Why Are There So Many Adverts On Ab?

[RainbowRainbow]

Must of been 6 in the last minute. Same advert. I have recently clicked close on advert then goes onto Report page.

[barry1010]

Because the site has to make money somehow. It's either adverts or subscriptions

[pastafreak]

We don't all get the same number of adverts either. As I type, I've only got 1 for some green frying pans.

[RainbowRainbow]

Thanks. I think I’ve turned them off now on the cookies.

[calmck]

At the moment I don't have any. I reject all cookies

[rowanwitch]

Just getting the one that pops up over the answer box so I have no way of seeing what is being entered until I drop my keyboard at the end, currently Colgate toothpaste, and amazon

[RainbowRainbow]

An advert was just showing. I clicked the other option reject. Hopefully I can type ok now.

[Gill1941]

More ads on AB than any other site I go on.

Same ones for clothes ad nauseum despite reporting them they are back seconds later.
I shall have to get ad blocker. This is really beyond a joke and very distracting.

[davebro]

not seeing ANY ads at present! dunno why not.

[RainbowRainbow]

I agree. 90% of the time there are adverts. Sometimes can’t type.

[sanmac]

I only ever get one ad, and it's just below "enter your question title here".

[jno]

no ads, no AB. Someone has to pay for it.

[youngmafbog]

Exactly jno.

AB is not a charity, it is a business.

[Gill1941]

That wouldn't be the end of the world, jno.
How do other sites cope without these incessant, repetitive ads?

[RainbowRainbow]

Exactly. The adverts are almost constant. Hard to type cause of the adverts are there.

[jno]

subscriptions, Gill? Wealthy oligarch patrons? But ads are what power most websites that aren't selling things directly.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/041916/how-quora-works-and-makes-money.asp

[Gill1941]

I don't subscribe to any websites but, as I said, none have the repetitive ads that AB have. Clicking on them and saying don't want that ad it is still back 2 seconds later.
Certainly more now than years ago when I first joined.