First, I know it has been a long time between posts on ye olde new Power Users blog. After more than a year of no one taking vacations around here, seems like everyone took one at about the same time. So, we've been running a bit shorthanded, and low on time to build screencasts.

I'm hoping to use the Presidents' Day holiday to do one, but in the meantime, one of our true Power Users, Scott Doyle, created a tutorial you might find handy.

The backstory is this: Some folks tend to use adblocker software to keep from being interrupted by unwanted advertisements. Scott and a few other users realized that while that's their general modus operandi, they might actually want to see the targeted ads here at Pegasus News.

So here's Scott's tutorial on how to alter your preferences. I'll be back on the other side to talk a bit about what your expectations should be if you do so...

Just FYI, for peeps who use Firefox and have the Adblock Plus add-on, here's instruction on how to make page exceptions (promised you I'd figure it out Miko, albeit a couple of weeks late). There's a handy tutorial behind the link "Show me how this is done".

Basically:

1. If you don't have Adblock in your toolbar (I didn't), you first need to choose "Show in toolbar" from Adblock's Options.



2. Be sure you're on PegNews.com.



3. From the toolbar, click the arrow on the right of the ABP icon and select one of the following:
   
   
   
   
   
   • Disable on www.pegasusnews.com (allows ads on all PegNews pages); or
   
   
   
   • Disable on this page only (ads would only be displayed on the homepage).
   
   
   
   
   
   

Example:

I personally chose to disable AdBlock on all pages b/c I'm interested in seeing just how much it'll affect my Pegnewsin'.

So, the reason the generally ad-averse might want to see our ads is that we're on a quest to use The Daily You to ensure that, eventually, every ad is a wanted ad. Are we there yet? Nope. Are we close? No-- but we're closer than most and closing in daily. At minimum, you'll find a lot more ads here are relevant than on most sites (even local sites) because they're largely local. Some, you'll notice are targeted because of where you live. A few others will be targeted based on your interests gleaned from your reading habits, whether they be crime news or bluegrass music. That targeting will increase over time, and hopefully get you to the point that you're generally glad when you see an ad.

Meantime, it's at least a better way to stay aware of our myriad contests. And it's a way to support what we're doing here, particularly if you think you get more out of your participation here than on other sites.

Big ups to Scott for creating this tutorial. More TK...