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bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote:

>"In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers 
>and spam filters has doubled"
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>[more]
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><http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1966
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I'm surprised that 13% admit to buying because of ads.    I try never to 
buy  when an item is spammed.

It's one thing to make decisions from newspaper ads & when purposely 
visiting on-line sites, but TV advertising & spamming are definite 
deterrents. 

<bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message 
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> "In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers
> and spam filters has doubled"
>
> [more]
>
> <http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1966
> 01694>

"Forrester also notes that ad avoidance is becoming more common on 
television. Today, 15% of consumers acknowledge using their digital video 
recorders to skip ads, "

That's odd, I wonder what the other 85% of consumers are using their DVRs 
for?  :)  -Dave 

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 07:59:20 -0500, "Mike T." <noway@nohow.not> wrote:

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><bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message 
>news:bearclaw-9754B0.23231405122006@news.supernews.com...
>> "In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers
>> and spam filters has doubled"
>>
>> [more]
>>
>> <http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1966
>> 01694>
>
>"Forrester also notes that ad avoidance is becoming more common on 
>television. Today, 15% of consumers acknowledge using their digital video 
>recorders to skip ads, "
>
>That's odd, I wonder what the other 85% of consumers are using their DVRs 
>for?  :)  -Dave 
>

You are assuming that 100% of all consumers own DVRs - not a good
assumption.

Bob Ward wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 07:59:20 -0500, "Mike T." <noway@nohow.not> wrote:
>
> >
> ><bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message
> >news:bearclaw-9754B0.23231405122006@news.supernews.com...
> >> "In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers
> >> and spam filters has doubled"
> >>
> >> [more]
> >>
> >> <http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1966
> >> 01694>
> >
> >"Forrester also notes that ad avoidance is becoming more common on
> >television. Today, 15% of consumers acknowledge using their digital video
> >recorders to skip ads, "
> >
> >That's odd, I wonder what the other 85% of consumers are using their DVRs
> >for?  :)  -Dave
>
> You are assuming that 100% of all consumers own DVRs - not a good
> assumption.

It's a poorly worded statement in the article, that's for sure.

Mike T. wrote:
> <bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message
> news:bearclaw-9754B0.23231405122006@news.supernews.com...
> > "In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers
> > and spam filters has doubled"
> >
> > [more]
> >
> > <http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1966
> > 01694>
>
> "Forrester also notes that ad avoidance is becoming more common on
> television. Today, 15% of consumers acknowledge using their digital video
> recorders to skip ads, "
>
> That's odd, I wonder what the other 85% of consumers are using their DVRs
> for?  :)  -Dave

To hoard shows they'll never watch? :)

"Seerialmom" <seerialmom@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> Mike T. wrote:
>> <bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:bearclaw-9754B0.23231405122006@news.supernews.com...
>> > "In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers
>> > and spam filters has doubled"
>> >
>> > [more]
>> >
>> > <http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1966
>> > 01694>
>>
>> "Forrester also notes that ad avoidance is becoming more common on
>> television. Today, 15% of consumers acknowledge using their digital video
>> recorders to skip ads, "
>>
>> That's odd, I wonder what the other 85% of consumers are using their DVRs
>> for?  :)  -Dave
>
> To hoard shows they'll never watch? :)
What is the penetration rate for DVRs? Is it anywhere near where the VCR 
rate topped out? And of the 97? % of households with TVs, what percentage 
have any recording capability?

IOW, not everyone has DVRs.

aem sends... 

On 6 Dec 2006 16:00:03 -0800, "Larry Bud" <larrybud2002@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
>Bob Ward wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 07:59:20 -0500, "Mike T." <noway@nohow.not> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> ><bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message
>> >news:bearclaw-9754B0.23231405122006@news.supernews.com...
>> >> "In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers
>> >> and spam filters has doubled"
>> >>
>> >> [more]
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1966
>> >> 01694>
>> >
>> >"Forrester also notes that ad avoidance is becoming more common on
>> >television. Today, 15% of consumers acknowledge using their digital video
>> >recorders to skip ads, "
>> >
>> >That's odd, I wonder what the other 85% of consumers are using their DVRs
>> >for?  :)  -Dave
>>
>> You are assuming that 100% of all consumers own DVRs - not a good
>> assumption.
>
>It's a poorly worded statement in the article, that's for sure.

