Vile Ad Links on News Pages

[UKJAY]

I know this site is using adverts to try and generate some cost's back in keeping the site running, but I have just seen my number 1 annoyance in online advertising where words used on site have links which opens up some crappy little box. More times than not when reading you can accidentally roll over them when reading something. Am I alone in really not liking this type of ad generating?

Will that type of ad word stuff come to the forums?

I have also seen other response from people on the comments pages and it's not liked that much. This was one of the few sites that didn't use them. It feels like the front page is now over run with adverts, but im not there all that much.

*begs PLEASE dont bring it to the forums...

[CleanSweep31]

just block anything from http://*.intellitxt.com in your restricted sites an dI no longer have them in my browser ....

IN IE7 go to "tools" => "Internet Options" =>"security (tab)" => "Restricted Sites (icon)"

Add the line http://*.intellitxt.com it should stop all those mouse bombs.

8)

[Cage]

This kind of advertisement was once part of xboxic back in june 2006. Don't know why Curry got rid of them but it looks like they're back.
See this thread and start reading from post #22 made by me.
http://forum.xboxic.com/showthread.php?t=284

As long as these ads give the guys a few bucks extra a month I don't mind them being on the frontpage O-)

EDIT: @Cleansweep. Blocking ads is like stealing from the site in a weird kind of way. Curry will explain it shortly, I'm sure of that.. I remember his earlier rants about guys using ad blockers and stuff..

[UKJAY]

This kind of advertisement was once part of xboxic back in june 2006. Don't know why Curry got rid of them but it looks like they're back.
See this thread and start reading from post #22 made by me.
http://forum.xboxic.com/showthread.php?t=284

As long as these ads give the guys a few bucks extra a month I don't mind them being on the frontpage O-)

EDIT: @Cleansweep. Blocking ads is like stealing from the site in a weird kind of way. Curry will explain it shortly, I'm sure of that.. I remember his earlier rants about guys using ad blockers and stuff..


Yeah I remember that...lol, I haven't blocked them, I'll just ignore the front page.
I saw Curry's reply about overreacting to highlighted words after your post in the link you gave...:D

Nobody minds adverts, it's expected but ones that are associated with words I really hate. Them and Spam - i know its only a highlighted word, but when you read something and then suddenly up pops the box which then hides what your reading. You just want to close the whole page off...

[TRIGGER M4N]

Bah, two words on a frontpage is normal.

This (http://wiki.xboxic.com/Xbox_Live_Arcade) and this (http://wiki.xboxic.com/Burger_King) are much more worrying. I'd help out on the Wiki, but I have no fecking clue what to do.

[CleanSweep31]

EDIT: @Cleansweep. Blocking ads is like stealing from the site in a weird kind of way. Curry will explain it shortly, I'm sure of that.. I remember his earlier rants about guys using ad blockers and stuff..

Believe me, I am the last to block normal banner and button ads, as a matter of fact I have spent quite a bit of time troubleshooting issues on ads. This mouse bomb is a nasty bit that majes it a target for elimination in my book, if you want to put up with it then great, not good for me. I just couldn't put up with the text links any longer ...

So lets talk about paying for acceess to support a site. I had offered to pay for a personal view of the site site free of banner ads etc., in the past. Anyone want to open up that discussion?. :?

[nofear360]

So lets talk about paying for acceess to support a site. I had offered to pay for a personal view of the site site free of banner ads etc., in the past. Anyone want to open up that discussion?. :?
You don't wanna go there :P.

[CleanSweep31]

You don't wanna go there :P.

We could have a Gold and Silver memebership ... 8)

[Paul Tancred]

Erm, no offence Jay, but where are said ads? I don't see them. :?

[Rossko_UK]

Erm, no offence Jay, but where are said ads? I don't see them. :?

You're telling us that you cannot see the underlined words for advertisements?! (Unless you have them blocked of course.)

[UKJAY]

You're telling us that you cannot see the underlined words for advertisements?! (Unless you have them blocked of course.)

Other people on the front page are also suggesting blocking ads from here, so I don't think putting the underlined words up was a good thing ;)

Im not sure if anyone else has this problem, but when I type in the comments box on the front page it doesn't seem to recognise me typing anything. I have to press the letters a few times to get them to appear.

