- Yandex.Direct quite peacefully existed in symbiosis with Habr and its users up to the end of 2008 and didn’t make anyone worse. Who did - they used AdBlock and all that. We are not against blocking. - The introduction of Yandex.Direct, as we believe, is a much more humane and effective way to get additional profit than the introduction of paid services for users. “Habr is a commercial project, and in order to effectively maintain and develop it, we need funds, this is not going anywhere: the financial situation of many web projects now is not the best. - Habr is one of the few popular IT sites that are not overloaded with ads: we have only two banners + Direct (instead of dead text ads in the header). Well, one or two special buttons in the menu, which generally can not be considered. - Over the next few days, we will vary the appearance and location of the block so that it will join the current design as well as possible. - If this idea does not justify itself in the next couple of months, we will abandon it.
Thank you for understanding and have a great weekend.