Ads

[Renegade5399]

Completely and totally uncalled for ads. Last thing I need is a screaming ad telling me "CONGRATULATIONS!"

Please, fix this now.

[SamHughe]

Yeah guys, seriously! What's with the :banana::banana::banana::banana:-site scam ads? I am at work and these ads keep screaming at me unexpectedly.At least disable them for the paying members.

[anzial]

Finally I installed Adblock Plus but the spam/scam ads have to go.

+1, ABP rocks, I'm always using it, I wasn't even aware that XS turned into a ad spam fest until I saw this thread.

[SamHughe]

yea i couldnt find where my urlfilter.ini file was
so i found this app that does it for you.just unzip
and start it,change language to english and your good
to go.just have opera off when you do it.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...a/1252663378/1

Update: This worked great for me on Opera 10.
Thanks Dude!

[Tim]

This is such a disgrace, and they continue to do so until removed.

This is supposed to be the Number 1 hardware enthusiast site in the world.

Even with all the paying members Fugger's still short of money? Who in their right mind would click on it anyway?

We shouldn't have to run adblock software to get rid of this.

[Lu(ky]

Completely and totally uncalled for ads. Last thing I need is a screaming ad telling me "CONGRATULATIONS!"

Please, fix this now.

Agreed after going through my subscribed threads each time I click UserCP I keep hearing over and over "CONGRATULATIONS!" You just won a free GUN to shoot yourself..

Ads don't bother me too much it is the talking ones are not right for this forum.

[hokiealumnus]

Just adding my $.02. I haven't donated b/c I don't have the money right now. As such, I don't mind ads at all. I was not getting adblocker because I don't want to keep the site's ads from getting the impression...I don't pay, I should look at the ads. It's even fine with me to have non-hardware related ads; hey, you've got to pay the bills, I understand that.

All of that said, the ads yelling at us have absolutely got to go. It's ridiculous. I'm used to seeing and indeed expect junk like this from random crap sites around the internet, but not a place like XS. I'm embarrassed for the forum.

[phelan1777]

Hey Charles,

I seriously love this forum for many reasons. I as many others don't have the money to sub because of obvious reasons.

Honestly the Voice ads are over the top, and really annoying. I realize you need funding to keep the site going. However, I am not the only one getting annoyed by these. I shouldn't have to use a different browser or customize my browser for one particular thing that I don't encounter on other sites/forums I regular.

Pics/images etc fine. But the voice ones are starting to grind on my nerves.

[Logos]

god I got to disable ABP and NS to hear what those ads sound like If you guys didn't talk about it I wouldn't even know it.

[phelan1777]

god I got to disable ABP and NS to hear what those ads sound like If you guys didn't talk about it I wouldn't even know it.

Don't torture yourself.

[Logos]

Don't torture yourself.

lol

[Glow9]

IS there a good adblocker for IE or Opera or are they just firefox. These ads are f'ing loud

[zalbard]

IS there a good adblocker for IE or Opera or are they just firefox. These ads are f'ing loud

Both are mentioned in this thread.

[radaja]

IS there a good adblocker for IE or Opera or are they just firefox. These ads are f'ing loud

here you go.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...a/1252663378/1

or if your good with editing you can just create a urlfilter.ini file with notepad
after you paste this info in notepad name the file urlfilter.ini,and put it in your opera profile directory.

Opera Preferences version 2.1
; Do not edit this file while Opera is running
; This file is stored in UTF-8 encoding