(No it's not my laptop keyboard)

It's ok typing in the forums and in everything else I do, but the comments box on the front page takes me a couple of go's to type in a word. If I write block fluently without looking it appears a 'blck' and I'd have to go back and press 'o' 3 times? Weird... maybe its IE7

[Cage]

Im not sure if anyone else has this problem, but when I type in the comments box on the front page it doesn't seem to recognise me typing anything. I have to press the letters a few times to get them to appear.

(No it's not my laptop keyboard)

It's ok typing in the forums and in everything else I do, but the comments box on the front page takes me a couple of go's to type in a word. If I write block fluently without looking it appears a 'blck' and I'd have to go back and press 'o' 3 times? Weird... maybe its IE7

I had the same problem on another forum I visit. Also on vista with IE7. The problem disappeard after upgrading my flash plugin. Give it a try, it might solve the problem for you 2.

[Curry]

This kind of advertisement was once part of xboxic back in june 2006. Don't know why Curry got rid of them but it looks like they're back.
Because they paid beyond crap. I ran it as an experiment at the time, and payout was abysmal, so I got rid of them: as you know and has been pointed out here I try to maintain a healthy relationship between irritation caused by ads and their value to the site.
As long as these ads give the guys a few bucks extra a month I don't mind them being on the frontpage O-)
It's rather more than a few bucks this time round, it's an important step to me finally not losing 4-digit figures per month anymore from running these sites.
EDIT: @Cleansweep. Blocking ads is like stealing from the site in a weird kind of way. Curry will explain it shortly, I'm sure of that.. I remember his earlier rants about guys using ad blockers and stuff..
It's simply theft :)

I'm planning to offer some kind of subscription btw later this year, that removes all advertising from our pages for a small yearly fee. Essentially it's the same: you pay for using the site either by viewing our ads, or by paying with money :)

Erm, no offence Jay, but where are said ads? I don't see them. :?
Well you're just a lucky Irishman :) See:
Vibrant In-Text Advertising and SmartAD advertising campaigns run in the following countries/regions: USA, UK, Canada, France, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Btw I honestly don't see the problem with in-text advertising, it's an advertising system I've never been bothered about myself. They're clearly recognisable, they're only in the actual content (not comments etc.), and they don't do shit unless you hover them. It's not like they make sound or flash, or actually block content unless you explicitly activate them by hovering.

[Messiah]

Bah, two words on a frontpage is normal.

This (http://wiki.xboxic.com/Xbox_Live_Arcade) and this (http://wiki.xboxic.com/Burger_King) are much more worrying. I'd help out on the Wiki, but I have no fecking clue what to do.

We already fixed that. You now need an account to edit in the Wiki. And if you want the help out. Add me on MSN, i'll explain you everything :)

[Curry]

Wiki corruption went out of hand yeah so we disabled anonymous editing. Wiki's sort of end-of-line anyway, we'll be importing all the information in there in custom game info section later this year :)

[TRIGGER M4N]

OMG confirmed front page redisgn?!

[Curry]

Oh did I say that? O-)

[Rival24]

You implied it!

[Messiah]

OMG confirmed front page redisgn?!

sssssshttttttt O-)

[nofear360]

What FP redesign? :P

[UKJAY]

Is front page design such a big deal?

[nofear360]

Is front page design such a big deal?
It is for the crew :X.

[Paul Tancred]

You're telling us that you cannot see the underlined words for advertisements?! (Unless you have them blocked of course.)

No, I don't have an ad-blocker. I do, however (and have previously admitted to this), have a pop-up blocker.


Well you're just a lucky Irishman


Luck o' the Irish, I tell ye. 8)

[UKJAY]

It is for the crew :X.

Those little ad words things are ok and barely noticable if it was ones you had to click rather than ones that make pop ups, so far each one has tried linking me to xbox.com

[Chris]

i'd pay. <3

[UKJAY]

i'd pay. <3

Yeah Im happy to pay...never mind ad blockers stealing - these ads are pinching our bandwidth..:?:D

[Rival24]

MONEY!!!! :9~

[Curry]

No, I don't have an ad-blocker. I do, however (and have previously admitted to this), have a pop-up blocker.
Everyone with a decent browser does :P

[xYouGot0wnedx]

I really don't see a problem with these ads.
I have hovered over them on accident, but it's not a real big deal. Life goes on. It's just a web page. And if you want this web page to continue to be here, then you're just going to have to deal with the ads.

