Do internet advertisements ever appeal to you?

[che]

I feel like I just close them out, or purposely ignore all of them. I can't recall finding myself going "oh hey, I think I might want that", despite all the efforts put into dynamic advertising. With companies buying people's interests from social networking websites and sponsoring things for advertisements, it's gotta be good for business, but do you think they be wasting a bit much of their money investing in these?

Or does it actually work?

[Unknown Entity]

I ignore them for the most part. The sites I go on usually advertise chat rooms, online games and cheat sites, and I'm not interested in either of them. Like, right now in the ad above where I'm typing, I have a site for FFXIII Cheats, Job Advertisements (on a site I've used a few times already, to no avail -_-) and a MMORPG called Perfect World. >>

Some of the facebook ones are okay. I've found a few good bands and college courses I'd be interested in by taking a look every now and then. Sometimes a game pops up, but they're usually games I'm not interested in. I make a habit of deleting Twilight ones and marking them as offensive. *shrug*

They just blend into the background to me. I never look out for them.

[Kaiden]

While I'm similar to you in that I never pay attention to internet ads. There must be someone who uses them. Look at all the people who got rich just by putting up search engine links on different websites. Not to mention I gotta think larger companies that run internet ads track how much business or potential business they get off them. If there wasn't profit in it I somehow doubt people would do it.

[rJ floW]

Internet ad's do work, that's why they pay money to advertise. Some work better than others as there's real research done as to what people who visit a site may want to look for/buy.

On this site, no, for some reason people seem to believe i want to date teenagers and seniors and lesbians and gays...I swear that doesnt work!

[midgetbob]

Some studies done a few years ago pointed out that Americans are bombarded by ~3000 advertisements a day on average; and that's just on the RADIO. Psychologists have deduced that our brains have been so pummeled that it's created a sort of anesthesia to the advertisements - with such a saturated media environment, all messages lose their impact.

I know, for one, I don't even recognize there are even advertisements anymore. My mind has simply blocked them out. I stopped typing to scan the page to see if there was one on TFF and almost missed a whole advertisement going across the middle of my screen. I can't really recall ever clicking on more then a small handful on purpose.

[che]

I realize they must work, otherwise no one would bother. I'm just wondering how. It seems everyone I talk to are like "oh GOD that annoying pop up, click the x", or "dammit, a popup page, immediately exit", or "these ads do not even appeal to me, that's hilarious!"

So where do they work? Who do they work on?

[Heartless Angel]

Advertisement only works to a certain extent. Once you reach the point where it's annoying, most people don't even look at the shit anymore. You know, back when I only won 1000$ once a week, I actually looked at what the thing said. Few times I even clicked the ad before realizing it was a load of crap. Now I don't even look to see what the shit says, I see a popup, I ALt+f4, get the **** off my screen, you're not worth my time.

[JuzamDjinn]

Perhaps not immidiately (I do not click the add itself), but when shopping or browsing a shop/site I may think about something I saw in a popup ad.
In that situation the ad is effective.


I suppose that is how they work, che.

[che]

Perhaps not immidiately (I do not click the add itself), but when shopping or browsing a shop/site I may think about something I saw in a popup ad.
In that situation the ad is effective.


I suppose that is how they work, che.

But I am trendy and unique and when I see something I saw in an ad while shopping, I purposely do NOT buy it.

[JuzamDjinn]

But I am trendy and unique and when I see something I saw in an ad while shopping, I purposely do NOT buy it.

Exactly, the ad was effective in alerting you to the existance of the item/service advertised, and providing just enough clues about it for you to make the decision that it is not something you're interested in.

[che]

Exactly, the ad was effective in alerting you to the existance of the item/service advertised, and providing just enough clues about it for you to make the decision that it is not something you're interested in.

No you don't understand. It doesn't matter if i want it or not. The fact that it was advertised to me makes me not want it! How dare they?!

[Meigumi]

I ignore them. I really don't care if I win a free phone or anything. Most of the things they advertise are things I don't want, anyway. I'd rather see it on a shelf than on the internet.

Oh, while I was typing my reply, there's an ad that says, "DOWNLOAD this song FREE. Really!"
........And I'm all like, "What song?"

These days, we have advertisements with VOICE-OVERS. Can you believe how annoying it is when a advertisement plays louder than music you're listening to? One almost scared my heart out...... Makes me not want to look at the advertisement because it annoys me.

[Josh_R]

The only one I ever hit up was for Gamefly. I was very intrigued. I had seen several commercials, but none of them stuck out to me. This internet ad however did. Now I am a very satisfied Gamefly customer, thank you internet ad.

[Ralz]

I ignore them, and if they get in the way, x them out.

I sort've take the "why are you here, I so don't care" stance.

[Clint]

Like all advertisements, it depends on the audience. For example, if you're advertising internet service over the internet to people who don't have access to the internet, then that's definitely not good for business.

I ignore internet advertisements unless if they pertain directly to me. If the advertisement doesn't say something along the lines of "Clint Eastwood, buy this product," then I really don't care.

[GypsyElder]

Add Block Plus.

Even if I did find one interesting I probably wouldn't click it haha.

I think there's only been one time an add has appealed to me, but it just reminded me to look up something similar.

[Dark-Knight Luna]

No, they make me want to not even think about buying the product. Especially when they pop up with a flash window y.y