New Intrusive Ad
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Topic: New Intrusive Ad
Posted By: J-Man
Subject: New Intrusive Ad
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 08:59
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Hey guys, I'm not completely sure where to post this, but this Metallica/Megadeth/Anthrax/Slayer advertisement is extremely annoying, and we would probably be best without it. It pops up in a similar way as the Kiss advertisement did, but this one makes sound as well. Is anyone else having this problem? -Jeff ------------- 
Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 09:32
| They are very annoying but I never see them because I use adblock plus with Firefox... |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 09:36
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I use it with Chrome..... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 10:27
Ditto  But we should really keep it a secret. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Tony R wrote:Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 10:39
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 10:43
It is amusing sometimes to hit the site with a browser that doesn't have an ad block. 
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 10:44
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No it isn't...unless one is very easily amused. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 10:49
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I did say sometimes, which actually means never unless I have no choice.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 11:04
Damn get out clauses! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 11:15
I have Firefox... where do you get adblock plus?  -------------
Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 11:20
http://adblockplus.org/en/installation - Here . I have Adblock Plus disabled on PA and MMA though. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 11:21
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Here you go pal: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/ - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/ |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 12:08
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They're annoying, yet they pay for the site. The old paradox. Maybe it's worthwhile notifying M@X about this, he might have possibilities to limit what type of adds the ad services forward to PA.
------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 30 2010 at 12:53
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Hey, as long as they are music related I don't really care if they are prog related or not. Plus I usually don't see them anyway.
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: October 31 2010 at 22:36
Yes, but I don't use adblock because I like PA. The only saving grace of this one is that it's a video, so it takes a second to load and I can mute it, unlike the god-awful Nickelback one we had a while ago. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: October 31 2010 at 22:53
I enjoyed the ad the first time I accidentally moused-over it. Now, virtually every other time it appears, I activate it without meaning to via my trackpad. All I'm trying to do is scroll down the page. 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 05:37
| The ads don't pay for anything unless you click on them. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 10:35
Not true, loading them in the page also counts. This is even more likely to be true on PA since Max doesn't use Google Ads. There was a minor drama when some large tech website asked everybody to please turn off adblock because preventing the ads loading was killing their revenue. I don't remember what website it was, though. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 10:40
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If it's pay-per-display then yeah. From what I knew we had pay-per-click, but I don't remember if I actually read that here or if I imagined it. |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 10:49
Ars Technica? |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 11:13
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Yeah, I knew you would remember Matt but I thought mentioning you by name would be embarrassing. :P ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 11:25
I remember visiting the site one day and not being able to view articles. I eventually checked Adblock Plus and added an exception for something and was able to view the articles, but I don't think that's what they wanted me to do. |