Interstitial Ad's - Featured Discussion

A fellow blogger recently signed up as an affiliate with Adbrite and has asked a very good question. I've not used the Interstitial Ads out of fear it may turn my visitors off, but after doing a quick search, I've found other bloggers who sing the praises of these ads.

By definition: Active Interstitial Ad is a full-screen ad that appears on the third pageview of your site, shown only once per user per day. Said to be a high-paying ad format option available via Adbrite.

What are your thoughts on these ads?

I've only seen a few sites that use them and when I do happen on them, I do check out the advertiser - mostly because I'm sure the publisher toiled over whether or not to run the ad to begin with and I try to make it worth their while.

I haven't ran these ads on any of my own blogs so I can't give any firsthand experience or stats. I am considering doing a test with them and sharing the results here on Work at Home Mom - however, I thought this was a nice topic to bring up and encourage others to join in.

Have you used these ads?

Do you click the ads when you see them?

Are they annoying to you or are you one that just clicks the skip this ad option and progress on to the goods?

Thanks to Adventures in Baby Fat for bringing this topic up and thanks even more for signing up for Adbrite through my affiliate button. Much appreciated.

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AutoSurf Programs and Google TOS

There has been a bit of discussion on Auto Surf programs and Google Adsense TOS as well as other affiliates who deem auto surf programs to be a violation of TOS.

Rather then searching high and low, I thought I'd bring the question here in hopes that some of you might share the information you've found to be the most reliable on this topic.

Per Google TOS

Prohibited Uses. You shall not, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to: (i) directly or indirectly generate queries, Referral Events, or impressions of or clicks on any Ad, Link, Search Result, or Referral Button through any automated, deceptive, fraudulent or other invalid means, including but not limited to through repeated manual clicks, the use of robots or other automated query tools and/or computer generated search requests.

Also, I'm interested in knowing if you are aware of other affiliate programs that may suspend or terminate for the use of or participation in auto surf programs?