wparsonsgisnet Posted April 15, 2010 Share #1 Posted April 15, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I confess to having an extremely negative reaction to the image for the Polylooks ad that keeps appearing on our left sides. Anyone else find this ad nauseating? I think some marketing guy has an over-vivid imagination. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Hi wparsonsgisnet, Take a look here Polylooks ad. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guido Posted April 15, 2010 Share #2 Posted April 15, 2010 Just install "Adblock Plus", and you'll never see an ad on this forum again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted April 15, 2010 Share #3 Posted April 15, 2010 Just install "Adblock Plus", and you'll never see an ad on this forum again You do realize that if each time you use an ad-blocker, you're effectively stealing the time and effort of those that run this forum in a way that allows you to use it for free? Incidentally I also hate this ad. Makes the site look NSFW and tacky, which is a pity. But I personally feel that using ad-blockers is morally wrong on free websites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guido Posted April 15, 2010 Share #4 Posted April 15, 2010 You do realize that if each time you use an ad-blocker, you're effectively stealing the time and effort of those that run this forum in a way that allows you to use it for free? Most remuneration for ads is nowadays provided on the basis of clickthrough metrics and/or clicks leading to effective sales. So, unless you diligently click on every ad presented to you on this website (and ideally purchase the advertised item on top of that), we're in the same boat together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted April 15, 2010 Well I'm certainly NOT clicking on it -- and if fact am holding my hand over it so I won't see it and have to go barf, but I won't install adblocker either, 'cause that's what pays for this Fantastic Forum. It's just that it's so retched. BTW, the reasojn I put this in the Post Processing Forum at first is because that's what I imagined this software was, retchid tho the ad may be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted April 15, 2010 Share #6 Posted April 15, 2010 Most remuneration for ads is nowadays provided on the basis of clickthrough metrics and/or clicks leading to effective sales. So, unless you diligently click on every ad presented to you on this website (and ideally purchase the advertised item on top of that), we're in the same boat together. I'm sure that the admins of the site could tell us more if they wanted to (which they probably don't) but I very much doubt the ad sales are based on conversion rates. It's much more likely in my view, that impressions are counted rather than click-throughs, as many of the advertisers can be assumed to be trying to raise their visibility, rather than making a direct sale from their banner, judging by the sort of advertising this forum tends to host. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted April 15, 2010 Share #7 Posted April 15, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Get a clear concience, become a sponsoring member. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted April 15, 2010 Share #8 Posted April 15, 2010 I confess to having an extremely negative reaction to the image for the Polylooks ad that keeps appearing on our left sides. Anyone else find this ad nauseating? I think some marketing guy has an over-vivid imagination. Yup. Very much so. K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted April 15, 2010 Share #9 Posted April 15, 2010 In this rare case I'm in direct contact to the buyer and the creator of the ads. Which of the ads is so annoying? Just to be sure we're talking about the same motives... I'll ask for a different banner. Best regards from Bonn Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share #10 Posted April 15, 2010 The one that distresses me is of the woman with the highly colored red lips that are pursed. Thanks, Andreas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted April 15, 2010 Share #11 Posted April 15, 2010 The one that distresses me is of the woman with the highly colored red lips that are pursed. Thanks, Andreas. Bill, it's not that disturbing LOL! You should see my kid eat lemons (yeah, he likes sour)! Why does it bug you? Or is it a just a gut-feel thing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted April 15, 2010 Share #12 Posted April 15, 2010 I can't talk for Bill but I'm genuinely uncomfortable with any advertising (typically cars and cameras) that uses women in provocative or sexual contexts to sell totally unconnected products to a predominantly male audience. Still, this ad is an improvement on the 'Russian wives' that were offered a while back... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted April 15, 2010 Share #13 Posted April 15, 2010 The one that distresses me is of the woman with the highly colored red lips that are pursed. Thanks, Andreas. Agreed. That's the one. K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share #14 Posted April 15, 2010 Bill, it's not that disturbing LOL! You should see my kid eat lemons (yeah, he likes sour)! Why does it bug you? Or is it a just a gut-feel thing? Definitely gut-feel. It's both visceral and intellectual. I, too, have a problem with exploitation advertising. Well ... maybe a redhead or two. BTW, I'm glad that dead horse we were exchanging about is not longer smelling. Regards, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted April 15, 2010 Share #15 Posted April 15, 2010 {snipped}in provocative or sexual contexts{snipped} On the LUF? Holy heck! What did I miss, Mani? Seriously, I've had my head so into tweaking my M's focus cam that I totally missed any provocative context to that (I thought) pretty stock ad (for stock photos, right? lol the non-power of ads...). Still, this ad is an improvement on the 'Russian wives' that were offered a while back... !!! I missed that one too You'd think I came here for the camera stuff or something! I *do* remember the "at your behest, my liege" or some such nonsense for some online gaming thing. I thought that was a little off... but still not provocative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted April 15, 2010 Share #16 Posted April 15, 2010 {snipped}BTW, I'm glad that dead horse we were exchanging about is not longer smelling. Regards, Bill--yikes. Don't poke it!! As for exploitative advertising, I just didn't see it that way. (or at all, evidently) May be a result of getting back from the Las Vegas strip; it's all relative Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted April 15, 2010 Share #17 Posted April 15, 2010 Jamie - the Russian wives ad was just that - a (possibly serious?) dating/matching service, with some example products, if I remember rightly. I wasn't offended by this pouting woman ad the way that Bill was - in this case it was simply at the embarrassing level. But I am offended when agencies lack the imagination to do anything better than show me some female flesh when they want me to buy a camera or a car or a stereo system. Not up to me to be an arbiter of what's shown on the forum, though - but I definitely think twice about opening the site when other people are around if I think there'll be dubious content on show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share #18 Posted April 15, 2010 Geez ... imagine if all that lipstick got on the viewing screen?!! 'Course, then all would be hidden from view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted April 15, 2010 Share #19 Posted April 15, 2010 Geez ... imagine if all that lipstick got on the viewing screen?!! 'Course, then all would be hidden from view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted April 15, 2010 Share #20 Posted April 15, 2010 Jamie - the Russian wives ad was just that - a (possibly serious?) dating/matching service, with some example products, if I remember rightly. I wasn't offended by this pouting woman ad the way that Bill was - in this case it was simply at the embarrassing level. But I am offended when agencies lack the imagination to do anything better than show me some female flesh when they want me to buy a camera or a car or a stereo system. Not up to me to be an arbiter of what's shown on the forum, though - but I definitely think twice about opening the site when other people are around if I think there'll be dubious content on show. Sure--makes total sense. It just didn't "register" with me is all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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