Even though I have some sites displaying AdSense, when I'm actually surfing, I never even see any AdSense ads embedded on the pages I visit, as I employ an aggressvie ad blocker that just eliminates EVERY bit of AdSense displayed on the page, along with some other annoying ads.
Makes a very nice EXPLODING sound when each ad is destroyed...only problem is that I seem to surf an awful lot of pages with lots of WHITESPACE on them! lol
I have no doubt than many surfers are employing these types of tools, and if enough install these type of blockers so that they only locate real products, what might be the result?
The result might be that publishers would go back to promoting affiliate banners and links, and they could still flood the search engines with article/review sites much like they're doing already, but with banners and text links instead of AdSense.
Let's not overlook that millions of 'article' style pages are being churned out with actual 'content', with no other intention than to serve AdSense. Thankfully my BLOCKER takes care of the majority of ads so I can just READ, otherwise I'd be hopping here and there from clicking on AdSense links (mainly because the descriptions often tend to entice you off the page your viewing).
My point is that if people are sick of seeing AdSense everywhere, and on sites considered valueless, surf with a good ad blocker program.
David Bowden
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