Adblocking the paraliminals images

[Sukotto]

Steve, I really don't like that big paraliminals ad. The flashing, blinking, and nasty, pixlated colours add too much noise to the signal. Please consider using something less intrusive.

I expect that ad is generating a lot of money for you. But it's really annoying.

I'm a longtime reader (from your dexterity.com days) and generally trust you (even when I think you might have lost your mind :-) )... but that ad makes it too hard to concentrate. I adblocked it. But some of your other readers might not know how to do that.

[John Wesley]

Unfortunately, hideous advertising is how blogs earn money, so I'd guess that Paraliminals is here to stay. I think the eyesore is a small price to pay for all the free content.

[Alex Wu]

Why not cut and paste the content text into a work processor/notepad (use text wrap), etc. and read it there? I don't exactly like the glitzy ads either, but Steve deserves the income they generate.

[Bruce Achterberg]

Originally Posted by John Wesley

Unfortunately, hideous advertising is how blogs earn money, so I'd guess that Paraliminals is here to stay.

Maybe, maybe not... according to Steve:

The [Paraliminals] offer will be good at least until early January, but beyond that it's up to Learning Strategies.

Source: Paraliminals - Personal Development on Autopilot (Blog)

I expect Steve will probably promote other products, though, so I wouldn't get used to the idea of no flashing, blinking ads just yet.

[dalante]

Originally Posted by John Wesley

I think the eyesore is a small price to pay for all the free content.

Yeah... Right now, I can't really afford personal development books, let alone seminars, so I enjoy the free content...

[SamBeaven]

For those interested, you can adblock images by installing the adblock extension in Firefox, then right click on any overly annoying ads and select 'adblock'. Then you'll never see that specific image again.

I like Steve's stuff, but I also found that image really annoying, The one in the top of the forums or on the top of the pages isn't so bad, but it really draws the eye (which is probably the point). I'm interested in paraliminals, but honestly I've always found Testimonials more interesting than flashing ads.

But hey, different strokes for different blokes.

[yesyesyes]

Well, thats the first time I've ever saw them... I've been on computers so long I've learned to block all things resembling ads out of my conscious vision... haha

[helgi]

I hold my mouse button down on the browser scroll bar to stop the blinking -- seems to interfere with it somehow (OSX/Safari).

I'm not a fan of ads with looped or unprompted animation, but those that give you the option of hovering over to see the animation are much better. I tend to give more attention to what's being advertised when I'm given the option of whether or not to activate the animation.

[Sukotto]

Re: Let's put up with it so Steve can make money
Steve makes a lot of money from his site without counting the paraliminals stuff. He's also said that he's not trying to squeeze every penny he can from the site as making timeless and helpful content is more important. There are other ways he can attract attention to paraliminals without annoying flashing images.

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Re: Just block it / copy paste outside the browser / perform some other workaround.
That's find for you and me who know what we're doing. Not everyone does.
It's hard enough for us all to become one with the universe without that thing intruding into our consciousness

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Re: It's worth the pain to get the free content
Are you suggesting that we can pay Steve to not annoy us?

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Re: It will go away soon, just put up with it
The current promotion will go away sooner or later. But if Steve feels this sort of advertising works well and is accepted by the community he will continue to use it for the next promotion.

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I really don't like it. I think other people won't like it and it could even drive people away. That's why I hope Steve will reconsider and use some other kind of advertising.

[WanderingOak]

Originally Posted by Sukotto

I really don't like it. I think other people won't like it and it could even drive people away. That's why I hope Steve will reconsider and use some other kind of advertising.

Unfortunately, unless Steve choses another sponsor than Learning Strategies, we are going to have to put up with that type of advertisement. He mentioned earlier that the ad is one condition of their sponsorship. As for myself, I pretty much ignore it.

[Michelle]

I actually thought the Learning Strategies ads were some of the nicer looking ads I have seen in a while ...

to each his own! :-)

[Lucas]

I have it blocked too, its the only ad on the site I blocked...I would much rather have a column ad as long as the forums than this one, but hey.

[Clavdivs]

In Firefox, simply press the ESC button to stop animinated GIFs.

[Sukotto]

I guess I didn't really make something clear in my first post. I'm not against Steve making money, on the contrary, I'm glad that he is. (Especially since he claims to want to use it for the greater good).



Thank you for pointing out that Paraliminals required the use of those banner images (I missed that post). I guess that nixes the idea of replacing them with something else.

Now I just hope that the next promotion will give him more leeway. :-)

[Erki]

Am I the only one who is not annoyed whatsoever by these ads? There are sites out there with many many blinking ads which make sound too(which IS annoying).

That Esc thingy in Firefox is pretty cool, didn't know it existed.

[Cron]

I can understand posting to give Steve a "heads up" about something that might push people away from his site, but why not just send him a private message?

Firefox does take care of getting rid of unwanted advertisements nicely so why go to the trouble of starting a thread.

( I've done my share of gratuitious whining too.......no offense )

[Sukotto]

Originally Posted by Cron

I can understand posting to give Steve a "heads up" about something that might push people away from his site, but why not just send him a private message?

For much the same reason as you posting in this thread instead of sending me a pm

Originally Posted by Cron

Firefox does take care of getting rid of unwanted advertisements nicely so why go to the trouble of starting a thread.

Not everyone uses Firefox, and even people who do might not know about Adblock or Adblock plus (They're both good, they just have slightly different feature sets)

Besides, this way Steve gets a broader perspective on what his minions... err readers think.