Research Blog 8

Advertisments mainly function on websites to make a profite. If a consumer is viewing a website they are looking at everything and this includes the sponsers and pictures on the side of the page. Companies are placing Paypal on some websites to force consumers to pay a price to view a website. For example I miss a viewing of a TV show and was going to watch it online after watching 5 minutes of the program Paypal popped up and wanted me to pay to finish the episode. These little tricks to get consumers to pay are poping up everywhere and making websites less accessiable. Websites are becoming corprations and means to make a buck. I see it as a petty way to make money and in turn making me the consumer avoid these types of websites. I would say that it does bother the regular consumer. Some may not be used this and then become drawn awy from a website