Forum glitch

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by splitt3r, Feb 17, 2006.

  1. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    I have recently noticed google ads showing up in between posts, is this a glitch? it is kinda annoying.
     
  2. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

    I think it's an Oregon thing Splitt3r...you and I seem to be getting all the wierd stuff this week ;)
     
  3. mcadam

    mcadam Major Amnesia

    There's a sponsored links section.
    Everytime someone clicks on an add, I think Majorgeeks profits from it.
     
  4. eclayton

    eclayton Sgt. Shorts-cough

    You mean like the one up there? :D
     
  5. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    yep, just like that one, those evil thing belong at the top or bottom of the page, not in teh middle of my posts:mad:
     
  6. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

    Can I have some of what you guys are taking???

    I don't see anything :confused:
     
  7. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

  8. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

    WOW!!! I haven't seen one of those!!!

    You must be special :D
     
  9. ACE 256

    ACE 256 MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Overclocking Expe

    Hmmmmm * clicks on a fue* :) .... thay are kind of in hte way thow :rolleyes:...
     
  10. Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment Head of Software Shenanigans Staff Member

    It should show only one ad line per thread after the first post. We are tweaking with it now, but really is should be rather unobtrusive in its current color scheme. I can make it red or pink, if ya'll prefer? ;)
     
  11. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    Can you make them blue please?:)
     
  12. Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment Head of Software Shenanigans Staff Member

  13. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    awesome.
     
  14. Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment Head of Software Shenanigans Staff Member

    lol -- sorry, way too ugly yo leave. ;)
     
  15. ACE 256

    ACE 256 MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Overclocking Expe

    I think thare intrusive and a pain on the eyes :(... just my opinion :) ..
     
  16. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    I thought it looked pretty awesome.
     
  17. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    I agree, but it is much less painful in blue
     
  18. Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment Head of Software Shenanigans Staff Member

    Not on a full stomach, it wasnt. ;) Plus we are trying to make them fade in a bit, not pop out.
     
  19. ACE 256

    ACE 256 MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Overclocking Expe

    :D:D:D:D......hmm that time the new box was empty :confused:....
     
  20. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Stop the bs :) They are about an inch high on a page that is about 2 feet long. The colors blend perfectly and they can easily be ignored. Keep in mind, this forum runs off a dedicated box, which isnt free.
     
  21. ACE 256

    ACE 256 MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Overclocking Expe

    By all means do what ya gatta do to keep this site up :).... Im just expressing my opinion....
     
  22. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    I found it slightly annoying at first, but that's only because I wasn't used to it.

    After a few threads, it's not a big deal anymore.


    What other sites use is even worse, where every second word looks like a link, but is a Google ad or definition.

    You even have to be careful where you rest the cursor. Now that's what you call annoying!
     
  23. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    yeah, I hate those websites where they break an article into 15 pages so you have to look at more ads, and then tehres the ads that scroll with you and cover up parts of the page.
     
  24. Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment Head of Software Shenanigans Staff Member

  25. martinch

    martinch Specialist

    CP and MA I like it just fine!!!!

    We know you have to do what ya gotta do. :)
     
  26. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    Start the thread anyway, I want to see the responses. :p
     
  27. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Our intent was to avoid that, not to mention many sites run the LARGE Google ads. Were attempting to make a few bucks without bothering you guys, our regualr users. I think everyone here will agree we have worked very hard to not show popups and the lame crap most sites do. I think you can agree we have been successful.

    This isnt over, your seeing it up the first time, there is a LOT of options to improve it yet, give us a couple days.
     
  28. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    everyone should click on the ads to make mg some more $$$
     
  29. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    If everyone did their bit and linked here for programs, then this wouldn't be an issue.


    I really hate it when people send members elsewhere for programs sitting right under their nose.
     
  30. martinch

    martinch Specialist

    I guess it wouldnt be that bad to have all the dating site ads with the well endowed women on half the page. :) :eek: :rolleyes:
     
  31. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    No, it wouldn't, but why only half the page? :)

    I hear porn also rakes in the dollars (most of it being mine).
     
  32. snakefoot

    snakefoot Sergeant Major

    I really would prefere if the google ads were placed below the last reply instead of the initial post, or placed vertically to the right. Right now it is intrusive when reading a thread, and at the same time it looks like one can Post a reply to the google-ad, which doesn't look that pretty.

    So far the results presented with google ads, doesn't help the one needing support or the ones trying to help (Actually sometimes they can seem confusing). So the results is mainly for helping majorgeeks.com, so unless wanting to become a "Click these 5 ads to enter", then it is only "cost per thousand impressions" which is benefitting for all, but then they don't have be placed like that.

    Though I appreciate that you have attempted to make the google ads blend in with the existing color-theme.
     
  33. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    As an FYI, expect to see it moved around over the coming days. Also, we have discussed making it so only non registered members see the ads. We have our hardcore users, then a ton of casual visitors, so this would be a neat way to not bother the regulars. Basically, we installed it to play with it for starters. Now we tinker, listen to feedback, etc. Stay tuned.

    As for "click to enter ads", they suck. Hard. I would prefer to pull my own toenails out then subject people to that, so if you ever see that, we have hit rock bottom.
     
  34. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Kinda like that idea best Tim, but I do see the need for the ads on the forum to generate revenue and welcome them in whatever forum you and Jim decide on, as hey you two guys are the ones providing us with a free forum :)

    Vertically to the right as Snakefoot mentioned is none intrusive to the threads and still has impact.
     
  35. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    Yep, I agree with Halo on this. Reason, the likely market for new users of the advertised d/l's would, be visitor, in fact - as the rest of us already know where to get great d/l's from M.G.'s. :)

    And yeah "Click to enter" ads do suck. Frankly, a lot of us, including me, 'prolly wouldn't bother coming to this board if things got that 'low'.
     
  36. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

    And I still haven't seen one of these ads you are all getting your panties in a wad about :p

    MA and CP...keep on doing whatever it is you are doing ;)
     
  37. ACE 256

    ACE 256 MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Overclocking Expe

    What browser are you using ??
     
  38. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    Not me. Not important enough for me to even care. :p As Tim said, they're still working out what they wanna do, anyway.
     
  39. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    I just noticed gold farming ads in one of those adbars:mad: goldfarmers can rot in hell.:mad: :mad: :mad:
     
  40. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

    FF 1.0.7
     
  41. ACE 256

    ACE 256 MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Overclocking Expe

    Hmmmm... vary odd im using the same ......
     
  42. mcadam

    mcadam Major Amnesia

    Version 1.5.0.1 is out.
     
  43. splitt3r

    splitt3r You are now the victim of a drive by title change

    I have the latest version of FF
     

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