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Discussion in 'Site Feedback and Suggestions' started by Rick, Apr 17, 2003.

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  1. Rick TechSpot Staff

    Banners are cool, pop ups are bearable... But this.. I don't know. What do you guys think?

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    Rick, Apr 17, 2003
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  2. olefarte TechSpot Ambassador

    I haven't seen that yet. I have Zone Alarm Pro, maybe that stopped it.
    olefarte, Apr 17, 2003
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  3. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    I haven't seen it yet either, but I agree, that type of ad is really annoying.
    StormBringer, Apr 17, 2003
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  4. Rick TechSpot Staff

    It wiggles, it jiggles and it gets in my way... Extremely annoying!

    I understand that advertising strategies are both necessary and tough these days, but this one I have a very low tolerance for.

    I generally block advertisements.. Except Techspot ads. Unfortunately, I am going to have to start blocking this site's too. :(
    Rick, Apr 17, 2003
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  5. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    I got a couple of those. Don't like them. But at least you can close those. There are some that you can't close, you just have to wait x number of seconds before they go away (see weather.com and tvguide.com for examples).
    SNGX1275, Apr 18, 2003
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  6. Darminato Newcomer, in training

    yeah, I've seen a few of those, mostly on certain Gamespy sites, like PlanetUnreal. Stupid little dancing chick or something. That's barely even an advertisement!

    I mean, yeah, it's nice to see a hot chick dance every now and then but not every single time you visit the site. *sigh*
    Darminato, Apr 18, 2003
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  7. poertner_1274 secroF laicepS topShceT

    I haven't seen this, but that might be due to opera blocking it. It is a good thing, because I am afraid I would go nuts if that popped up on my screen.
    poertner_1274, Apr 18, 2003
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  8. TS | Crazyace Newcomer, in training

    Damn dude, you got me on that one... I have not seen it either, are you sure its not your ISP
    TS | Crazyace, Apr 18, 2003
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  9. novicegamer Newcomer, in training

    I havent seen that either
    novicegamer, Apr 18, 2003
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  10. negroplasty TechSpot Guru

    I haven't seen any of those; not to insult your intelligence or anything Rick, but, where you on another site in a different window or anything like that? Sorry to sound insulting, I don't have the time to rephrase this post to sound more - umm - friendly?
    negroplasty, Apr 18, 2003
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  11. Rick TechSpot Staff

    I am very positive my computer is spyware free.. These advertisements do not pop up on any of my other regular pages... This is the 4 variety I've seen so far. I will take more screen shots as they "pop up". That way you guys can experience them too! hehe. :)

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    Rick, Apr 18, 2003
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  12. Nodsu Newcomer, in training

    Haven't seen any of those.. Maybe I should thank god Operas plugins are so buggy..
    Nodsu, Apr 19, 2003
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  13. Nic TechSpot Paladin

    I noticed that popup matches the background banner at the top of the page. I don't get the popup, but this type of intrusive add gets me very annoyed and would stop me visiting a site. I am using Opera 7 and have ZoneAlarm running, maybe that helps, though I have seen similar adds before. Now if only users would not click on these adds then maybe advertisers would stop using them as they wouldn't be cost effective. Its users that click on these types of annoting adds that lead to them being used more and more.:dead:
    Nic, Apr 19, 2003
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  14. prashidi Newcomer, in training

    I just got that advertisement on the main page as well. Honestly, considering that the ad showed for a couple of seconds on my computer it didnt really bother me. I dont think you will be seeing those on every page that you visit unless you have cookies blocked.
    prashidi, Apr 19, 2003
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  15. olefarte TechSpot Ambassador

    Either I'm just lucky or Zone Alarm is stopping it. I still haven't seen it.
    olefarte, Apr 19, 2003
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  16. prashidi Newcomer, in training

    I think that zonealarm is blocking it because at my house I had zonealarm working and I had not seen it there. Right now I am at my parents house and I had the honor of seeing it in action. :)
    prashidi, Apr 19, 2003
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  17. olefarte TechSpot Ambassador

    The more I look at it, I think for me at least, it is ZA stopping it, because most of the time the ad at the top of the page doesn't even finish loading. I've got ZA set to block any ad that doesn't load in one second.
    olefarte, Apr 19, 2003
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  18. negroplasty TechSpot Guru

    I have now experienced one of these ads, I tried to take a screenshot; but with a Microsoft Office Keyboard, I didn't have the time to press "F Lock" in the top left (unreachable) AND then finally press "PrtScn". But the most important thing is that I don't like this type of advertising one bit, it's way too invasive and just plain old WRONG. It makes me much less enthusiastic to browse the TechSpot Forums if I keep getting these ads taking up my screen at 1152*864.
    negroplasty, Apr 19, 2003
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  19. RustyZip TechSpot Paladin

    I havn't seen any of these yet, and ive got no ad-blocking software installed... Hmmm....
    RustyZip, Apr 19, 2003
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  20. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    Rick isnt' making these thigns up, I've seen it too. Its no good I don't like it.
    SNGX1275, Apr 19, 2003
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