Or poor understanding on your part.  Personally, skipping commercials
is part of the reason I TiVo, but finding more interesting programs
out of the thousands of hours that are available is at least as
important to me.

Alan Moorman@visi.com wrote:

>On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:45:01 GMT, Bob Ward <bobward@email.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>On 6 Dec 2006 16:00:03 -0800, "Larry Bud" <larrybud2002@yahoo.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Bob Ward wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 07:59:20 -0500, "Mike T." <noway@nohow.not> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>><bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>news:bearclaw-9754B0.23231405122006@news.supernews.com...
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>"In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers
>>>>>>and spam filters has doubled"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[more]
>>>>>>
>>>>>><http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1966
>>>>>>01694>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>"Forrester also notes that ad avoidance is becoming more common on
>>>>>television. Today, 15% of consumers acknowledge using their digital video
>>>>>recorders to skip ads, "
>>>>>
>>>>>That's odd, I wonder what the other 85% of consumers are using their DVRs
>>>>>for?  :)  -Dave
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>You are assuming that 100% of all consumers own DVRs - not a good
>>>>assumption.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>It's a poorly worded statement in the article, that's for sure.
>>>      
>>>
>>Or poor understanding on your part.  Personally, skipping commercials
>>is part of the reason I TiVo, but finding more interesting programs
>>out of the thousands of hours that are available is at least as
>>important to me.
>>    
>>
>
>I wonder how many owners of VCRs (you know, those things that *most*
>people have) speed through the commercials when viewing a taped
>show????????
>
>T
>

and how many simply leave the room (think toilet break) when simply 
watching TV and/or flipping channels when ads appear?

gamer wrote:

> and how many simply leave the room (think toilet break) when simply
> watching TV and/or flipping channels when ads appear?

These days the bastards are so good at synchronizing their commercial
breaks that you're pretty much just flipping from commercial to
commercial.

On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:30:38 -0600, Alan Moorman@visi.com wrote:

>On 7 Dec 2006 13:56:08 -0800, not_me_54@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>gamer wrote:
>>
>>> and how many simply leave the room (think toilet break) when simply
>>> watching TV and/or flipping channels when ads appear?
>>
>>These days the bastards are so good at synchronizing their commercial
>>breaks that you're pretty much just flipping from commercial to
>>commercial.
>
>It's always been that way. . . .
>

But it's more like it was then than it ever was before.

People PAY for internet access and they expect the internet to then be
free of all ads once they begin to suf. Internet advertising is NEVER
welcome by the viewer.

I am suprised with the increase of internet ads in recent years since
consumers hate them so much.

In article <bearclaw-9754B0.23231405122006@news.supernews.com>, bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote:
>"In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers 
>and spam filters has doubled"

why is this finding "shocking" :-)

regards,

Gee

I hated the sunsets of whatever colour, I hated its beauty and its
magic and the secret I would never know. I hated its indifference and
the cruelty which was part of its loveliness.

--- Jean Rhys, Wide Sargossa Sea

In article <X92dnSa5OadukefYnZ2dnUVZ_uzinZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
 dr_gee79@hotmail.com.GOBBLEGOOK.COM (phk) wrote:

> In article <bearclaw-9754B0.23231405122006@news.supernews.com>, 
> bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote:
> >"In the past two years, the number of consumers using pop-up blockers 
> >and spam filters has doubled"
> 
> why is this finding "shocking" :-)

Heh. Well, consumers are supposed to find pop-ups entertaining and 
informative and diverting and... and... colorful and... blinking and... 
well, you KNOW.

"Ryan" <cobbcity@snet.net> wrote in message 
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>
>
> People PAY for internet access and they expect the internet to then be
> free of all ads once they begin to suf. Internet advertising is NEVER
> welcome by the viewer.
>
> I am suprised with the increase of internet ads in recent years since
> consumers hate them so much.
Chuckle. My local newspaper isn't satisfied with the text and display ads 
printed in the paper. They overlay the front page headline with a stick-on 
ad that you have to frikkin' Peel Off to read the headline. They also 
charged a buck extra for the Thanksgiving Day paper, which had no extra 
content, just extra ads. Lotta Damn Gall, and yes it is a Gannett paper.

aem sends...