| One of the issues with advertising or third party advertising networks comes down to security. They have been and will continue to be the targets for malicious hackers who use them to serve malware to unsuspecting site visitors. Until those ad networks are properly secured and monitored I will treat them as a security liability. In many cases site admins go completely overboard with advertising creating a broken user experience. They choice you have then is to vote with your clicks and go elsewhere or attempt to use the site with an ad-blocker. If any site admin wishes me to go elsewhere they can block users with ad blockers installed. If the site has value then they an ask POLITELY to whitelist their site; which for many sites I do add then to a site wide whitelist. Assuming your site visitors of being thieves is not only stupid but illogical. If I walk past a billboard with my eyes close should I have them surgically removed because their are an adblocker? If I use a PVR to skip ads on TV am I stealing content? No; I am exercising a choice not to look at your pointless adverts. The adverts add nothing to my experience of your site; I don't click on them so you won't be making any money from me for displaying them anyway. Either find some other way to monetize your site (subs, sell merchandise, ask for donations etc) or find something else to do. |