> Well, they are offering a "free" service. [...] > Nothing is free. You have to pay for it somehow.
they're not offering me a service at all. The people who use it are getting the so-called service, but if nobody looks at their pictures because the so-called service provider is pissing people off then nobody wins. B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > George Sinos > Sent: 25 March 2012 18:42 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT -- Really annoying Photo.net behavior > > 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. -- 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.