[UKJAY]

I really don't see a problem with these ads.
I have hovered over them on accident, but it's not a real big deal. Life goes on. It's just a web page. And if you want this web page to continue to be here, then you're just going to have to deal with the ads.

I disagree because it's not as if the ads are uncontrollable. In a minute I guess there'll be more ads than news content. It doesn't take a lot to push something too far that then makes it distasteful.

Everyone is aware that websites cost money to run thats undisputable and most ads here I hardly notice. The ones with the words are in your face and most people know how to deal with a site that is over run with ads dont they?

Plus I would pay to use the site ad free only because I come here often and its now part of a daily routine. I even tried donating once but I didn't because I don't want my address known to any of the crew as I am not aware of who can access what and that'll be the same with registering to pay for site usage - will addresses be necessary? but these questions dont need to be asked just yet I suppose.

[Curry]

I think you're in the far minority of people who honestly care about the in-text ads, but hey that's your free right :) In general I think you'll have to agree I've always been extremely lenient, and have blocked several campaigns once there were complaints from the community. In this case it's not a matter of a few dollars for a single small campaign though.

As for donating, there's a big 'Donate via Paypal' button on the FP, that's completely anonymous except for your Paypal-linked email address. And I'll state right here and now that anyone who's done a decently-sized donation to the sites is free to block banners subsequently, that's a fair deal :)

Site subscriptions later on will also only require email addresses of course, assuming you'd pay via Paypal. For other payment methods, such as credit card, you'd still only expose your real name, not address info, to the seller.

[UKJAY]

Yeah you are quite lenient and the forums itself which I use most only have ONE advert, so maybe I should shut up now :D

[Curry]

Hehe wasn't trying to shut you up or anything :P Just saying that I'm trying to balance the need for income with the pleasantness of our users' stay, and I think the text ads strike a far better balance there than most of the junk I have blocked before by user request ;)

[UKJAY]

Hehe wasn't trying to shut you up or anything :P Just saying that I'm trying to balance the need for income with the pleasantness of our users' stay, and I think the text ads strike a far better balance there than most of the junk I have blocked before by user request ;)

No it's cool, I had read my earlier post's & thought I went on too much because I had realised that the pages I really see most only have one advert - which then made me feel stupid.

No complaints on the FHM rollover one though :)

[MueR]

No complaints on the FHM rollover one though :)
I wonder why.... O-)

[wakeboardnmoto]

heh i was about to post a topic about the same thing but u guys beat me to it. they are very bothersome to me imo, and its the whole reason i left the QJ.net scene, ull know what im talkin about if youve ever used their sites, these text links are about the last thing i can take, i delt with them on QJ, but it soon got out of hand please dont let it happen here too! O+
the QJ sites are so bad now you cant even do anything theres soooo many ads, just clicking on the webpage opens like 10 popups, and news returns like 5 additional, and so on, u get the point

[YoinkIRL]

Yeah, those in-text things are killing me. I don't use an adblocker because I know how important it is for advertising on a site to keep it running, but I do believe I'm going to have to do the little fix to stop myself from being assaulted when trying to read interesting news articles.

[max2663]

i have no problems with the ads as long as they aren't those silly ones which say "hellooo" every ten seconds!!!!

[UKJAY]

heh i was about to post a topic about the same thing but u guys beat me to it. they are very bothersome to me imo, and its the whole reason i left the QJ.net scene, ull know what im talkin about if youve ever used their sites, these text links are about the last thing i can take, i delt with them on QJ, but it soon got out of hand please dont let it happen here too! O+
the QJ sites are so bad now you cant even do anything theres soooo many ads, just clicking on the webpage opens like 10 popups, and news returns like 5 additional, and so on, u get the point

I hear you brother....

