I can't believe some people haven't heard of this.

Do you want NO ads?

With this firefox doesn't even have Banner ads.

You are all firefox users, right.

Well First...
Go here

Download adblock while in firefox.

Then Go here

And Download Filterset .G

Now, close firefox. All your windows.

Now open up a window.

Go to a page, such as krayletter, which has banner ads.

Try and find them

Do you use filterset .G? Have you got your firefox browser customized?
Please Tell.

Mine looks like Safari at the moment

Um, no. I'm fine here, thanks.

It was meant to be sarcastic in a way, but do you use filterset G?

Nope.

Why Not?
It makes your firefox system better, safer, and faster.

I take joy in knowing that I let my fellow webmasters earn livings online by not blocking advertisements

Um... Now you made me feel bad...

It's true though, some people make their livings online.

Goood life to, do nothing. Ads make money, you see something interesting click on it...

still, I just though about it,
why do ads need to be displayed,
the only ones whereit would really matter are the google ones, which give you money per click. Others would rely on the website in question, maybe checking if the ad is displayed properly, but nothing else. Just common speculation, but still.

It takes an extremly anal retentive person to be annoyed by little ad-banners to the point that they code an extention to hide them.

I guess, but then again, I've lately viewed some which obstructed my reading of pages, I downloaded it, when a banner ad somehow messed up five pages of printing, and have found it very very useful.

That's what you think. Yes, webmasters do get flexible work schedules, but it's not "the easy life".


Advertising models rely on:
-Pay Per Click
-Pay Per Impression
-Pay Per Lead

Pay Per Click, is the model you see with the Google Ads. You already know this model, so I don't have to explain.

Pay Per Impression pays you every time the ad is displayed; if more people use adblock, the ad is displayed less, resulting in lesser earnings. Usually, the payouts are somewhere around $0.30-$0.60 per 1000 impressions.

Pay Per Lead pays you every time someone uses your ad to do an action, for example, sign up for a website, or buy a item. This pays the most per lead, but it's harder to gain leads.

Pay Per Click is the middle ground, which is why many people use it.

You were thinking of people paying for duration, true, that is a model, but almost nobody uses it. People usually rotate their ads, instead of putting up only one banner ad. Also, people paying for duration usually pay the amount they pay because they can expect a number of impressions or clicks. If suddenly there aren't as many impressions, the person will have to lower the price for the "pay by time".