I have noticed lately an increase in the number of blogs that are forcing RSS ads to my newsreader. They look like the image below. Was just wondering what others thought of them. Please post your comments.
RSS Ads?
January 30, 2006 By
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Personally, I don't like it. Spam by any other name smells…well, like spam.
I guess it depends. If the blog is pushing the whole post down and there is only a single unobstrusive ad, then I probably wouldn't mind. If the blog is using truncated posts and pushing an ad also, I'm deleting the blog from my list.
On an unrelated note, you can adjust the size of the feedblitz email textbox to fit nicely inside your side bar. Try adjusting the size parameter. Currently your size="26", try size="20". Adjusting the size parameter will not limit the size of email addresses.