +0000

YES!

By: xianx

xianx — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:41:53 +0000

Also hate IN-TEXT ADS. They are worst (Kontera, Vibrant, Snap)…….

By: SD

SD — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:16:18 +0000

I believe all ads are annoying except the simple text link ads…..

By: jbrandonf

jbrandonf — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:54:58 +0000

The ads that scroll with you as you browse a page. They’ll stay in the upper corners of the screen at all times. Incredibly annoying as their often isn’t an ‘x’ button you can click.

By: AM

AM — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:43:04 +0000

Yes!! I can’t STAND that ad! All of their ads bug me, actually. Some don’t even make sense…

By: NetDiva

NetDiva — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:58:34 +0000

Ugh! I know this article is actually about ad types, but those “Obey 1 Rule” ads are driving me nuts.

By: William

William — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:27:00 +0000

Blocking the ads of a website is basically like stealing their content without paying. Don’t you feel that you should support websites instead of stealing from them?