[Curry]

heh i was about to post a topic about the same thing but u guys beat me to it. they are very bothersome to me imo, and its the whole reason i left the QJ.net scene, ull know what im talkin about if youve ever used their sites, these text links are about the last thing i can take, i delt with them on QJ, but it soon got out of hand please dont let it happen here too! O+
the QJ sites are so bad now you cant even do anything theres soooo many ads, just clicking on the webpage opens like 10 popups, and news returns like 5 additional, and so on, u get the point
Point duly taken, and rest assured that I have no intention at all to let advertising get more intrusive like this. Put directly, I have no intention at all to change my policy concerning popups/unders, audio, warning dialogs or epilepsy-inducing advertising. I also have no intention of having any kind of 'content-blocking' advertising, however I do reserve the right to start using occasional interstitials (the IGN/Gamespot-like full-page ads that show 'Continue to site' in the top right) once we offer an ad-free subscription service.

[UKJAY]

I do reserve the right to start using occasional interstitials (the IGN/Gamespot-like full-page ads that show 'Continue to site' in the top right) once we offer an ad-free subscription service.

I guess it's visitor stat's that determines if it affects your website in anyway...as in how many click 'Continue to Site' or just leave. Be nice if some sites let you choose what type of ads you want to see, (I've ordered a few holiday brochures from ad's Ive seen here recently for my mother 'holidaycottages' ) but I've often avoided the front page by just bookmarking: forum.xboxic.com - will the forums also change in line with your new ad plans?

[Curry]

Not much. No interstitials for sure, that's dead irritating on forums.

Also forums are less interesting for advertisers, that's the plain and simple reason they usually have less advertising on them.

[kobejonez]

I'd rather Curry be able to keep the place open, the ads are easy to ignore.
As long as we don't head into spyware territory I'm not fussed.(Unlikely, but thats where I'd draw the line.)

[Curry]

And that's way beyond where I draw the line :)

I actually got an email last week from some company wanting to run a campaign with payment based on 'successful client installs' of their software. I rejected it :)

[CleanSweep31]

I will say from the wii -- the in line text link/ads are very very bad.

[max2663]

how much would you be thinking of making us dish out IF we had to pay?

[Rival24]

€9843,32 or a kidney.

[huricanelane]

€9843,32 or a kidney.

Does it have to be our kidney, or can it be someone elses?

[Paul Tancred]

€9843,32 or a kidney.

I thought it was the Dutch who paid for things with a kidney... like, a hoax game show, for example ;)

[Curry]

how much would you be thinking of making us dish out IF we had to pay?
Nothing decided yet but the ad-free subscription would probably end up between 10 and 20 dollar/euro per year or something.

[_Chris_]

Gold and Silver forum accounts:P

[Chris]

I'D GO GOLD!!

[wakeboardnmoto]

i dunno i sure like seein italian meat trio pizzas for $11.99 from papa johns, AND I CAN ORDER ONLINE TOO?!

[HylianHitman]

Maybe there should be a 'report bad ad' link.

For bad ads, you know.

[Curry]

i dunno i sure like seein italian meat trio pizzas for $11.99 from papa johns, AND I CAN ORDER ONLINE TOO?!
Thanks for shutting up everyone who says ads are all crap and always irrelevant to them :+

[MueR]

Knowing how you do not want "alert boxes" as ads, maybe you should look at this one:
http://cdn.fastclick.net/fastclick.net/cid82224/media160944.gif
http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?cid=82224&mid=160944&sid=30082&m=1&c=5700

[_Chris_]

...:?

[Rival24]

Isn't an alert box something like "ZOMG YOUR COMPUTAH IZ INF3CT3D!!!" ?

[Messiah]

Isn't an alert box something like "ZOMG YOUR COMPUTAH IZ INF3CT3D!!!" ?

With f0 y0 fr33 Sp4/\/\

[Curry]

Knowing how you do not want "alert boxes" as ads, maybe you should look at this one:
http://cdn.fastclick.net/fastclick.net/cid82224/media160944.gif
http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?cid=82224&mid=160944&sid=30082&m=1&c=5700
"Alert boxes" fake Windows message boxes with bullshit messages that you are infected by viruses and the like :)

[Cage]

I love ads \o/
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h10/cage1978/ad1.jpg

[UKJAY]

damn...u got the luck of the ad cycle there...

