Ads: when good sites go bad
I’ve been surfing for a long time. There are a few good websites left which have been uncorrupted by advertising revenue. Not many though. I’ve seen it happen (I know you have too). Great sites turn into good sites when a bit of advertising pops up. Then it goes from good to ok, then they go bad. When Facebook ads start targeting your fat ass when you’re reading your wall or when GMail starts pitching you viagra while you delete spam, you start to rethink your web surfing routine. Sometimes you learn to live with it, other times it’s beyond annoying, it’s invasive (violating also comes to mind), and then its removed from your bookmark list. You hate it, I hate it but you have to do it. Sometimes they just need a bit of extra money to pay the web hosting bills other times it’s just a cash grab. Either way it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. When ads start interfering with my web experience or ability to use or read content, I stop going to the site. Plain and simple.
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No one likes spam – except the spammers themselves, that is. If you’re running a WordPress blog, you probably already have at least one spam control installed, but if you are looking for another layer of protection, we’ve dug up seven great tools for that purpose. Some of these – with a little tweaking – can even fight the pingback spam that seems to be on the rise lately.
As with any WordPress plugins list, we do not recommend you install all of these due to the strain it might put on your hosting account. (7 tools for fighting spam)
