http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/11/12/techcrunch-rss-advertising-is-the-worst/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/11/12/techcrunch-rss-advertising-is-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-3831 Dan Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:52:34 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/11/12/techcrunch-rss-advertising-is-the-worst/#comment-3831 Relieved to hear about another exasperated TechCrunch reader. I twitter'd about this recently: <a href="http://twitter.com/danmactough/statuses/395475262." rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/danmactough/statuses/395475262.</a> The irony is that although TechCrunch piles on more and more advertising, the value of the content is steadily declining toward zero. No longer is it Mike Arrington's usually insightful observations about new tech companies and web services he finds interesting. Now, TechCrunch just regurgitates the advertising pitch of every Web 2.0 startup that comes along. And don't get me started about what passes for proper English usage over there anymore.... Relieved to hear about another exasperated TechCrunch reader. I twitter’d about this recently: http://twitter.com/danmactough/statuses/395475262. The irony is that although TechCrunch piles on more and more advertising, the value of the content is steadily declining toward zero. No longer is it Mike Arrington’s usually insightful observations about new tech companies and web services he finds interesting. Now, TechCrunch just regurgitates the advertising pitch of every Web 2.0 startup that comes along. And don’t get me started about what passes for proper English usage over there anymore….

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/11/12/techcrunch-rss-advertising-is-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-3830 Ben2K Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:35:01 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/11/12/techcrunch-rss-advertising-is-the-worst/#comment-3830 Turn on Adblock. That will deal with the type of ads that TechCrunch is using. Unfortunately, that won't help with people like NetworkWorld, who are using even larger, embedded ads on every third post. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Turn on Adblock. That will deal with the type of ads that TechCrunch is using. Unfortunately, that won’t help with people like NetworkWorld, who are using even larger, embedded ads on every third post.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/11/12/techcrunch-rss-advertising-is-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-3829 Tom Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:33:00 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2007/11/12/techcrunch-rss-advertising-is-the-worst/#comment-3829 Tom's Hardware is just as bad. Not only do they have a partial content RSS feed, but their partial content is usually just one or two sentences. Every couple of feed items is followed by another feed item containing nothing but an ad, which is usually longer than any of the actual content items. Tom’s Hardware is just as bad. Not only do they have a partial content RSS feed, but their partial content is usually just one or two sentences. Every couple of feed items is followed by another feed item containing nothing but an ad, which is usually longer than any of the actual content items.

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