[UKJAY]

When the new site is done with memberships...is it still vBulletin or maybe Invision Power Board? - just wondered...

[MueR]

The site will remain with vBulletin I think. It offers good subscription integration (native), and is thus a very good way of handling it.

As a matter of fact, I'm sure of it. Curry uses vBulletin for all of his (customer's) websites. It's one of the best board systems available, so why change a winning team?

[UKJAY]

The site will remain with vBulletin I think. It offers good subscription integration (native), and is thus a very good way of handling it.

As a matter of fact, I'm sure of it. Curry uses vBulletin for all of his (customer's) websites. It's one of the best board systems available, so why change a winning team?

phew...that IPB one has 'the' worst User CP ever!! - I like vBulletin...

[UKJAY]

How long have we been having Flash based adverts here...RAC tries to access my computer & the protected mode on my IE7 makes it shut down, and not allow me access here until I allow it again.

Then when I allowed it...Vista had to do one of those solve the problem things online and I needed Flash Player 9 too...grrr it was annoying.

[wakeboardnmoto]

I love ads \o/
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h10/cage1978/ad1.jpg

what the hell I WANT SOME OF THESE ADS!!!
im tired of the pizza ones already :9~

[Curry]

How long have we been having Flash based adverts here...
Since day 1, just more noticeable recently with game ads improving (the Jericho campaign running right now for example).

[UKJAY]

Since day 1, just more noticeable recently with game ads improving (the Jericho campaign running right now for example).

Then the problem is my crappy IE7...

[Rossko_UK]

Then the problem is my crappy IE7...

Firefox has no issues...

[_Chris_]

Indeed Jay, just join the dark side. Firefox that is...

[UKJAY]

I've both now...lol im a bit Bi-Browseral...

[wakeboardnmoto]

nah its all about NETSCAPE!! but still...Mozilla FTW

[YoinkIRL]

I've both now...lol im a bit Bi-Browseral...

Then I guess I'm a tri-browseral. =[

Internet Explorer > Opera > Firefox. In all honestly.

[UKJAY]

Then I guess I'm a tri-browseral. =[

Internet Explorer > Opera > Firefox. In all honestly.

Now that's just being greedy...:D - browser orgy...
-
In another note, the ads on the front page aren't all that bad when you get used to them really.

[YoinkIRL]

Ya I'd agree, except for the sound ones. When I'm at work and I accidentally mouse over a sound one ... it's kind of like "LOOK IM NOT DOING WORK LOL IM LOOKING AT A VIDEO GAME WEBSITE FOR XBOX". =[

[Fanappy]

Lol turn off your speaks do u actually need them on for work???

[Chris]

browsergasm.

[Chris]

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2881/adne9.png
I remember an 'I love our ads' thread, but I can't remember if it was crew only.

[Gaz-DanaWalker]

the one thats annoying me over the web is Craig David's (give us a rewind and i'll pump you on a Tuesday) new album advert. I hate the bloomin ones that take over your screen!

[UKJAY]

T-Mobile is doing my head in... move your mouse and it opens up to half a page !

[Curry]

Ya I'd agree, except for the sound ones. When I'm at work and I accidentally mouse over a sound one ... it's kind of like "LOOK IM NOT DOING WORK LOL IM LOOKING AT A VIDEO GAME WEBSITE FOR XBOX". =[
Do like I always did at clients: turn off sound unless you need it for something :+

In all honesty, as you all know my policy is to shun ads that involuntarily hinder browsing or play sounds. Hovering over an ad is outside that policy because it constitutes a user action, and as such is allowed to make sound (within limits) and expand, as long as it can be easily reverted or cancelled by the user (either by clicking a close button or moving the mouse away).

[UKJAY]

I love the sunny Tel-Aviv lets all go to Israel ad...

Moreso cos it's the last place I'd go - aren't they all killing each other over/close/near there... :)

[Fanappy]

well isn't that a given all over Israel someone is shooting someone or blowing up a bus

[Curry]

well isn't that a given all over Israel someone is shooting someone or blowing up a bus
Not all over, I believe some 10~20% of the country is safe.

[The_Glovner]

All these annoying ads and spam on the front pages and I can't even innocently post me HTML widget.

Balls.

