I haven’t been here for a while. Are the ads something new? Given the level of established behavior here some of them appear to be outside of our culture.
Best,
John
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I haven’t been here for a while. Are the ads something new? Given the level of established behavior here some of them appear to be outside of our culture.
Best,
John
John,
UR referring to the small 'Adsense' banners on the top and bottom of the pages ?
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Yes. Abundant cleavage. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind. It just seems out of bounds for the culture that have established here via your moderating.
what you see for ads is not what i see for ads
if you search to buy plastic jesus , rosery beads, and bibles and thats all you search for to buy for a few days
i bet you will see ads for bibles etc. for sale.
P.S.
currently i see ads for Sierra madre collection due to my shopping there recently
Yeah.......... When we started it we weeded out most of the dicey stuff in the 'rotation' ... sometimes they have come back...
However, like Bob said, it's mostly now in your Google search algo ...
Right now mine is 'Closet World' and 'Swiss Air'.... :rolleyes:
Mine is encouraging me to shop for a 2023 Nissan Rogue ... which is something I have never searched for ...
I agree.
The too many ads are obnoxious.
I would be worried these ads might cause some people to the other Registry. I’m staying here but they are really annoying. Does there have to be one at the top and one at the bottom? I often use an iPad and the small screen is about half ads and half content.
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Cheers,
John
An adverising drop down curtain banner, when using forum on the iPhone, masks entirely the top navigation bar; that’s the one that irritates me. I have to close it using the small hard to click button to navigate the forum or to see message notifications of the site etc . I don’t mind adverts in principle if it funds site but when a banner impedes navigation and add time and clicks to use it then it has become too much imo. Haven’t paid much attention to content as my concentrations is trying to close the damn thing with the world’s smallest x. I don’t look at content but the banner I see looks different to the screen grab. It sort of raises and lowers like a virtual curtain. May not be ESR of course? Mine doesn’t display scantily dressed women like John’s either … which seems a pity, so what am I doing wrong?
Steve
. . . 'cause, uuum . . . I believe those 'obnoxious ads' help pay for our site . . .
. . . which keeps all our (non-paying) 'guests' entertained
Seriously? . . .
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it will not cause people to go to the other registry, I would not worry about that, I hear its ghost town over there.
I’ve been paying annual dues for 20+ years???Quote:
Originally Posted by LongRanger
+1 John, though I've only been here 13 years!
It would be a great idea to limit full access to PAYING members and not give access to all those who don't pay ... or have the member's only version ad-free?
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Originally Posted by jaudette3
+1 Paying members could get an Ad free version. Just like Prime, Disney+ etc.
I too browse a lot using my iPad and don't like having half the page taken up with Ads. I'd be here regardless, but there's nothing wrong with trying to make things pleasant.
Ravi
I love the absence of ads! That was so damn tacky.
JA3
Car ads OK. Drawers and underwear, NO.
Get the models to eat a sandwich! :D
I guess I spoke prematurely. Since we're taking this to another level, I'm glad that's only thing I do prematurely.
The Browser Brave blocks almost all the the ads.