Posted Friday 20th February 2009 06:04 GMT
Ballmer only ever wanted to be able to take the Yahoo search numbers, add them to the MS search numbers, and proclaim that he has a bigger search todger than Google,
That was possible back when MS + Yahoo search were greater than Google.
Now Google has apprpox 70% of search. Why in the world would Ballmer buy Yahoo just to show that MS + Yahoo together are only a chipolata not even half the size of a Googlewurst.
Posted Friday 20th February 2009 06:04 GMT
One of the reasons I started filtering banner ads was when they stopped being static images and instead became flickering, annoying distractions. How are video ads going to improve on this, especially if I end up on a capped broadband deal? Even more incentive not to download the stuff. Hopefully they'll all use Silverlight instead of Flash, so I won't even have to take positive action.
Posted Friday 20th February 2009 07:26 GMT
what if I search for "video ads". And Y! shows some ads in the results... should I be disappointed ?
Well.. I don't mind video ads if they start in "pause mode"... (unlike the Gifs The Register has been throwing lately ;)
Paris, coz a 30 min video ad on internet created her.
Posted Friday 20th February 2009 12:03 GMT
The videos will presumably start playing automatically. Hopefully they won't allow them to have any audio. There's no better way for a search engine to commit suicide than playing advertising jingles every time someone uses it. (Displaying random porn comes close, but hasn't killed Cuil yet.)
Posted Friday 20th February 2009 12:03 GMT
I'll stick to metacrawler.com, TYVM.
No, I'm not affiliated, don't have a stake in it, etc ... it just works for me. YMMV, as always.
Posted Friday 20th February 2009 12:03 GMT
I mean really
People actually click on Ads !!! i still dont get it !!!
I have only ever clicked on ads to support certain websites.
Posted Friday 20th February 2009 12:03 GMT
Please, please, please ..... refrain from using exclamation marks on every single Yahoo story. it is beyond tired at this stage. So annoying in fact that I registered with you just to be able to make this comment.
Posted Friday 20th February 2009 14:12 GMT
Right-click, adblock - strip URL back to server address, no more silly video adverts.
Don't get to see adverts to click on them -- some pages can get rather thin with little 'adblock' tabs all over the place.
Posted Friday 20th February 2009 15:08 GMT
Terry, welcome. You forgot to mention "Paris, because..." or make a witty reference to getting your coat.
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