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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-09-03 02:27 PM
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DU'ers who use links to Drudge are enablers!
They enable Drudge to increase his post count so that he may increase his advertising dollars and therefore allow him to exist and post his vile webpage!

COME on FOLKS! Half the time we link to this guy, we find a story that he's linking to. Hey look...I click on Drudge every once in a while for a good chuckle but I won't come back here with a story I found at his site and link you all back to Drudge...I'll link you to the actual news story. AND... I'll never link you to a Drudge written story because I think it's the equivalent to linking you to a pile of shit!

So let's not give this dickweed any extra hits... Whataya say?

Tru
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 06:27 PM
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1. I'm with you.
I NEVER go to that site.
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DEMActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 06:30 PM
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2. AMEN!
Every click and link to his site puts money in his pocket.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 06:30 PM
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3. it's only click through revenue that really counts
we aren't really affecting his stats either way, his does get paid a tiny amount for ad views, but the real money comes from actually clicking on the usual Newsmax banner ads. I'm comfortable racking up his bandwidth bills, and reducing his view per ad click ratio at the same time.
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julka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 06:39 PM
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5. THANK you for that picture!
Edited on Mon Jul-07-03 06:41 PM by julka
I forgot to bookmark that



.....took off the http, etc

do you have the site link?

couldn't get it from the picture link

thx
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imax2268 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 06:36 PM
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4. what's
Drudge...?

heh...!

I never go to that site...it has nothing that I am interested in...except the usual lies to go with the lies from the WH...
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ChadCoffman Donating Member (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 06:48 PM
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6. try this
http://anon.free.anonymizer.com/http://www.drudgereport.com

You can read Drudge anonymously using this url (seems to block his banners and popups also).

If Anonymizer uses a cached copy of Drudge, he won't get your hit.

There are likely better ways than this. Check around and let us know what you find.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 07:23 PM
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10. Hi ChadCoffman!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 06:53 PM
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7. Never touch the trash. Reading Clinton's Wars - more reasons
Fabricating more stories than you know off ("McCurry depressed ober Blumenthal nomination - sounds like the 'rift" between Dean and Terry Mac) PURE GARBAGE!!!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 06:58 PM
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8. You can substitute Limbaugh, Free Republic, Newsmax, etc for Drudge
Personally, I don't want their crap on my computer.
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roughsatori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-07-03 07:03 PM
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9. links giving hits to right wing sites infuriates me
Sometimes it seems that every third post has a link to drudge, newsmax, Fox, or Freakrepublic. I alwasy wonder if these DUers understand google ranking, ad revenues and the like---my pet peeve.
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