
Originally Posted by
IamP
I joined your site solely for the purpose of responding to your foregoing explanation. Here is how is really works: I come across an issue regarding windows and your site pops up in a search engine. I go to your site, my adblocker kicks in, and I get your suppression screen. What to do, what to do? I have two choices; either whitelist for access, or just close your website and go on to the next site that will give me to the information I need. It's not like your site is the only game in town, so to speak. There are many other sites that don't create a speed-bump to my browsing. Moreover, rather than try to draw in a new user, you are setting up a roadblock for them to even see if whitelisting your site is worth it. Yes, yes, I know it only takes a second or so to whitelist a site, but -- why bother when other sites give me the information I want. As in your example of TV advertising: if I see an ad I can (a) walk away and do something until the ad is over, (b) silence the ad, (c) flip to another channel until the ad is over, and (d), just DVR the program and FF through the ads (my favorite). Billboards don't interfere with my driving or walking and I need not look at them.
So, overall, you can certainly do whatever you want with your own blog, but the typical user will just click on to the next site. You're simply turning away potential subscribers before they even get to see your site, and who might otherwise find your site worth being whitelisted.