Straw poll: when did you last click on a banner ad?

And what was it?

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[Ron]

What banner ads?

Adblock Plus is a very effective filter for unwanted content, especially banner ads. The only time I click on an ad is with a control-click, to select "Adblock Image...".

[Steven T Cameron]

If I click on a banner ad, it is usually only by accident. The last time I remember clicking on a banner ad was on a Microsoft web page and it was for a Microsoft product.

[Matthew]

Ditto Adblock plus. Don't even see them now, except when in Internet Explorer.

[Robert]

Agreed on Adblock - first extension that gets installed :-).

I do sometimes click on ads on open source / freeware / web comic sites to support them, but very rarely with the intention of finding out about the target product being advertised.

[Rob Allen]

+1 more for Adblock Plus. I haven't purposely clicked on a banner ad in some time. I vaguely remember clicking an ad in the past several months, I cannot remember what it was for.

[hosts]

Screw installing stuff, I just use that HOSTS file that contains the IPs of all the ad servers / spyware / malware / etc. and send all requests going to those IPs to 127.0.0.1. Just Google "hosts file"

[Jerry]

I use adblock as well, but even before that I'm pretty sure I rarely ever clicked on any banner ads.

[Ethan]

I had to buy a copy of quickbooks recently, so I went out to the financial blog that I read to see if he had a banner for it. He did, so I purchased it with his link. I'm not sure if it was an affiliate link or not, but I always try to support the little guys.

[Dave O'Flynn]

Unlike the other commenters, I haven't got Adblock Plus installed. But I can't remember the last time I clicked on a banner ad.

Actually, scratch that. I can. The last time I clicked on one was about a year ago. The ad contained a picture of a skydiver and I was curious to see who was using the imagery. I skydive, hence the interest. Recollection of who the ad was for? Zero.

[phil Factor]

I'm afraid that the iron enters my soul when a company offends me by its poor service, and I click incessantly on their Google ads, knowing that it is costing them something every time I click.

If it is a free site that I find valuable, making its money by advertising, I reckon it is a courtesy to click on all their adverts, as it brings them in a bit of revenue.

It would be nice to automate both these processes.