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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3617 Joined: 7 Aug 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2583 Joined: 27 Sep 2008    | I guess its the new thing, the escapist needs money after all. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3637 Joined: 3 Apr 2008     | Dunno... But we have had this dsicussion before |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2633 Joined: 30 Sep 2008     | Yeah, They are there! But the escapist is poor so... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1554 Joined: 10 Sep 2008   | zoozilla as a fair warning you should edit yourself because you could end up being banned(it almost happened to me):
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BANNED  Posts: 681 Joined: 6 Dec 2007     | Could be using something less obnoxious than Google ads, though. User was banned for: Mom Calls For Ban On Underworld. (Permanent) |
Red Guard  Posts: 3500 Joined: 18 Sep 2008  |
Yeah, I agree. The beauty about the Google ads is that they aren't much more then text. And I'd MUCH rather have that then those freaking 'zwinky' ads or some of those stupid smiley ones or something. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1083 Joined: 11 May 2008  | The ads are hardly noticable... AND LETS BE THANKFUL FOR THAT I'd hate to see it so that every time we post, change forums, change sections on the main site, hell just go anywhere on this site we get stopped by a large splash screen ad and timer to continue. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4269 Joined: 13 Aug 2008    | The only thing that's going to really get to me about them is when it's going to happen in the RP forum. "What dost thou say sir tristram? Shall we tally forth and bring an end to the vile influence of the evil lord Lutheriad and his armies of darkness, bringing peace back to this war torn world once and for all?" "Ads by google: Vikings? Prostate Cancer? Death Metal? Pokemon? " "Yes sir Haldorf, I... wait, what?" |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 601 Joined: 20 Aug 2008   | I dunno. That Banjo Ka-whatever game ad is really annoying... *page finishes loading* *music starts playing* Where the hell is that coming from?!? *scrolls up and down and up and down until the animation catches his eye* Seriously, I don't even own an Xbox and if I did, I wouldn't buy the game anyway. STOP BOTHERING ME! And while we're on the subject, I'm never going to register at shaadi.com, either. At least THAT ad doesn't have annoying music that auto-plays... |
On the Record  Posts: 5138 Joined: 3 Mar 2008   |
Actually, I'd much rather have the Google ads, because they are easier to ignore. Anyway, as mentioned before, The Escapist needs ads to survive with a source of income; this is no exception. There was once a time when you watched a Zero Punctuation episode, and there was actually more ads than content. So consider yourselves lucky. |
On the Record  Posts: 5910 Joined: 7 Mar 2008     | who cares that they use google ads, for ads they are probly the least obtrusive if you want to be pissed, i'd be more so at the flash ads they have, they at least eat up cpu time but really i don't have a problem with the escapist ads, it's a great way for them to give us nice free content to enjoy |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3754 Joined: 18 Dec 2007  | The adds break away the quote and edit button, which is something I don't like. I understand that the Escapist needs to make money but this quest for green paper shouldn't be damaging aspects of the forum. EDIT: Looks like this has been fixed. Yay! |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 617 Joined: 22 Oct 2008   | Not as annoying as a pop up although when I'm trying to read through posts for a thread it kinda throws me off but its not that bad just got to get used to it. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3252 Joined: 8 May 2008  | I love how they're semi-relevent to the topic at hand. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 365 Joined: 3 Sep 2008  |
It annoys them because it can cost them money. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2648 Joined: 20 Jul 2008     |
You deserve a medal for posting the most obvious thing possible though even so, if some site owners would use less annoying ads than there would be no reason for me to block them. |
Red Guard  Posts: 2660 Joined: 16 Dec 2007    | Before you complain about the ads, consider for a moment how much it costs The Escapist to provide you with the media servers (for ZP and other videos), the TF2 server, and the forums themselves. A single bar of good adsense seems rather inobtrusive to me. At least it's not like gamespy where everytime they use the word 'game' it links you to a place to buy games. Also, it makes for a great forum game, trying to get the ads to say something completely contrary to the thread at hand while still posting in context. Viagra! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1438 Joined: 15 May 2008  | LOL. As I look at this thread now it goes: Lolwhat? |
Red Guard Posts: 2660 Joined: 16 Dec 2007 |
Yea, I currently have: Know how the Lord comes? God is Love Learn What Prayer Can Do Christ-The hunger for Him Their adverts seem rather flacid. Perhaps there is someway they could design a pill for adsense to last longer. (c'mon people help me change these ads!) |
Press Junketeer Posts: 365 Joined: 3 Sep 2008 |
Got a laugh out of me. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1255 Joined: 12 Aug 2008   |
I thought Christ was the Ultimate Pop-Up Blocker? |
Red Guard Posts: 2660 Joined: 16 Dec 2007 |
Only if you're a Catholic. |
BANNED  Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007    | Well, before I *Thing*, I got: User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1438 Joined: 15 May 2008 |
LOL. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2108 Joined: 13 Dec 2007 | I find it rather irritating. I think it would be wiser to put them at the bottom, so as people are writing their posts they will inevitably read them, but it feels slightly less obtrusive. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1152 Joined: 23 Jul 2008  | I don't see any ads. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 58 Joined: 24 Sep 2008  | Ads by Google AD Blockers Spyware LOL how exactly does "Jesus God" fit in there? |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 706 Joined: 8 Sep 2008 | so wait, we cant advocate ad blockers... but the google ads can? they seriously might wanna talk to google about this... and since it depends on clickthrough wouldnt something actually relevant be more happy than "contextual" google ads oh, and since a good deal of the frequent posters here are smart people... well, how many of you have ever actually clicked on a google ad anywhere? lets be honest here. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 58 Joined: 24 Sep 2008 |
I've never clicked on the google ads. Usually it is easier and more helpful to just do a google SEARCH. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 578 Joined: 21 Oct 2008    | Ads by Google: ...What's with all the Christianity ads? I mean, I don't mind the ads at all, but they seem to be trying to get you to convert, for me at least. |
On the Record Posts: 5910 Joined: 7 Mar 2008 |
those type of ads are annoying, glad you guys don't do it, it's especially annoying when you're trying to read something and the stupid add won't close |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 828 Joined: 12 Aug 2008   |
Are you secretly promoting thread derailing? I never thought I'd see the day. =P |
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Has anyone else been getting adverts "sponsored by Google" in between posts recently? This has only started today, but I was wondering what's happening?