Content Sites of the World, Unite! The Salons and Slates of the world ought to band together for their survival. “Right now there appears to be a race among Web publishers to

garner the most revenue in the short term by making the

experience of visiting its site intolerable, like the intrusive ads

spearheaded by CNET or the Slate format in which text ads

sneak into spaces readers expect to find unpaid-for material.

The ads will get so overpowering it’s no surprise that Salon

thinks it might take in some money by eliminating them for its

best customers.” The Standard