A widget, that may I add, only does anything with user interaction so not unlike the hover ads.

Anyway, not bitter, just upset I can't let everyone play with my widget.

[Chris]

I'll play with your widget.

[Curry]

All these annoying ads and spam on the front pages and I can't even innocently post me HTML widget.

Balls.

A widget, that may I add, only does anything with user interaction so not unlike the hover ads.

Anyway, not bitter, just upset I can't let everyone play with my widget.
What did I miss? :?

[UKJAY]

He wanted to put something for everyone to see in the General Slowchat thread, except html isn't on so all it showed was the code for it in text view...

He's making a point that with all your ad's and the pointless comments on the FP - what he wanted to show was quite small in comparison... (I think :P )

[wakeboardnmoto]

how long is the "widget" :9~ hahaha j/k

[The_Glovner]

He wanted to put something for everyone to see in the General Slowchat thread, except html isn't on so all it showed was the code for it in text view...

He's making a point that with all your ad's and the pointless comments on the FP - what he wanted to show was quite small in comparison... (I think :P )

Exactly my point.

As for length I can always change the size so just tell me what fits with you and I will adjust length and girth.

[Fanappy]

That sounds very painfull

[Curry]

Exactly my point.
HTML is disabled on every bulletin board in the world for the simple reason that it enables thousands of known and unknown exploit methods to steal people's sessions etc., it's nothing personal ;)

<script type="text/javascript">
foreach(document.cookie as gimme)
gimme.sendToHacker();
</script>

\o/

[The_Glovner]

HTML is disabled on every bulletin board in the world for the simple reason that it enables thousands of known and unknown exploit methods to steal people's sessions etc., it's nothing personal ;)

<script type="text/javascript">
foreach(document.cookie as gimme)
gimme.sendToHacker();
</script>

\o/

Ah well, fair point, don't tell me you ain't curious about fiddling with my widgets.

<a href="http://www.myspace.com/uksmiler">They can all be found at WWW.Myspace.com/uksmiler</a>

I knew it wouldn't work, just being a bitch, lol.

[Chris]

I already told you I'd play with your widget!

[UKJAY]

I just spent £80.00 by clicking the Loreal Men advert here... do you get any commision??

[Fetter]

I'm getting a little tired of these ones where it says my page is loading. I have to wait 10 seconds to be able to skip the ad then my page actually does load. I hate these things.

[UKJAY]

I'm getting a little tired of these ones where it says my page is loading. I have to wait 10 seconds to be able to skip the ad then my page actually does load. I hate these things.

Oh yeah they're awful... but I keep seeing the ones where I am the 10,000th visitor and I may have won a car. I've been the 10,000th visitor almost every day now.

[Rossko_UK]

I'm getting a little tired of these ones where it says my page is loading. I have to wait 10 seconds to be able to skip the ad then my page actually does load. I hate these things.

They appear for Xboxic/ICG?

Oh yeah they're awful... but I keep seeing the ones where I am the 10,000th visitor and I may have won a car. I've been the 10,000th visitor almost every day now.

Congratz!

[UKJAY]

They appear for Xboxic/ICG?



Congratz!

haha...cheers - Im building up a nice collection of free Audi's :P

[Rossko_UK]

haha...cheers - Im building up a nice collection of free Audi's :P

I hope you can win drivers too then.

[Fetter]

They appear for Xboxic/ICG?

God yes... I'm so sick of them.

[Rossko_UK]

God yes... I'm so sick of them.

Wow, I didn't know that. Doesn't happen for me.

[Fetter]

Wow, I didn't know that. Doesn't happen for me.

I wish I could be so lucky...

[Curry]

They shouldn't be happening but it's become increasingly hard the past few months to track down misbehaving ads :(

[Fetter]

I those ones needs to be eliminated.

Switching from this thread back to new posts...
http://www.betterwithfetter.com/Pictures/bad_advertising.bmp

[Curry]

I those ones needs to be eliminated.

Switching from this thread back to new posts...
Bah that's a fucked up interstitial :(

Rest assured I don't want to run them, but networks are a bitch to maintain, and especially this time of year. Like I've said before, interstitials are out of the question, and may only in the future be introduced on the frontpage when we're offering an alternative, and never on the forums.

