cheaptackle Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) ^ ^ ^ Now THAT's funny right there!!! Michael Edited March 23, 2010 by cheaptackle
dsn Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 How about sneaking in a small "disable ad" button. dsn
Raf Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Adblock for Firefox blocks the content. The post is still there, albeit blank, and you cannot "ignore" the user Advert Bot. Cant say I like it. I think my time is done here.
TJQ Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Looks like were gonna rework things a bit... no worries.
irishfield Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Also find that some of the advert content is beyond what we're allowed to post here. The "Spiel Filter" would get us for posting similar content...
MJL Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Its just like having Clampett back on the site...insert random image here.... Or when Danbo went through that David Hasselhoff phase for a couple months The ads do get pretty annoying though...Some of them I can't even tell what they're for.LOL Adblock filters out the rest and leaves a blank post.
Cast-Away Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 I use Google Chrome and all of the ads are automatically blocked. Give it a try, it is a great browser with the favourite website window pain as the home page. OFC is one of the eight that I have pinned!
Kinger Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) My adblocker blocks them anyways so i don't see them. They are just empty boxes. Edited March 23, 2010 by Kinger
Gerritt Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) I have set Firefox to block all ads/images coming from googleads.g.doubleclick.net All I see now is a blank post.. and you are right Wayne... some of the content was questionable. All of the ads were not even remotely related to the outdoors.. mostly marketing and webhosting stuff...with the odd scantly clad women wanting me to visit a fitness dating site, as she shows off her cleavage. Does this site receive revenue every view? or every click? as I cannot see it generating very much income on a per click basis, given the content of the ads. if the ads were related to outdoor related products and services (ie lodges, suppliers, outfitters etc) I would be more inclined to click on something that catches my interest... Dating, marketing and web hosting are not something I am interested in. my 0.02 cents on it.. G. Edited March 23, 2010 by Gerritt
fish-miester Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 I use Google Chrome and all of the ads are automatically blocked. Give it a try, it is a great browser with the favourite website window pain as the home page. OFC is one of the eight that I have pinned! Same
TJQ Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Sponsor ads are gone... were working on alternatives...
Gerritt Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 you guys are on the ball and dont mess around!
Spiel Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Also find that some of the advert content is beyond what we're allowed to post here. The "Spiel Filter" would get us for posting similar content... Spiel Filter? There's no Spiel filter just some occasional post reply editing for those that seem to have difficulty understanding the rules which seem to be pretty straight forward.
bigfish1965 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 The crawlers take awhile to index the content on the site. We then get assessed by keywords. Sponsors then bid on those keywords. Until the new crawl is done, you get ads from sponsors who will take anything. The fact that many people appear to be blocking ads here is exactly why it had to be done. Some ads are per click, some by impression. By blocking we lose impression counts. It is not a huge inconvenience to disable Ad Block for OFC in order to keep this thing afloat. The ad bot will continue in other forum areas for now.
irishfield Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Spiel Filter? There's no Spiel filter just some occasional post reply editing for those that seem to have difficulty understanding the rules which seem to be pretty straight forward. Exactly Chris and why I questioned why adverts are okay stating "how's your Love Thermometer??" .. and we couldn't post anything of such..... what's the word for it! lol
Terry Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Exactly Chris and why I questioned why adverts are okay stating "how's your Love Thermometer??" .. and we couldn't post anything of such..... what's the word for it! lol LOL I have heard words on tv when my kids were watching an after school special that can't be used here.....but rules are rules
Gerritt Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 LOL I have heard words on tv when my kids were watching an after school special that can't be used here.....but rules are rules hahahaha! School of Rock!
irishfield Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Or Dano's "dancing darling" had to go.. yet ads have been popping up showing more in them than his avatar ever did...
TJQ Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Or Dano's "dancing darling" had to go.. yet ads have been popping up showing more in them than his avatar ever did... Ya know guys... were just doing the best we can.....
irishfield Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Not questioning that TJ... rules have been set that we have to keep it PG and we.. and sometimes even you ...do our best lol .. .. you can't have adverts popping up that aren't. Edited March 23, 2010 by irishfield
TJQ Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 Not questioning that TJ... rules have been set that we have to keep it PG and we.. and sometimes even you ...do our best lol .. .. you can't have adverts popping up that aren't. I realize that, but until google reindex the pages were gonna get some wierd stuff.
Gerritt Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 I kind of like the weird stuff... call me sick and twisted... freaky deaky! G
Gerritt Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 hey! there was a fishing related ad! Ohhh JOY! so I clicked it.. Something about the "Secret Weapon" but they wont show you what it is LOL! it was an interesting video though... just seemed a little to far fetched for me, as they wont show you or tell you what it really is! Anyways just thought I would post this, as it seems that there are ads being placed that are related to us. G
capt bruce Posted March 23, 2010 Report Posted March 23, 2010 hey! there was a fishing related ad! Ohhh JOY! so I clicked it.. Something about the "Secret Weapon" but they wont show you what it is LOL! it was an interesting video though... just seemed a little to far fetched for me, as they wont show you or tell you what it really is! Anyways just thought I would post this, as it seems that there are ads being placed that are related to us. G
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