Re:Ask HN: How Can Ads Not Suck?
by bugs on Saturday March 06, 2010 @08:01PM
(#1172618)
Some things to consider for me:
- Don't put ads where content should be, I hate when I'm scrolling and there is an ad where I should be reading (unless it is displayed at the end of an article)
- Put ads in a designated area, and stick to that single area
- Only display relevant ads if your site is about web design I don't want to see ads about belly fat or ebay
- No flash or animated ads, this is so annoying and probably makes me leave sites the most because it is just distracting from both your content and my train of thought
- Don't display too many ads, this is also a major problem and just makes me assume that there is no real content and you just want to make money (news sites seem to do this a lot)
- Don't put ads where content should be, I hate when I'm scrolling and there is an ad where I should be reading (unless it is displayed at the end of an article)
- Put ads in a designated area, and stick to that single area
- Only display relevant ads if your site is about web design I don't want to see ads about belly fat or ebay
- No flash or animated ads, this is so annoying and probably makes me leave sites the most because it is just distracting from both your content and my train of thought
- Don't display too many ads, this is also a major problem and just makes me assume that there is no real content and you just want to make money (news sites seem to do this a lot)