{"id":22069,"date":"2019-08-01T09:25:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=22069"},"modified":"2019-08-01T09:28:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:28:59","slug":"local-scroll-pack-now-showing-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/01\/local-scroll-pack-now-showing-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Scroll Pack Now Showing Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Changes are coming fast and furious to the new(wish) Local Scroll Pack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the first one that I have seen that has included an ad. And it is verrrrrrry visible in this format.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The visual stimuli are so pervasive that one hardly notices the ad destination. 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