[Fetter]

Bah that's a fucked up interstitial :(

Rest assured I don't want to run them, but networks are a bitch to maintain, and especially this time of year. Like I've said before, interstitials are out of the question, and may only in the future be introduced on the frontpage when we're offering an alternative, and never on the forums.

Trust me man, I understand about needing to get revenue back on running this site. I'm not against that at all... unless they really interrupt going through the site smoothly. That's my only complaint. Other than that, rock on!

[Rival24]

Trust me man, I understand about needing to get revenue back on running this site. I'm not against that at all... unless they really interrupt going through the site smoothly. That's my only complaint. Other than that, rock on!

That's exactly what these interstitial fuckers are preventing :(

[Fetter]

That's exactly what these interstitial fuckers are preventing :(

Therefore the reason I wrote that in my sentance.

[UKJAY]

Twice today an ad called Workopolis has stopped me going straight to the forums it takes up a whole page with a 15 second countdown timer and then the new posts page opens. ?? awful

[Curry]

Found and blocked.

[UKJAY]

thankyou \o/

[shuandrew]

I got that same Workopolis link yesterday, while clicking on a link to a story I'd found via the Nintendic search.

[nofear360]

I got that same Workopolis link yesterday, while clicking on a link to a story I'd found via the Nintendic search.
I got it a day or two ago as well :(.

[Fetter]

I'm glad to see those gone... they were so bad... :)

[CleanSweep31]

FYI - These ads are getting bad again ....

[mass9]

FYI - These ads are getting bad again ....

Curry's got to eat, no?
And I'm sure those wooden shoes the Dutch are so crazy about aren't free either.

[wakeboardnmoto]

Please get rid of these NetFlix ads!!!!! everytime i want to access the forum, i get redirected to that ad for about 60 seconds, it is very frustrating, im not really a big fan of those enlarging ads that block half the front page and only go away if you click on them.....:(

[Rossko_UK]

Wow, must be region specific again as I don't have any issues with the ads.

[_Chris_]

Wow, must be region specific again as I don't have any issues with the ads.

I: was thinking the same thing, i get the banner ad at the top of the page, thats it.

[CleanSweep31]

Wel, the ads are pretty bad here, blocking access to pages and auto expanding from their header. I cleared my block list so now I am getting them again, I understand that the site needs money to survive, give me a place to pay the $5 a year you will get from banner views and ad link clicks ... get me ad free :)

You could call it a "bake sale" and offer to sell a "cookie" that logs you past the banner ads or something. \o/

[whatev]

lol @ bake sale.

[CleanSweep31]

now I have to resport to blocking the ads ..... :-(

Update: So I did that and donate my $5.

[Chris]

How do you ignore ads that don't let you ignore them? (through firefox)

[MueR]

No problems here with the ads, aside from the occasional blinding flashing crap. Trouble with these type of ads is; they're one provider who has more names then banners. Blocking them from ad networks is hell. Keep reporting them though, maybe some day they will learn and die.

[Strawbs]

I don't mind the advertising but can't you make the sensitivity or the timing a bit different? It doesn't take much for that circuit city pop up to jump in front of your face several times while browsing the site. Can you make is so that the "pop up" does not occur unless your mouse cursor is on the AD box for a certain amount of seconds. Like after 2 or 3 seconds? Am I making sense because sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying. 8)

[Chris]

I don't mind the advertising but can't you make the sensitivity or the timing a bit different? It doesn't take much for that circuit city pop up to jump in front of your face several times while browsing the site. Can you make is so that the "pop up" does not occur unless your mouse cursor is on the AD box for a certain amount of seconds. Like after 2 or 3 seconds? Am I making sense because sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying. 8)

You ARE making sense. "Roll over to get started" is bullshit. It just pops up automatically. It covers the 'new posts' link every fucking time I click to do anything. AND it really fucks up phone browsers. I've been trying to tell them for months now.
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9763/circuityu7.png

[wakeboardnmoto]

Wow, must be region specific again as I don't have any issues with the ads.

