When do ads go too far?

[QuwenQ]

Just a quick little questionnaire, answer Y/N for all of them for when ads go too far: (ignore any ones after a Yes)

Ads in middle of content once.
...Twice.
...Thrice.

Small text links at the very top of the page.
...Big Text Links/Top/Page.
...Banner/top/page.

Small Adsense link ad in sidebar.
...Bigger Adsense Link Ad.
...Regular Adsense Square.
...Big Adsense Rectangle.
...Vertical Banner.
...Skyscraper.

Banner Underneath Navigation.
...And underneath content.
...And in middle of content.
...And next to content.
...On both sides.

Floating DHTML ads.
...Pop-Unders.
...Pop-Ups.
...All three.

Targeted Text Link Ads.
...Sponsor, Static, Unrelated Text Link Ads.
...Banner ads.
...With animation.
...And sound.
...And asking you to download something.
...With spyware.

One banner exchange ad.
...Two.
...Three.
...Four.
...More banner exchanges then content to exchange.

 

[a-a-a]

Ads in middle of content once. Y
...Twice. Y
...Thrice. Y

Small text links at the very top of the page. N
...Big Text Links/Top/Page. N
...Banner/top/page. N

Small Adsense link ad in sidebar. N
...Bigger Adsense Link Ad. N
...Regular Adsense Square. N
...Big Adsense Rectangle. Y
...Vertical Banner. Y
...Skyscraper. Y

Banner Underneath Navigation. N
...And underneath content. N
...And in middle of content. Y
...And next to content. N
...On both sides. Y

Floating DHTML ads. Y
...Pop-Unders. Y
...Pop-Ups. Y
...All three. Y

Targeted Text Link Ads. Y
...Sponsor, Static, Unrelated Text Link Ads. N
...Banner ads. N
...With animation. N
...And sound. YYYY
...And asking you to download something. YYYYYY
...With spyware. YYYYYYYYYYYYYY

One banner exchange ad. N
...Two. N
...Three. N
...Four. N
...More banner exchanges then content to exchange. YYYY

I care more about the content of the ad (what it displays) rather than where it is displayed. (Inappropriate ones = DDDD: do not want)

However I really hate ads that appear within contents. At the beginning is ok, but when you're reading an article, and there's an ad there, and you have to scroll down D:

Sounds is really bad. Especially if you can't turn them off (which is the case for most of them.)
Pop ups usually get blocked, but the ones that don't get blocked... D: (for example, when click download MegaU)

 

[QuwenQ]

No one else?

I guess I'll respond myself:

Ads in middle of content once. Y
...Twice.
...Thrice.

Small text links at the very top of the page.
...Big Text Links/Top/Page. Y
...Banner/top/page.

Small Adsense link ad in sidebar.
...Bigger Adsense Link Ad.
...Regular Adsense Square.
...Big Adsense Rectangle.
...Vertical Banner.
...Skyscraper. Y

Banner Underneath Navigation.
...And underneath content.
...And in middle of content. Y
...And next to content.
...On both sides.

Floating DHTML ads. Y
...Pop-Unders.
...Pop-Ups.
...All three.

Targeted Text Link Ads.
...Sponsor, Static, Unrelated Text Link Ads.
...Banner ads. Y
...With animation.
...And sound.
...And asking you to download something.
...With spyware.

One banner exchange ad.
...Two.
...Three. Y
...Four.
...More banner exchanges then content to exchange. (Come on, we've all seen them. xD)

 

[shaunak]

Ads in middle of content once.
...Twice.
...Thrice. Y

Small text links at the very top of the page.
...Big Text Links/Top/Page.
...Banner/top/page.

Small Adsense link ad in sidebar.
...Bigger Adsense Link Ad.
...Regular Adsense Square.
...Big Adsense Rectangle.
...Vertical Banner.
...Skyscraper.

Banner Underneath Navigation.
...And underneath content.
...And in middle of content. Y
...And next to content.
...On both sides.

