Online Advertising Poll

Hey amazing people of the Internet!

I am doing a research paper for one of my college classes over Internet and Online advertising.  I love online advertising because it helps the consumer, the business and the publisher.  Don't know what I'm talking about?  I'll elaborate.  The consumer...meaning the person clicking to a website is helped because they are pointed in the direction of related products, websites or online services.  The business is helped because they just drove thousands of people to their website and brand and just made  a ton of money.  Then finally, the publisher is helped because when people click on those ads, the publisher get a small cut of the deal.  Online advertisements are everywhere and some people live off of advertisements.  Making $15,000 a month to some through advertisements is easy.

My question/poll to you.  Do you find online advertisements to be distracting to content?  Do you find them beneficial to websites?

If you implement your own advertisements...do you benefit from any income?  Do you get hate mail saying they are intrusive?

Comment on this post or email me if you have opinions.  I'd love to include you in my research paper!

You can also comment on my website or Twitter.  http://www.tylersmiller.com or http://twitter.com/tylrsmllr

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[Jack]

I can honestly say I have never even clicked on a website advert, don't know why I'm just not attracted to them. Unless you count the related product section on Amazon and such sites as advertising. I use these sections quite a lot, but no second or third party benefits just Amazon or whoever.