I knew about Ad
Block Plus for the
Firefox browser, but the new IE7Pro add-in for Internet Explorer is a great ad blocker, too. So how soon will ad skipping on the
internet come, akin to
TiVo ad-skipping on television? The naysayers will say "years" but I wonder. Isn't the intrusive nature of advertising the whole secret to its own success? Once people opt out, then how can advertising survive? And how will ad-supported media economics survive?
Get your copy at
http://www.ie7pro.com/ and turn off/on the ad block with the tools menu. Then compare websites, with and without ads, and ask yourself why you'd want to view ads, and further, why any advertiser would pay for ads anymore if everyone learns to block, and even further, how can free media (ad-supported) survive without ads.
# posted by Doug Ferguson @ 2:11 PM