Thank god im glad you guys are having the same problem cause i was pissed thinkin i was the only with that goddamn ad poppin up everytime i accessed the site :-(:-(:-( its soooo frustrating

[Curry]

I don't mind the advertising but can't you make the sensitivity or the timing a bit different? It doesn't take much for that circuit city pop up to jump in front of your face several times while browsing the site. Can you make is so that the "pop up" does not occur unless your mouse cursor is on the AD box for a certain amount of seconds. Like after 2 or 3 seconds? Am I making sense because sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying. 8)
Jesus that one's aggressive :X Dunno if I can do much about it though, this kind of ads is hosted by hosters by hosters by our ad companies etc. blahblah.

[The_Glovner]

BRING DOWN THEIR SITE!!!!

POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

Meh, I don't get it, so fuck it, ain't my problem. Just chillax wait for it to split and everything will be kewl.

[_Chris_]

So glad i get no pop ups and shit.

[Strawbs]

Sometimes it pops up even when my cursor is in the middle or bottom of the page. It isn't even close to "rolling over" the ad and it triggers.;(

[MueR]

As I apparently keep missing it, could you guys try and get some info on the damn thing? Like for example the host where it's on?

[Fetter]

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9763/circuityu7.png

I hate that auto pop-up.... it's so annoying!

[UKJAY]

oh them...dont they appear only when u place mouse over them?

[HylianHitman]

Well, that's what they should do.

[wakeboardnmoto]

oh them...dont they appear only when u place mouse over them?

Nope. :r

[Chris]

I only have:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/home.do?cm_ven=CONTENT%20SITE&cm_cat=TREMOR&cm_pla=MAY%20JUNE%202008%20CAMPAIGN-%3EPOINTROLL%20GIFT%20GIVING-BAD&cm_ite=279416%20PROMOTIONAL_POINTROLL_GIFT_GIVING-BADBOY&cm_keycode=793258&om_keycode=793258

Which I assume is NOT what you need.

maybe....this?

aka-cdn-ns.adtechus.com

[Fetter]

oh them...dont they appear only when u place mouse over them?

Supposed to be... but ya just typing right now and it jumps up and down on it's own... so stupid.

[MueR]

I only have:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/home.do?cm_ven=CONTENT%20SITE&cm_cat=TREMOR&cm_pla=MAY%20JUNE%202008%20CAMPAIGN-%3EPOINTROLL%20GIFT%20GIVING-BAD&cm_ite=279416%20PROMOTIONAL_POINTROLL_GIFT_GIVING-BADBOY&cm_keycode=793258&om_keycode=793258

Which I assume is NOT what you need.

maybe....this?

aka-cdn-ns.adtechus.com

Will take a look at it.

[Cage]

Maybe this is of any help? This is the link where that extremely vile ad directs to :
http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink%7C5071%7C273819%7C0%7C225%7CAdId=59614;BnId =1;itime=283636954;nodecode=yes;link=

Hop this helps to get rid of it cause it's coming up almost every time now..|:(

[46Matt]

I rarely get any ads, most of the time accross the top of the page it's just blank and says 'The page cannot be displayed'.

[Fetter]

I rarely get any ads, most of the time accross the top of the page it's just blank and says 'The page cannot be displayed'.

You don't know how lucky you are....

[_Chris_]

Yeah thats all i get too, is that a UK thing? LONG LIVE UK NON AD....NESS!!!!

[Chris]

http://a.tribalfusion.com/h.click/akmMBkWUUSVWU2mb3qPrrqXTYt5Ebg2anYoanD1rfgTtZbRoAY JmsfqotQJ3a3i2W6N4AbZdnbnL0srX1cZbYXGFnnEbU5U32VFJ ZbVP70QanQSV3pStZbOYdZbrTPbv4GvXYFQZcV6yw56FhQmbE2 HMt1WQApaAJtKaeRD/http://www.classmates.com/?s=74174

http://cdn5.tribalfusion.com/media/1284236/classmates_FPBA.gif

there's another shitty one

[46Matt]

A hand model?

[Chris]

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1148/deskyd2.png

[wakeboardnmoto]

I despise that ad as well, and as I am typing this, that damn Circuit City Ad is blocking half my page involuntarily

[The_Glovner]

No ad's here.

Which is a shame because I would laugh at some of them. Model my fucking arsehole she is.