FoxNews.com - Cyber Whore

Getting pretty sick of FoxNews.com's dizzying array of on-line advertisements, pop-ups, animated and audio-enabled ad-graphics, etc. I sent this to foxnewsonline@foxnews.com and I encourage everyone to do the same:

I’m a loyal reader of foxnews.com, I blog about articles on your site every week. But I’ll be posting this letter on my blog today:

I may start looking elsewhere for my on-line news if you continue to clog your website with advertisements. I’m sick of having to hunt through the visual (and now aural) ad assault for actual news items. I long ago had to purchase and install a pop-up blocking program due to your site’s (and in fairness, other sites as well) insistence on jamming every useless ad possible into my reading experience. I understand folks need to make money, but I’m sure Fox is not hurting and could do without the trashy website ad channels. I don’t know about others, but I have NEVER responded to any ads on your site, and never will.

Your latest ‘swat the fly’ ad is not only visually annoying, it’s stepped over the line to aurally annoying with the constant ‘fly buzzing’. Do you actually think this ad will win you fans?!!! Are you TRYING to send readers to MSNBC.com?

I will not visit your site any more today until that ad is gone. I will visit less and less until you stop turning your site into a cyber-whore.

Adios MF,

Doug