We’re going to start running a couple new ad series in a day or two. Since these are more in your face than the ones we’ve been running up till now, **we’re only showing these ads to non-logged-in users. ** If you are (a) registered, and (b) logged in, you won’t see these ads, regardless of whether you’re a guest or a member.
The two ad series are:
(1) an embedded video ad. These have been appearing on column archive pages for the past couple weeks.
(2) a popunder - the ad appears when you exit the SD page you’re on.
By “you” I mean “anonymous Web users who stumbled on us through search.” If you fall into that category, register and log in (you don’t have to post), and the above ad types will stop. You’ll still see the regular banner ads unless you become a member, in which case Cecil will smile beneficently on you and not show you those ads either.
I hope you change your mind, especially about the pop under ads. I’m usually not logged in when I come here, because I don’t like how threads get marked read when I haven’t opened them when I’m logged in. Hopefully, as well, the videos will be silent if they self-start.
Having videos and pop under ads will only encourage ad blockers.
For one of the classier places on the internet, this site sure has some cheesy ads.
Or it’ll tell them that this is a place where it’s acceptable. Why would a place that has 19 different kinds of ads (including videos) care if you use green font?
But soon you can’t leave without a pop-under ad, it seems. So, even if you’re offended by the in your face ads, you’re left with a little parting gift.
I understand that advertising is part of the internet, but ads that take over your computer, such as opening a new window for a pop up (and embedded videos–don’t get me started), are just malware in my opinion. If you can’t make a living without exposing your customers to such BS, you should re-evaluate your business model.
You won’t ever be seeing them if you’re logged in. I think if someone’s a customer of the boards, they’ll have an account in which they could log in and not have to deal with any ads, pop up or otherwise.
Yes, I spend most of my time here unlogged in. Why bother typing those extra 16 keystrokes in my username and password just to read stuff? I log in when I want to post something.
No, I DON’T have any kind of ad-blockers or malware filters running on my mochine.
And yet. . . And yet . . .
I’ll bet you can’t catch me getting those ads! (If I see any, I’ll let y’all know.)
(Even now, under your current ad regime, I don’t see any ads on this site. None.)