Am I the only person who cannot focus on an article without ad-blocking all the animated stuff around it first? I may very well have A.D.D., so that could be it, but it's a huge distraction for me.
EDIT: I didn't intend to imply that this spammy behavior at all, as noahc's reply seems to indicate. There's tons of otherwise fantastic blogs that do the same thing.
I go back and forth on the Erica.biz website. She's obviously smart and motivated and knows what she's talking about. But everything comes across as spammy. I don't doubt her methods work well, but there's something about her and her blog that rub me the wrong way.
EDIT: After looking at the parent, her website isn't spam. It has good content, but it LOOKS like spam. Maybe I've just spent too much time on the Internet and these things pop out at me.
Someone e-mailed her this: “Erica, I need to know how to make money on the Internet. But I need make at least $100,000 in my first year or it won’t be worth it for me. Can you suggest something that would help me do that?"
Maybe he is a nutjob, but he felt like she could help him. I think she works super hard and is super smart. She's always been positive as well. I appreciate those things, but her website and the 'feel' of it all seem like spam and get rich quick scheme.
The content is great, if I read it in an RSS reader, maybe things would be different.
Obviously, I'm very happy for her success and ability to keep positive. Her site just isn't for me.
FWIW (in FF at least), hitting the stop button (after the site has loaded) stops all the gif animations. Flashblock can ensure that Flash ads don't start up either.
No, I feel the same way. I read at a large font size (weak eyes), so a lot of the gunk was shoved off the screen; but I finally had to pull up adblock.
EDIT: I didn't intend to imply that this spammy behavior at all, as noahc's reply seems to indicate. There's tons of otherwise fantastic blogs that do the same thing.