6 Instances of the Same Ad

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   eugbugposted 21 months ago

   Is there logic behind this?
   
   

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      chef-de-jourposted 21 months agoin reply to this

      Madness? Repeat Ad Syndrome? More madness? Repetitive Repetitive Ad Nausea?
      
      In desperation I sent an email to TAG outlining the definite possibility of their company losing money via HP because of poor ad management and interrupted text leading to lack of readership etc etc etc etc etc etc etc....
      
      The rapid increase in editing is great - on Owlcation and other niche sites - and I can only hope it's quickly followed by the rapid response ad placement review team?

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         Madeleine Claysposted 21 months agoin reply to this

         I feel the same way about the recent increase in editing. It's wonderful and I'm grateful to the editors. But, like you, I can't understand why they would use an ad layout that is so distracting to the reader. People are already stressed across the globe. They don't need more stress when they're just trying to read an article online, and if it becomes a stressful experience for them, they'll simply stop reading. This actually happened to me recently when I was reading an article by a fellow HP writer. I got sick of the random ads constantly interrupting the flow of the content, so I just dropped the article. I was interested in what I was trying to read about, but the ads were just too annoying.

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         snakeslaneposted 21 months agoin reply to this

         All of the above. Yes, please review the intrusive ad placement.
         What about a reader survey? Did you find ads intrusive?
         Give the reader a chance to enjoy the article.
         Please. Pretty please.

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      snakeslaneposted 21 months agoin reply to this

      As a reader, it’s really off-putting. And I’ve stopped writing here, not wanting to put my (few) readers through it. A lose, lose situation, as far as I can see.

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      DrMark1961posted 21 months agoin reply to this

      You might want to check this out. https://dogdiscoveries.com/about-us I noticed repetetive ads that broke up the bullet lists in the main body of the articles. Sound familiar?
      I just found this by accident when I was browsing, and am not sure if TAG also owns a site just like it for Dengarden, Owlcation, etc.

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         eugbugposted 21 months agoin reply to this

         I wonder what the arrangement is on that site as regards writers and how they earn? Do they just get freelancers to write articles for them and pay them outright? This is how the Hubpages sites could end up so they don't have to share revenue.

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            DrMark1961posted 21 months agoin reply to this

            I am not sure how they are paying the writers on that site, but if it is a few hundred dollars, like most magazine sites, it is going to be a lot better deal for them and would seem to spell the doom of HP.

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            Solarasposted 21 months agoin reply to this

            Exactly.  You will notice there are only 4 writers who have written the majority of the content there.  Are the editors cleaning up articles on owlcation and other sites, while also tagging them as subjects to be rewritten at a future date.  Who knows.

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      SerenityHaloposted 21 months agoin reply to this

      There is an old tactic that if someone saw the same ad as opposed to new ones they would be more likely to remember the one that was repetitive. This was a tactic for Hulu; the same ad played per show if you paid for the cheaper subscription. On an article, a repeated ad looks like an error or, worse, completely insane. Worse because it puts the authority of the article in question.
      
      I’m not a fan of repeated ads for any format.

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   eugbugposted 21 months ago

   Anyway I don't think I need my LOLs boosted (or even my ELOs)

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   Jodahposted 21 months ago

   That makes me wonder how many other sites TAG have under their banner that are similar to HubPages networks sites but for specific subjects rather than very general, like Feltmagnet for instance.
   
   I still don’t understand the thinking of repeating the same ad five or six times throughout an article though. If a reader doesn’t click on it the first time it appears it means they aren’t interested, and seeing it repeatedly will just turn them away.

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   EricDockettposted 21 months ago

   It makes sense that they would break out some of the most popular subjects for their own sites. I see at least one HP writer has been given the opportunity to participate. Good for her, but it seems like we have a few others who could have been involved. There are enough qualified experts here that they should never go to writers on the outside.
   
   I also noticed this site isn't burdened by that video at the top of every article. We were told it isn't possible to get rid of it with the current template. Interesting.

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      DrMark1961posted 21 months agoin reply to this

      Yes, I noticed that there was no video, which as far as I know the writers get nothing out of.
      I still feel we are the subjects of a massive experiment:
      "Will Google downgrade our HP niche sites because of the video? If not, can we put them on other TAG sites? Dont hold your breath but results will be out soon!!!"

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