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I think somebody has already mentioned this but the all the ads and especially the blinkers and pop-ups really bring this site down as far as it being an enjoyable place to visit. I find that I have to make an effort to ignore the distractions. I realize that alex needs the money to keep the site going but blinking ads aren't really necessary in my personal opinion. Actually I'm wondering why advertising is needed to begin with in the first place for this type of board but maybe I can't see the big picture. I've had several boards over the years and we ran with no outside advertising income which I think the visitors appreciated. I don't think I understand the dynamics of this particular site yet so give me a little slack.
As I'm writing this I have this blazing animation for some kind of 'world warcraft' game blasting away on the left side of my screen. Is this some kind of autistic related advertising thing I don't understand?
Hope this post doesn't get all twisted around as most of mine do.
Thanks

It might be a distraction for some ASD types to have the blinking or moving banners. But it's hard to avoid that when ads are served up by a 2nd party (e.g. Google). Perhaps the agreement for the advertising server can include no animated gifs, like does Google have a no animated gif ad option?

This might also be a good time to point out that it is possible to donate to WP and become a supporter.

I know that with my email service, if you pay the annual subscription rate, when you connect you don't get ads in the webmail interface. Otherwise the webmail interface is full of ads (for those who use the email account for free). Perhaps WP has (or could add) an ads-free option for those who pay to support the site.

With ad revenue falling all over the internet, it might be a good time to donate something to WP, to help support the site. If there were a lot of subscribers, perhaps the number and type of ads on the site could be reduced.

You sound very much like an advertising agent. I will happily donate if those in charge will take down the ads.

If I remember correctly google uses text ads that relate to keywords that are already on the page.

garyww, switch to firefox and get AdBlock.

problem fixed.

next!



("I'm Wolf. I solve problems.")

Advertising is what makes America Great, and only a terrorist would speak against them.

Advertising helps people find products, which is the Free Enterprise System! Without it life would be a socialist nightmare of the government chosing what industries to support, a centerally directed economy, where money losing businesses would be refunded their losses, bailed out, by government, all paid for by putting the people in debt for generations to come.

That is the road to serfdom, to enslaving generations in debt servitude!

There are but two choices, click on Support Wrong Planet Awareness at the top of the page, and donate to keep the site running, or put up with the ads provided by a third party, who has little idea what this place is other than a billboard.

Many of the regular posters have donated, and that provided enough funds to keep Wrong planet going for almost a month. I think it was spent on a used server.

Hosting this site costs every month, donations do not cover costs, ads do.

We are being kept by Zwinkys!

It is the only way to cover Alex's million dollar a year income, and $250,000 Christmas bonus.

am also recommend using these,would never have known of these problems if it wasn't for garywws post, and the other posts on the wrongplanet.net discussion board about this problem.

garyww,
if are wanting to get firefox,and haven't got around to it yet,here are the links to them:
firefox> http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/firefox/
adblock plus> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

I have no special knowledge about the financial arrangements of this site but based upon my past experiences owning several similar discussion boards I seriously doubt that the traffic here is 'exceptional' to the extent that this level of advertising is more appropriate than donations so don't try to double talk me and make rationalizations about why the ads are 'essential' because they are not.

yeah I still can't get over the fact that there are people who choose to use browsers that don't block adverts

most ads just give me the creeps. they are so banal

I truly appreciate the tips. I am not a good computer guy even though I am a programmer but I will follow the suggestions. It's a neat idea when we can use a browser that blocks all the ads our host site wants us to see and then they wonder why the money isn't coming in. The Internet is just so wonderful.

yes, whenever I see the "FireFox has blocked a pop-up window from appearing" thing I feel a wild rush of satisfaction.

I'm going to switch browsers later tonight but I just noticed that the site says it needs around $280 a month to stay on line and it seems to me that if just 14 of use contributed $20 then the ads wouldn't be needed anymore. Am I missing something here as it seems like way more than 14 people have the little ribbons that signify that they have contributed. Is there a separate addy for people who have chipped in like there is at other sites that have special memberships?

Yes! Someone mentioned this when I posted a similar thread a few days ago (maybe it was you, anna-banana). I do have firefox, but didn't know about that AdBlock. I downloaded it and now I don't have all that stuff. Thanks, whoever suggested it. I didn't know you could get something like that, but it really helps.

I just silently curse the animated ones, and ignore everything completely, and pretend they are not there.... although it can be very hard to do.

Stick with MS IE and trial Ad-Muncher.
It's fugging brilliant !
No more flashing, banners, distractions.
You're gunna luv it.