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just out of scientific curiosity, i was wondering what percentage of the SMDB will/has clicked on the google ads?
this is to be a simple yes/no poll, nothing else, i figure it’d be a nice way for TPTB to see what percentage of the Dopers will/will not click on ads
so i’l start;
will i click on the google ads?
no, never
Sure, if they are interesting.
I have and I will, when they’re relevant.
Nope. But they do have a good side, at least for me. They give me practice ignoring things. 
I’m using FireFox with adblock I don’t even see them, so no.
I will if they’re interesting enough. I clicked on one in a Great Debates thread that turned out to be a recruiting ad for a Libertarian commune in New Hampshire. Not that Libertarians would ever use a dirty word like “commune,” it’s pretty much what it amounted to.
I also do not see the ads.
Firefox user here, too, with Adblock – but I don’t do “click-throughs” anyway. I wouldn’t do it here.
When I think of it, I click on one or two. I’m not interested in what they’re selling, but they pay the board for every click.
I’ve clicked on a few that looked interesting. Didn’t buy anything at the clicked-to sites.
I keep clicking in the general area of the ads by mistake, which has the same effect as actually clicking on an ad.
I’ve clicked on a few.
I never click on ads, whether I see them or not. If I want to buy something, I’ll go do my own search and pick from the ones that seem to be the best match. Ironically, I usually use Google for this…
I’ve cliecked on a few that were relevant, e.g. tea mail-order shops in the tea thread. A couple of them made it to my bookmark, and I’ll definitely consider them next time I’m ready to make an online purchase.
I have never clicked on the ads and since I installed the “adblock”, that reduces the possibility of any ad clicking to zero.
Ditto.
I think for once that the ads are amusing, so I actually prefer to see them.
However, sometimes they scare me. Not the ads themselves, but the social impact of some of them:
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I don’t even dare click on them, but when I do, I suspect it will be limited to ips within the U.S.
But I should think something like this skirts the limits of the law … or no, I should hope, at least. Scary stuff.
But don’t encourage everyone to do this. I believe Google will yank the ads altogether if they think that people are trying to artificially raise SD’s commision.
No freakin’ way. They can kiss my ass.
I have on multiple occasions clicked on ads deliberately, because of interest in the ad. In one case, it was even for a webpage I’d heard about otherwise, and had intended to check out anyway.
I have also, on multiple occasions, accidentally clicked on the ads. Whitespace is no longer safe. This is really only an issue when I already have something typed into the reply box, since clicking an ad seems to clear that when I come back to the thread.