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Do you ever intentionally click ads by google?

  • 12-10-2010 08:17PM
    #1
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,769 ✭✭✭


    Just clicked a google ad to watch tv online - in Holland and want to watch the football.

    It is the first time I ever clicked a google ad intentionally and I've been using the internet for 12/13 years

    So curious does anyone often use them?

    PS do not post links to watch RTE online - I think its legally shady and will prob get you a ban. Furthermore I'm going to catch the second half in the Irish bar.

    do you ever intentionally click ads by google? 16 votes

    Regularly
    0% 0 votes
    Maybe 1-10 times a year
    6% 1 vote
    Never
    93% 15 votes


Comments

  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    There are ads....................ON THE INTERNET?

    /guffaw.


  • #3
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,495 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    Never. He'd like it too much


  • #4
    _feedback_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    It baffles me how advertising on the internet is so huge.

    I would never trust an ad on the internet.


  • #5
    afatbollix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,192 ✭✭✭afatbollix


    Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

    PS do not post links to watch RTE online - I think its legally shady and will prob get you a ban. Furthermore I'm going to catch the second half in the Irish bar.

    You can its not Illegal to post links to the sites..


  • #6
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    No, others do, based on the money they made me :p


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  • #7
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Adblock is your friend :)


  • #8
    seanob43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 202 ✭✭seanob43


    I clicked ads by google on purpose on a site I hate.Happy that their acount got banned.....;)


  • #9
    LowOdour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,877 ✭✭✭LowOdour


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    Adblock is your friend :)
    This man knows


  • #10
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Adblocker FTW.


  • #11
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,623 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    There's a thread in the Soccer forum for posting match streams for future reference - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055680428&page=32

    I don't click on any ads.. I have most ad servers blocked from my HOSTS file anyway so it wouldn't do much good


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  • #12
    Kimono-Girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Kimono-Girl


    My name is URL wrote: »
    I don't click on any ads.. I have most ad servers blocked from my HOSTS file anyway so it wouldn't do much good


    +1
    and
    I don't click on any ads intentionally either!


  • #13
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    I detest the adverts in the standard search results, particularly since they stopped just putting them on the right-hand side and included some in what should be the real results listing (with only a far-too-subtle distinction in background colour).

    If a site can't register in Google on its own merits, then it doesn't have what I want. So why should I click on it ?


  • #14
    Mark200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    I often click on the ads in gmail... they regularly link to stories I'm interested in.


  • #15
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Mark200 wrote: »
    I often click on the ads in gmail... they regularly link to stories I'm interested in.

    Reeeeheeeeheeeeheeeeaaaaaly?

    <puts on tin foil hat>


  • #16
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,873 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    What ads?

    No ads here


  • #17
    bob the bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭bob the bob


    Sometimes to intentionally cost the ad owner money, or to earn the website owner a few pennies


  • #18
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,932 ✭✭✭take everything


    The ads on Youtube have gotten fairly intrusive.


  • #19
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭Rabidlamb


    It's been said twice already in this thread.

    Firefox + Adblock Plus = Bye bye ads


  • #20
    jimthemental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    I hate those party poker ads popping up the whole time


  • #21
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Adds irritate the s'hit out of me. I intentionaly ignore them, If i want to buy something i'll go look for it, i don't want to be asked every 2 seconds, it's like those annoying little f'uckers who try to pull you into their shops when you're on holiday:mad:


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  • #22
    Cianos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Cianos


    Sometimes the content of the ad actually is something I'm interested in. I don't purposefully not click on ads, if I think it'll be worth going to that site there's a link right there so I click it.

    In saying that it's very rare that I do click on one.

    I'd guess that a large proportion of Googles revenues from ads would be from users who don't even realise they're clicking on an ad, thinking it's just an internal link or site content.


  • #23
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    I don't click them ever, but having work for a few months in a job that involved search engine marketing, I can tell ya that lots of people do click on them, and webmasters can make a fortune using Adwords :eek:

    I really don't know who's clicking them though :confused: Must be people like my mam and the likes


  • #24
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Mark200 wrote: »
    I often click on the ads in gmail... they regularly link to stories I'm interested in.

    I sometimes click on ones I am completely not interested in just to throw them off. Blinds - up to 55% Off - wow neato.


  • #25
    derfderf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭derfderf


    jimthemental wrote: »
    I hate those party poker ads popping up the whole time

    they're annoying but not as annoying as the live jasmin pop ups. When u click the video, when u click play on the video, infuriathog.


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