Unstructured poll:

1) How many times do you have to reload this page before you see a banner ad for "new" 20 and 24-inch iMacs starting at $1199?

[www.macresource.com]

2) How often do you actually view the above page?

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8
0

Gave up at 15. (never saw it)
0

infinite - adblock is on and blocks those ads
rarely - only use occasionally to see deals

4 and then i got bored and stopped before seeing it.

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Seriously, there are ads? I guess Adblock Plus works well.

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1. Saw the ad as soon as I clicked on the link. So "0" for number of refreshes.
2. "0" for number of times I go to that page, as well. I'm not in the market for anything that is being mentioned there.

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gave up at 10.

4

Maybe 6 times a year.

I can't believe that there is only one other that uses Adblock here... I didn't know there were any ads on these forum pages - really...

1
infrequently

1
infrequently

Adblock user
I go through stages. If I am shopping for something, I go there frequently. If not, long stretches of time can pass.

DM

• I also use AdBlock and don't see the ads.

• Infrequently -- only when I'm looking for a specific deal.

With stuff like adblock - no wonder some places charge.

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OWC Larry
Other World Computing
[www.macsales.com]

Sorry, Larry. I happily buy from OWC (and steer clients there), but I run adblock as well.

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Embarassing myself on the Internet since 1978.

Adblocked
5-6 times a week, just to see what the deals are.

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Too many times to count, and never saw it.

I saw the banner on the first page load and then again on the third reload.

I never visit that page.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2012 03:00PM by Gilbert.

....can you dance on this POLL.....??

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OWC Larry
With stuff like adblock - no wonder some places charge.

Not specifically ad-blocking your site, it is fairly restrained with ads. But some sites so overdue it, I just set it up to block all ads. Have had much fewer cases of Flash taking over in the background due to poorly done ads.

10
once a month

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That's a lot of pesto.

twice on Safari



[www.yceml.net]

no ads in Firefox

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2012 04:22PM by decay.

Love adblock, no banners here!

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0

daily

Never saw any banner until I turned off AdBlock. With AdBlock off, I refreshed 15 times and never saw the iMac banner. I never go to that particular link/page. LyleH

I use Adblock Plus (slow DSL) so I don't see it, but visit the page daily.

Okay, I turned off Adblock Plus and loaded the page, 18 times before the iMac ad showed up.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2012 06:27PM by DewGuy.

I don't use adblock but have never noticed any ads on the forum

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15 and never but I always go straight the forums via bookmark and never see that page to begin with.

It loaded on my first view of that page and on my 4th reload.

I am the type who would install Adblock if I needed the bandwidth (like when I'm on dialup.)

However, I much prefer just preventing the various plugin media from automatically loading with tools like ClickToPlugin on Safari or Flashblock on FireFox. Is there an equivalent on Chrome?
g=

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jardster
Seriously, there are ads? I guess Adblock Plus works well.

same here. Adblock is awesome. i rarely see ads anywhere and am always shocked when i use someone else's computer and they don't use Adblock. i always forget how ugly the internet is without it.

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8 reloads for me..
every few months...

Adblock user here, I also actively pursue what I want. Not a passive buyer.

Adblock
Rarely

Buy from OWC a lot though.

20 + (I gave up) Also took me 2 reloads before I realized I had to pause adblock.
0

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---"Yer all idiots." elmo3
[forums.macresource.com]

16

Several times a month.

I liked it when there were OWC ads at the top of the forum page. Usually interesting stuff.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2012 04:44PM by Speedy.