Not only are these ads not as conniving as they are being made out to be, but Yahoo isn't the only site to use them, either. I noticed these ads in the Daily Dilbert e-mails I signed up for a while back. They're marked as ads in those e-mails as well, but not as blatantly as on the Yahoo page.
A quick glance over the content would kind of tip off most users that it isn't a sidebar of news articles.
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Actually, Handera never made a color screen model (though I was waiting for it...then Sony came along).
Not only are these ads not as conniving as they are being made out to be, but Yahoo isn't the only site to use them, either. I noticed these ads in the Daily Dilbert e-mails I signed up for a while back. They're marked as ads in those e-mails as well, but not as blatantly as on the Yahoo page.
A quick glance over the content would kind of tip off most users that it isn't a sidebar of news articles.