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Am I the only one who are finding the placement of ads in the middle of the threads annoying?

Nope! I think they suck!

No, you are not. I find them irritating as well.

If you want this forum to remain free, I advise you grit your teeth and bear it. :(

If you want this forum to remain free, I advise you grit your teeth and bear it. :(

I don't mind ads when they're at the bottom of the screen or on the upper right side, but when they're in the middle of the thread....

Am I the only one who are finding the placement of ads in the middle of the threads annoying?
At least this is free...

*Gritting* .... *gritting more*
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*Suing omac to be able to buy new teeth*

If you want this forum to remain free, I advise you grit your teeth and bear it. :(

Or adblock it! I don't normally use adblock, but there is a limit to how much ad annoyance I'll put up with, and this is rapidly nearing my limit!

No, they are very annoying in the middle of the thread. Nothing wrong with them at the top of the page.

No, they are very annoying in the middle of the thread. Nothing wrong with them at the top of the page.

Well, it's more likely you'll click them in the middle of the thread, adding revenue to this forum.

I hate the one that says "You have one message" because I almost fell for it.

Well, it's more likely you'll click them in the middle of the thread, adding revenue to this forum.

Actually I am less likely - the more people get in my face with advertising the less likely I am to buy from them. In this case I am never ever going to click on one of these adverts in the middle of the page.

It seems to be part of an increasing trend across the internet to make advertising more intrusive and less avoidable. Obviously it's because companies want to increase visibility. But personally I feel in the end it's counter-productive as it just makes consumers more pissed off with them.

It seems to be part of an increasing trend across the internet to make advertising more intrusive and less avoidable. Obviously it's because companies want to increase visibility. But personally I feel in the end it's counter-productive as it just makes consumers more pissed off with them.

agreed.

Actually I am less likely - the more people get in my face with advertising the less likely I am to buy from them. In this case I am never ever going to click on one of these adverts in the middle of the page.

Clicking it 50 times or so will bother them, there's tracking fees with every click and I'm not sure these sorts of ads aren't pay-per-click as well.

When they notice enormous amounts of non-conversion clicks coming from here, they might take it off the affiliate list.

I've never quite known as to the criminal status of this, if I was a rival business I'm sure I could be done but I'm not entirely sure about individuals.

Just in case, I absolutely do not recommend people click on this ads each time they enter a thread in order to conduct this experiment as part of a mass show of disapproval.

*clicks*

No, they are very annoying in the middle of the thread. Nothing wrong with them at the top of the page.

amen. but there you go, nothing is really free is it?

we've had ads in the top right corner for over a year. These new ads are just a way for the owners of the site to cash in at the expense of our dignity. I am accusing Max Berry of selling out, thats right, damn pig.

It makes reading previous posts a damn right pain.
Geez....

A Flash blocker helps if you have Firefox.

adblock is always a fun thing to have (though I still get this little sponsored links thing)

am I the only one who is seriously pissed off at OMAC?

Am I the only one who are finding the placement of ads in the middle of the threads annoying?

Especially the ones strategically placed right under the OP so one can't escape them. However, currently I only see a blank space titled "Sponsored Links" - is it my ad-blocker software or did something actually change? (I saw the actual ads yesterday, or I wouldn't ask...)

Yup. blank space here too...
hope they got the drift and are in the process of removing them.

I am getting none at the top of the screen, but still getting the annoying one below the top post.

Yes I find them annoying, but what I find annoying is not the add it is the big white patch I see because there is no ad there. Does anyone else see that or can you see ads?

Adblock plus and NoScript. I hadn't known there were ads until this thread.

Seriously, they advertise stuff on here? What the fuck?

Hey! Everyone stop complaining or i'll miss my chance for a free MacBook Air!!

Let me just give them my address and credit card number and I should be all set...

This post (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13859852&postcount=6) in Technical gives the current position.


Originally Posted by Aztor
Also, I wonder if the presence of ads linking to pr0n and/or illegal online gambling will get this site blacklisted on public computers.

We've been asked to track any such inappropriate ads and bring them to the attention of Jolt. They're using a new service provider, and my understanding of the arrangement is that we're using COPPA compliance and the UK's BBFC 12A standard for both ads and forum participation. This is fairly similar to the MPAA PG 13 rules for movie rating that NS mods have been using for some time.

So, if you spot an ad that doesn't appear appropriate, make a note of it here. If you're willing, click the link and post the target URL. We'll bring it to the attention of the Jolt Admins (who are much more approachable* now under the OMAC model).




* No, that approachability doesn't mean that we have enough influence to ask them to abandon their revenue model and remove the ads, so don't ask.

You'll note the "make a note of it here" refers to that thread, in Technical, not this one.

Ad-block for the win.

Adblock plus and NoScript. I hadn't known there were ads until this thread.

Seriously, they advertise stuff on here? What the fuck?

I use the same. I haven't seen any ads.

Those of you who are seeing ads need to get Firefox 3, Adblock and NoScript.

You'll find your experience much more satisfying.

I use the built in "block content" feature on Opera. I block any annoying ads. I'd never click on those anyway.

Am I the only one who are finding the placement of ads in the middle of the threads annoying?No, you're not.
I think I'm going to write a greasemonkey script to remove them from my view. I'm ok with ads, but only if they don't annoy me. And this is annoying.

I absolutely adore them.

I only see the sponsored link under the OP. I can ignore that.

NoScript is keeping the ads from being annoying, bu I'd rather see them on the top of the screen than right in the middle of a debate.

I like the ads, they just don't go far enough! I demand advertisements be placed on the insides of my eyelids, so they fill my every waking and sleeping moment with clever animations and shameless whoring out of shitty internet companies trying too late to cash in on the dot com bubble!

Am I the only one who are finding the placement of ads in the middle of the threads annoying?

You're the only one finding Ads in the middle of the threads. *Brings out the happy men in the white coats*

Must...Not...Laugh....

Meh. Ads are a sign that the owners of the forum are either:

*Poor

*Just assholes looking to make a profit

*Completely nuts

*Nerds who wanted to prove they could do it

At least this is free...

So are any number of other forums.

Am I the only one who are finding the placement of ads in the middle of the threads annoying?

No, not really. They suck. Also, let's see if OMAC deletes this post: OMAC smells like poo.

I hate that "I've got a birthday surprise for you" one

Am I the only one who are finding the placement of ads in the middle of the threads annoying?

Nope, they totally suck and are incredibly annoying.:soap:

I find them rather irritating. I think we should have LG bombard OMAC hq with tacos until they give in.

All my ads are in Spanish now. I keep ad-blocker off on NS for t3h lulz.

Adblock got them for me :)

Bally well hate them well the big white space its bally well annoying

Well AdBlock is working for me, I'm happy now.