Forbes - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/forbes.com
Wired - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wired.com<p>I thought this looked interesting. Both are trending downward. Could it be because of their adblock detection scripts?<p>If it is, wouldn't it imply that there are similar effects to websites not allowing people with an adblocker, as there are to mistreating the "tech" person of a family or a large social group? [That is, just as the techie boycotts your products, the adblocker user will not link to your website on their social feeds, which might have allowed a non-adblock user to click]
Maybe. But as a single data point (me) I used to read both those sites regularly, but now every time I go there I'm like 'oh yeah.. (back button)'<p>Funny thing is though, the site 'The Atlantic' had a banner next to an article I was reading saying something along the lines of "Hey, we notice you are using an ad blocker, would you mind turning it off, or signing up for a subscription to support us?" But i was still able to read the article.<p>After reading I turned the ad blocker off for their site for good.<p>Maybe something about 'forcing' me to turn off my blocker annoys me, but I find that a site which asks nicely, let's me still read and whose content I enjoy, I am more than happy to turn off the blocker.
Forbes is so lame.<p>I disabled Adblock for forbes.com and for their welcome page, and still got the lockout message.<p>Then I paused Adblock entirely, and still got the lockout message.<p>With Adblock paused, I emptied the cache and did a hard reload, and still got the lockout message.<p>F 'em. I'm over it. They must have hired a UX designer from one of the major airlines.