Do you Use Intext Ads?

[msdollars]

Hi,
I am just wondering about InText ads and how many people use them on their sites. I've read a lot of complaints about them from users. A lot of them say that the keywords highlighted are not relevant or the ads are annoying.
But users always complain about advertising units being annoying.

I think it's a great way for site owners to advertise on blogs/webpages without having to put banner ads everywhere.

If you don't know what intext ads (inline text ads) are, they are advertisements that "pop-up" when a user hovers over a keyword that is double-underlined. The ads are supposed to be relevant, and affiliates get paid usually PPC/CPC.

So, what do you think of them?

 

[djbaxter]

I don't use them. I agree that they are often not very relevant and the popups remain too long after you move the mouse, obscuring what's under them.

I'd consider them if the concept improved but not as is.

 

[mla16]

I have seen them on various sites, but I didnt realise they were another way of advertising..... I thought they were just like information to help you understand further what that particular word or phrase was about!

 

[Linda Buquet]

Sometimes they are part of a site and used for definition.

Here the word SEO is underlined and that's not advertising.

Most of the sites that have intext advertising use the double underline.

 

[djbaxter]

Here the word SEO is underlined and that's not advertising.

That's actually a browser setting. By prference, links are not underlined for me, but intext ad links do show the double underline (so I can avoid them ).

 

[AffiliateSeeking]

I don't use them and have never tried them. I've never clicked on one of them either.