How Advertising Has Ruined the Internet

There is no article you can read, video you can view, or social feed you can scroll through without being interrupted.The never-ending series of desperate attempts to steal our attention from what we actually want to see results in surprise after unwelcome surprise – pop-up and modals and "welcome mats" that leave us searching for the opt-out.It's one thing to earn our attention by producing great content. It's quite another to steal attention by being the thing that interrupts us from that great content.Every time I experience this, I feel like I've been Rickrolled.Show Notes: https://controlmousemedia.com/podcast/rickroll/—Marketing Without the Marketing is available wherever you listen to podcasts:iTunes http://bit.ly/mwm-itunesSpotify http://bit.ly/mwm-spotifyOvercast http://bit.ly/mwm-overcastGoogle Play http://bit.ly/mwm-playStitcher http://bit.ly/mwm-stitcherPocketCasts http://bit.ly/mwm-pocketcastsPlayerFM http://bit.ly/mwm-playerfmBeyondpod http://bit.ly/mwm-beyondpodCastbox http://bit.ly/mwm-castboxTuneIn http://bit.ly/mwm-tuneinAnchor https://anchor.fm/mboezi