Real Evil: ISP Inserted Advertising

June 27, 2007 D. H. McKee

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It’s not a new phenomenon, but could pose some real problems to any website hoster who doesn’t want ads inserted into their content. It might also be a violation of the DMCA.
Real Evil: ISP Inserted Advertising

Texas based ISP Redmoon has implemented software that hijacks pages being visited by their customers by placing Redmoonâ..s own ads on these pages.
The technology is provided by NebuAD, which boasts that ISP delivered advertisements are an untapped source of revenue.
Every single web site owner is affected by NebuADâ..s technology: whether a site is running ads or not makes no difference, Customers of any ISP evil enough to run NebuADâ..s platform are going to see ads on every page on every site; ads that donâ..t benefit the content creator. It is important to note that these ads are NOT pop-ups, and this is not a free internet service; the ads are served as if they were part of the page, to paying internet customers who are NOT made aware that these ads have been inserted by their ISP.

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As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.