Well, they are offering a "free" service. And they do have to pay the bills. They aren't doing anything many other sites are doing. I agree that the interstitial ads are more annoying, but they are easily dismissed with a single click.
The most annoying ads, for me, are the flash animated ads you see on many sites. That's a sure way to drive me away. I did sign up several years ago, but other than looking at the links people post here, I haven't been there for years, not because of ads, it just didn't fit my needs. One of the reasons I use Smugmug is the lack of ads, and their policy of not constantly bugging your customers with follow up emails. But, they have to pay the bills, too. And for that, you pay between $50 and $150 per year. Nothing is free. You have to pay for it somehow. gs George Sinos -------------------- [email protected] www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> George Sinos >> >> This sounds right. Every time I go to photo.net I get an advertisement >> that is a full screen overlay. There is an "x" in the upper right hand >> corner to dismiss it. They started doing this several weeks ago. >> Sounds like the problem is a side effect of this. >> >> Like all advertisements, it's annoying, but they have to support >> themselves somehow. > > they've been doing similarly annoying things with their ads for years. > Whether or when you see them seems to be random, but it seems to go in runs. > When you get them they are extremely intrusive, and they can't be excused by > 'they have to support themselves somehow' because driving people away from > the site can't possibly be a good business model. > > Since they started doing this I never knowingly follow a photo.net link, > just as I don't give time of day to chuggers, doorstep salesmen, Jehovah's > Witnesses, spammers or cold-callers. A plague on all their houses! > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
