# Am I the only one not getting adverts at the bottom? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 7, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861 "2007-07-07T15:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/1 "2007-07-07T15:36:46Z")
I’ve not been getting any advertisements at the bottom of the pages today. It says “Advertisements”, and there’s a blank white space across the bottom about the size of the normal display area, but nothing in it. Is it just me? I feel so lonely - like Google no longer cares about me… ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/2 "2007-07-07T16:03:46Z")
I’m getting a “Bushism Ringtones” ad on the bottom of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/3 "2007-07-07T16:05:13Z")
If you have javascript turned off, you won’t get the ads. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/4 "2007-07-07T16:06:45Z")
I was seeing three before I clicked on the Reply button and now they’ve gone away. I meant to make note of them, but didn’t. One had something about Barbara Stanwyck, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/5 "2007-07-08T15:08:59Z")
No you aren’t. I’m getting the same. Of course, I’m using Firefox with the \*\*Adblocker \*\*extension installled and enabled. I’d guess you’re doing something similar. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/6 "2007-07-08T20:28:13Z")
I block them (and a lot of others) with an augmented HOSTS file. Did you download one of those big ad blocker HOSTS files? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/7 "2007-07-13T00:10:36Z")
Does the SDMB still get its ad revenue if we block the ads? Personally, I’d rather let them appear, because they’re subtly placed at the very bottom of the page and they really don’t bother me. In fact, their misguided context analysis is really quite amusing much of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/8 "2007-07-14T14:28:57Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] Does the SDMB still get its ad revenue if we block the ads? . [/QUOTE] I understand they get paid a few cents every time someone \*clicks \*on an ad. So if we block them, no they don’t get paid. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/9 "2007-07-14T16:30:07Z")
But they also don’t get paid if you don’t click them. Should we all click every ad? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/10 "2007-07-14T16:37:48Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] But they also don’t get paid if you don’t click them. Should we all click every ad? [/QUOTE] Click on an ad if it’s something you’re interested in. Otherwise, please, no. We want business but we want it to be natural and unforced. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/11 "2007-07-14T17:08:49Z")
Have you installed any proxy software? Privoxy, Junkbuster, and Guidescope would all do a good job of blocking the ads at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/12 "2007-07-15T16:57:30Z")
thanks for the comments, everyone - i’ve not installed any special stuff - just on Safari naked, so to speak. but now I’ve noticed something - I mentioned in another thread that my Mac seems sluggish in loading pages - I think it may be an ISP problem. however, now, the pages with all the SMB content are loading, but the little indicator still shows that the Mac is still trying to load - and the space for the advert is blank. It must be the adverts that it is still trying to load, even though the SDMB page is all there. No idea why that would be happening, but I’ll mention it to my ISP when I contact them. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/13 "2007-07-16T00:32:34Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Click on an ad if it’s something you’re interested in. Otherwise, please, no. We want business but we want it to be natural and unforced. [/QUOTE] The only ad that i have received for the last 2 weeks is one for Bushism ringtones. 😕 The ad company is really trying to ram that one down my throat but i’m just not interested. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/14 "2007-07-16T00:52:22Z")
I keep getting foreskin restoration tools. And no, I am not Jack Dean Tyler. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-not-getting-adverts-at-the-bottom/410861/15 "2007-07-25T02:34:30Z")
I don’t have them, because I have the Hosts file set up for the ad server. Seeing the Bushism ringtones ad made me set up the file. The ad blocker didn’t work very well any longer.