hmmm…..
Ahhhh…..
remember the good old days? Those days
when you could open up your internet server and read without being bombarded by
ads. Seems like now whenever I log on, I
am invited to a picture that encourages me to go to a news article. Turns out that now when I try to do just
that, the page offers me a video to watch which invariably has an advertisement
that I am forced to view before the video begins. First of all, I wanted to casually peruse the
article, I didn’t want to be forced to receive the information in the order
that the videographer insists. Second, I
really don’t want to have to wait for inane advertising prior to obtaining the
information. After all, that’s why I go
to the internet for my news anyway; online, it used to be that I wasn’t forced
to wait through advertising of products I didn’t need or care about.
I
wonder if we will eventually have a PBS of web sites. Places you could go to where there wasn’t any
advertising. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t
mind ads on the side of my email box, especially because I get my email for
free, so it seems only right. Television
viewers have somewhat solved the commercial advertising problem. Recording and fast forwarding take care of
that dilemma.
My
opinion is that commercial websites are missing the boat … and that it will
backfire soon. Guess we’ll see. You know, I had been considering adding
advertising to this blog …. But I think I will resist just a little bit longer
…. wow, does that mean I’m out of touch?
hmmm…..
Thank you for your interest in my blog! I had been writing it every day .... but sort of went into hiatus for a while ... am hoping to get back to daily posting. Positive comments like yours encourage me to do just that! Thanks!
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