It happened AGAIN!… and I left AGAIN!

I had stopped at Darren Rowse’s Digital Photography School and, after I left a comment, I saw an ad that interested me so I clicked on it.

The ad opened up and I read a few words.

My audio happened to be turned on and was set rather loud.

Normally I leave my computer turned on at night with the audio off so that incoming mail doesn’t wake us. This morning I had listened to something where the audio was rather quiet and I had to turn it up to hear it.

So when a guy started talking about whatever the heck it was that the ad was about, I jumped — it startled me, you see — and closed that browser window.

If I could go back and take back that click, I would!

No… I’ve reconsidered. I like it the way that it is.

Darren got whatever Google will pay him for that click and the advertiser will have to pay for it, even though I left and didn’t even have time to get a good look at his site.

I do NOT like audio that comes on automatically when I open a website, unless I know it in advance or reasonably expect it, as I would if I were going to a music site. If my sound is on and an audio clip starts, I’m gone!

And I might even blog about it, too!

But, I’m not going to mention the site I left, because, even if I remembered it, they’re not getting free traffic from me.

Related post: If your blog has music automatically start playing…

blogging, give me a break!

Comments on this entry are closed.

  • dcr Dec 24, 2007 Link

    I hate that too. If I know it's coming, I'll turn the speakers down or off. But, I have my speakers set at a comfortable level for notification sounds on my computer, and music and video sites usually play quite loud at those levels.

    With many sites, like YouTube, I can adjust the audio level from the video controls and not have to adjust my speakers. But, some sites don't have an audio adjustment option on their players and I have to adjust my speakers.

    But, yeah, worst of them are the ones that just start playing music or video automatically. If I want to see or hear it, I'll push a button.

    It's like those web sites that say "Best viewed with…" I shouldn't have to adjust my machine to suit their website. I'll just go somewhere else.

  • Mike Goad Dec 24, 2007 Link

    There are some instances where one just has no choice but to use Internet Explorer. A prime example was the company portal that I used when accessing work stuff at home back before I retired. It was IE or nothing. There's still an occasional instance where I'll open up IE if there's something I really WANT to do and it's only available via IE…, but it's not often! (and it usually has something to do with Microsoft)

    Have a Happy Holidays!

  • teeni Dec 24, 2007 Link

    Yeah, that's very annoying and each player has a different place where you would find the pause or stop button so it is just easier to close the window or back out of the site completely. What a pain those things are. I say if you want to listen to music on your blog then turn your stereo/radio/cd player/iPod on for yourself and let everyone else choose for themselves.

This site uses cookies for various nonintrusive purposes. See our <a href="https://exit78.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a> for how they are used. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

This notice is a European Union requirement for sites with advertising or sales. The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close