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Sat, Mar 2, 13 at 22:53
| I have to look at it twice for several seconds each time to open any links. |
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- Posted by lola-lemon none (My Page) on Sat, Mar 2, 13 at 23:03
| ....first the animated blue snow falling down the screen blocks out the gardenweb page. .....must wait for whole page to turn blue and the pantene ad to complete loading before I can click x.(close) Next, click on gardenweb posting link--- BUT it opens a new browser page and I'm at Pantene.com. WTH! close that page and try to open the posting AGAIN. 3rd time works but lather rinse and repeat every time I want to open another link. I hope they cancel these pantene ads soon cuz I'm out of here if it's this much trouble to look at one single posting. |
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| if you use firefox or google chrome you can download adblock plus, which disables this annoying ad |
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| Yes, they've been at for years now - you have to have ad blocking in operation to use this site. |
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- Posted by shear_stupidity 9B (My Page) on Sun, Mar 3, 13 at 8:57
| I'm sick of the iVillage pop-up at the bottom of the page. |
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| If you use Firefox with adblockplus, you will not see ANY advertisements! |
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- Posted by phyllis__mn 3/4 MN (My Page) on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 13:18
| I have added adblock to IE8, and see no ads. |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 16:19
| I don't know what you are talking about but then I use Firefox with Adblock Plus.... |
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- Posted by lola-lemon none (My Page) on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 21:01
| thanks-- adblocker it is then. |
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| I use Microsoft IExplorer. Went to the Microsoft site and downloaded Abines free anti tracking software called donottrackme. It seems to block a ton of ads. Guess if the tracking software can't fiquire you out, you get else ads. I think tracking me is an invasion. If you install it and can't see the symbol for the software on your toolbar at the top, Click "customize" when you right click your toolbar and move it up so it's visible. So far it has blocked 28, 388 attempts to track me in a 2.5 months. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Do Not Track Me
This post was edited by bugbite on Wed, Mar 6, 13 at 10:29
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| LOL! @ lather rinse repeat! The first time it happed to me I thought aliens were taking over. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, Mar 6, 13 at 17:17
| Bugbite, that just makes me wonder if THOSE people are the new trackers... I don't like that either. I don't mind ads, they support this free site. It's a shame they don't know more about what they're doing. I could care less about cleaning products, pickup trucks, or getting an online degree... Ironic that I never see pics of plants for sale. |
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| Purpleinopp, Good point. I don't mine ads but an incident got to me recently. I was shopping for something on Amazon recently, let's say a saw. Two days later I get an email from some site I never heard of before. It said, " We noticed that you were looking at saws on Amazon recently. Why don't you try our site." That was it! I retired from the computer security industry and have seen everything, but that freaked me. I got the tracking blocker software through the Microsoft site; So I felt OK with it. When I installed it I noticed the huge number of crazy, flashing ads on Yahoo came to a halt. They were doing extreme tracking. Now I get normal, nice ads which I do occasionally read, if interested. The crazy ads are like the used car salesman that comes on the TV and hollers. Does he think he is helping his cause? Most of us reject unwanted noise. You can go to Microsoft and search "tracking blockers" or Abine. Incidentally in Europe the gov is passing laws to block trackers. Not here. |
This post was edited by bugbite on Thu, Mar 7, 13 at 10:08
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- Posted by fatamorgana 5/6 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 7, 13 at 8:30
| Have to agree with Purple, the ads support the site and make it possible to provide "free" access to us. BUT the Pantene ads in my opinion were over the top. They were disruptive and even prevented you from accessing content at all until you closed the ad window - which wasn't obvious at first. If the GW admins are watching this thread and I hope they are, they may wish to rethink trying that style of ad again. Because if I (someone who comes here almost daily) felt like leaving the GW site until the Pantene ads were gone, I'm sure there are plenty of people who did just that - leave. FataMorgana |
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| FataMorgana, Agreed. It is not ads; it is over-the-top ad gimmicks that turn us off. We typically get offended by a person that stands up and hollers. Poor ads holler. Incidentally I don't get any ads from GW now. My tracking blocker showed it was blocking the GW tracker. Not sure how that all works. |
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