Pop ups are killing me
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smokinhusker
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You can get rid of all the ads by becoming a Premier Member:
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/136291/premier-membership-info-recommendation
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diggingdogfarm
Master of the Pit
You would think that the powers-that-be would realize that intrusive ads are counter productive and drive a lot of folks away from the site, especially totally irrelevant intrusive ads!
I leave ads on at most sites, but they're so intrusive and often so totally irrelevant here that I have them turned off, unless I'M ready to buy something!!!!!
~Martin
I leave ads on at most sites, but they're so intrusive and often so totally irrelevant here that I have them turned off, unless I'M ready to buy something!!!!!
~Martin
wwdragon
Smoke Blower
bama bbq
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smoke happens
Smoking Fanatic
Never had a pop up on this site even prior to upgrading to Premier. Ave used IE, Safari and Firefox. Antivirus or browser settings perhaps?
diggingdogfarm
Master of the Pit
The ads have changed.
This is what you get if you don't have ads turned off and you happen to hover the cursor over the the Microsoft Office Home 365 ad.
It takes over the entire page.
Stange ad for a meat smoking site, but whatever......
~Martin
This is what you get if you don't have ads turned off and you happen to hover the cursor over the the Microsoft Office Home 365 ad.
It takes over the entire page.
Stange ad for a meat smoking site, but whatever......
~Martin
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I am with you Martin. I understand the need for ads to support the site and I am not complaining about ads in general. What I hate is the new ads that have been added that if you happen to "hover" over them with your mouse pointer for more than a second they become basically a popup that everyone is complaining about. I think allowing this kind of intrusive add is counter productive for the site and will end up pushing people away if they continue and expand. Will the powers that be please listen, pass this on to decision makers, etc. Thanks for a great site that I hope will continue to be the best it can be.The ads have changed.
This is what you get if you don't have ads turned off and you happen to hover the cursor over the the Microsoft Office Home 365 ad.
It takes over the entire page.
Stange ad for a meat smoking site, but whatever......
~Martin
thoseguys26
Master of the Pit
The more popular this site gets the more ads you will see.. it's business. It takes a lot to run a site like this and the 'powers' are new at this so they're doing their best.
Keep voicing your opinion and they'll listen. http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/139037/feedback
PM me what browser you're using and I (or DD) can help.
Keep voicing your opinion and they'll listen. http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/139037/feedback
PM me what browser you're using and I (or DD) can help.
Is it my imagination or are the popups (hovering monster ads) gone? I just realized I don't see any of them on the site this morning. I hope they are truely gone and not just a lull before the storm.
Must have been just wishful thinking on my part. They are still here. I just caught a momentary lull I guess.
dls1
Smoking Fanatic
I use Firefox exclusively with 2 Add-Ons, Ad Block Plus and Do Not Track Me (DNTMe). If fully enabled, the former eliminates all ads, pop ups included. The latter blocks ads and cookies with tracking capabilities as well as social networks and data collection companies. As I'm writing this on the forum DNTMe is blocking 1 social network (Facebook), and 6 data collection companies (Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and 4 others).
Bottom line, I haven't seen any form of an ad on any site in a very long time. From time to time I temporarily disable the Add-Ons to see what I've been missing and it's pretty ugly out there.
I understand and respect the fact that the sponsors of forums and other sites use the ads to generate revenue in order to maintain the site and generate a profit for themselves. What I don't understand is why many sponsors don't follow the practice more responsibly with some respect for the privacy of their viewers.
Bottom line, I haven't seen any form of an ad on any site in a very long time. From time to time I temporarily disable the Add-Ons to see what I've been missing and it's pretty ugly out there.
I understand and respect the fact that the sponsors of forums and other sites use the ads to generate revenue in order to maintain the site and generate a profit for themselves. What I don't understand is why many sponsors don't follow the practice more responsibly with some respect for the privacy of their viewers.
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