Floating DHTML ads. YYYYYYYY
...Pop-Unders.
...Pop-Ups.
...All three.

Targeted Text Link Ads.
...Sponsor, Static, Unrelated Text Link Ads.
...Banner ads.
...With animation. Y
...And sound.
...And asking you to download something.
...With spyware.

One banner exchange ad.
...Two.
...Three. Y
...Four.
...More banner exchanges then content to exchange.

^^ Imm quite tolerant i guess

 

[QuwenQ]

Heh, you must be. xD

 

[Flashgear]

I really hate them Adbrite ad's that highlight most keywords and make it a really horrible green, and its anoying when i'm browseing content and all these ads pop up.

I also hate full page ad's, I'm not bothered about any other ads.

 

[ipawnnoobs]

Adblock for FF. I don't get any ads anymore.

 

[alexandgruntz]

Ads go too far when they aren't plain text. Adblock is the second best thing since sliced bread. (Firefox was the first :biggrin

 

[Christopher]

Ads in middle of content once. Y
...Twice. Y
...Thrice. N

Small text links at the very top of the page. N
...Big Text Links/Top/Page. N
...Banner/top/page. N

Small Adsense link ad in sidebar. Y
...Bigger Adsense Link Ad. Y
...Regular Adsense Square. Y
...Big Adsense Rectangle. Y
...Vertical Banner. Y
...Skyscraper. Y

Banner Underneath Navigation. Y
...And underneath content. Y
...And in middle of content. Y
...And next to content. Y
...On both sides. N

Floating DHTML ads. N
...Pop-Unders. N
...Pop-Ups. N
...All three. N

Targeted Text Link Ads. Y
...Sponsor, Static, Unrelated Text Link Ads. Y
...Banner ads. Y
...With animation. N
...And sound. N
...And asking you to download something. N
...With spyware. N

One banner exchange ad. Y
...Two.Y
...Three.N
...Four.N
...More banner exchanges then content to exchange.N

 

[allstar]

Ads in middle of content once. Y
...Twice. Y
...Thrice. Y

Small text links at the very top of the page. N
...Big Text Links/Top/Page. Y
...Banner/top/page. N

Small Adsense link ad in sidebar. Y
...Bigger Adsense Link Ad. Y

...Regular Adsense Square. Y
...Big Adsense Rectangle. Y
...Vertical Banner. Y
...Skyscraper. Y

Banner Underneath Navigation. N
...And underneath content. Y
...And in middle of content. Y
...And next to content. Y
...On both sides. Y

Floating DHTML ads. Y
...Pop-Unders. Y
...Pop-Ups. Y
...All three. Y

Targeted Text Link Ads. Y
...Sponsor, Static, Unrelated Text Link Ads. Y
...Banner ads. N
...With animation. Y
...And sound. Y!
...And asking you to download something. Y!
...With spyware. Y!!

One banner exchange ad. Y
...Two. Y
...Three. Y
...Four. Y
...More banner exchanges then content to exchange. Y

 

[NSChan]

Ads in middle of content once.
...Twice. Y
...Thrice. Y

Small text links at the very top of the page.
...Big Text Links/Top/Page. N
...Banner/top/page. N

Small Adsense link ad in sidebar.
...Bigger Adsense Link Ad. N
...Regular Adsense Square. N
...Big Adsense Rectangle. N
...Vertical Banner. N
...Skyscraper. N

Banner Underneath Navigation.
...And underneath content. N
...And in middle of content. Y
...And next to content. Y
...On both sides. Y

Floating DHTML ads.
...Pop-Unders. Y
...Pop-Ups. Y
...All three. Y

Targeted Text Link Ads.
...Sponsor, Static, Unrelated Text Link Ads. N
...Banner ads. Y
...With animation. Y
...And sound. Y
...And asking you to download something.Y
...With spyware. Y

One banner exchange ad.
...Two. Y
...Three. Y
...Four. Y
...More banner exchanges then content to exchange. Y