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 j2brown
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: Site menu and ads |
 
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I've noticed recently that some of the image ads are "always on top" and don't allow me to select the menu choice I'd like. It's not all of them, but some of them. The "New smileys" ad comes to mind as one.
Has anybody else noticed this? Is there a solution that I haven't thought of?
Running Firefox 1.5.0.1 in Gentoo Linux.
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Auroter
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Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:18 am Post subject: |
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I've had the same problem both in Firefox on my home computer (same release, win xp) and on Safari in the computer lab (osx). Really frustrating, ain't it?
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Asriana
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Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: |
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I get the huge ugly banner ads when looking at the forums (currently I could win a $5000 scholarship), and then when the SST logo comes up on the now playing box, for the commercial break, I get a ton of little ads up there. Quite frusterating to say the least. I'm running Win XP on both my home and work computers.
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 megadith
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Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:07 am Post subject: |
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Same then on my end. Running XP at work and it happens.
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Auroter
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Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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The little ads that pop up in the 'now-playing box' when the SST logo comes on for the album info are just the google style ads though. Only text, and as far as I know, they help keep this site as free as it is. I'm not too concerned about that, and I usually just don't look at the banners on top of the forums. I just don't like it when I can't jump to my 'posts since last visit' page. I NEED THAT PAGE!!! 
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Asriana
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Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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You can still click the next page link, sometimes it's just buried under that huge, ugly ad. Oh and "Start talking before they start drinking"
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 genericdragon
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Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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same thing: running mozilla in XP pro
here's a pic of the ad I viewed.
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Asriana
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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The banner ads are now gone from the forums, but I have this huge banner ad right in the middle of the now playing box. Currently it's spamming for Ringtones.
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JERIC 
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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As you all can see I've been trying out some things to stimulate revenue here. Please bare with me while I find the right balance of what pays the bills and what keeps everyone still loving SST.
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j2brown
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:07 am Post subject: |
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I'm certainly not advocating that you do anything to impact revenue. I'm sure you know that, JERIC, but I just want to be clear for everybody else.
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JERIC
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, I know j2. 
The ad in the now playing has performed very well. So well I might make it disappear for VIPs. But I need to run it a while longer though to see if it's going to continue to do well.
I replaced it mainly because Google was not serving SST relevant ads there anymore.
Just a FYI.
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Saffron
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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And once my work life slows down and good grief I hope that it is soon...then I will be working on getting relevant ads on this site. So be patient with me too everyone, please.
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Asriana
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for letting us know about the ads! It's actually been really silly when I get "The Fart Ad" 
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 mellowman
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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I've been impressed by the quality of the ads actually - quite a lot of big names. So a big well done! |
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Luther_III
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Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Personally, I have not found the ads to be the least bit intrusive. To be honest, I hardly notice them. (Maybe that's a bad thing if they are there to generate revenue.) Maybe I am just good at tuning out my eyes. Compared to other sites, I find the ads to be tolerable, and they have not detracted from the functionality of the site. (I am running Internet Explorer 6 on XP.) |
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