[prefs]
prioritize excludelist=1

[include]
*

[exclude]
*-ad.cgi*
*-ads/*
*.2o7.net*
*.ad-*
*.ad.*
*.adbrite.*
*.adrevolver.*
*.ads.*
*.adserver.*
*.adtomi.*
*.advertising.*
*.atdmt.*
*.banner*
*.blogads.*
*.casalemedia.*
*.click*
*.doubleclick.*
*.fastclick.*
*.google.*/adfetch*
*.googleadservices.*
*.googlesyndication.*
*.kontera.*
*.linkbuddies.*
*.mochibot.*
*.overture.*
*.pheedo.com*
*.qksrv.*
*.quantserve.*
*.roar.*
*.slickkicks.*
*.tradedoubler.*
*.tradepub.com*
*.trafficzap.*
*.tribalfusion.*
*/accresults.*
*/ad.*
*/ad/*
*/ad_*
*/adbot.*
*/adc_*
*/adclient.*
*/adcouncil/*
*/adframe.*
*/adgifs/*
*/adgraph/*
*/adimages/*
*/adinfo*
*/adlog.*
*/adlog/*
*/adrotator.*
*/ads.*
*/ads/*
*/ads_*
*/advert*
*/adview.*
*/affiliates/*.js
*/banner/*
*/banners/*
*/hotfreebies.html*
*/housead/*
*/liveads/*
*/pagead/*
*/phpads/*
*/pop.cgi*
*/pop.htm
*/pops/*
*/poptest.*
*/popup/*
*/printads/*
*/redir.asp*
*/skyscraper/*
*/softad/*
*/sponsor/*
*/sponsors/*
*/tw/adt*
*120x240*
*120x600*
*120x90*
*160x600*
*234x60*
*336x280*
*468x60*
*728x90*
*_ad.js
*_ad_*
*_ads.js
*_ads_*
*_advert*
*_adx_*
*_banner_*
*_borders/*
*_superad*
*a.p.f.qz.*
*a.r.tv.*
*ad-flow*
*ad.trafficmp.*
*ad_type*
*adbot*
*adclick*
*adclix*
*adclub*
*adcycle*
*adflight*
*adframe*
*adimage*
*adknowledge*
*adlink*
*adlogix.*
*admaximize*
*admex*
*admonitor*
*adpulse*
*adrunner*
*adserv*
*adsoftware*
*adswap*
*adtomi.*
*aureate*
*avenuea*
*banner.*
*banners.*
*bluestreak.*
*burstmedia*
*burstnet*
*clickxchange*
*darkblue.*
*darkbluesea.*
*dbbsrv.*
*exitpopup*
*flycast*
*focalink*
*headerpopup*
*hitexchange*
*hitlist*
*hitsites*
*houseads_*
*i.us.rmi.yahoo.*
*imaginemedia*
*intellitxt*
*jsads*
*linkads*
*linkexchange*
*linkpopup*
*linkshare*
*linksynergy*
*media.fastclick*
*paypopup*
*popieen.*
*popme.*
*popunder*
*popupad*
*ps.interpolls.*
*radiate*
*secure.webconnect*
*smartsize_*
*spinbox.versiontracker.*
*spylog*
*subs.timeinc.*
*toolbar.google.*
*trafic.ro/*
*us.a1.yimg.*
*us.f.yahoofs.*
*valueclick*
*x.mycity.*
*z.about.*
*zdmcirc*

and for internet explorer IE7 pro works great.
http://www.ie7pro.com/
http://www.ie7pro.com/ad-blocker.html

hope it works for you and you get some peace.
just wish they had some addon to fix the page size mess

[Jimmer411]

Yeah guys, seriously! What's with the :banana::banana::banana::banana:-site scam ads? I am at work and these ads keep screaming at me unexpectedly.At least disable them for the paying members.

I seriously hope it doesnt come to that. There is no way in hell Im paying for a membership to a public forum

[D749]

don't bother me too much it is the talking ones are not right for this forum.

Agreed. Especially when I'm at work.

[neo mike]

Why are the ads not related to computers ? they should all be related to computers, processors, motherboards etc, Gigabyte, Asus, Msi etc ads ??? they will get clicked then, but wallmart ?. I can understand takes alot of bandwidth to run this site, and money, so ads are not a problem, just put up the right ads that relate to the content, thats my 2cents.

[dctokyo]

Completely and totally uncalled for ads here

[Olly_K]

Completely and totally uncalled for ads here

+1

Really, this is a step in the wrong direction:







These are just the gifs, some of the flash ones are just as bad.

Do you REALLY think I'm going to click on these ?
They remind me of when I first started using the internet with my 14.4k modem :/

I just dont understand it. This is the No1 site.....manufacturers know this surely ?

Create your OWN ad management system (I normally using OpenX) and you can then choose delivery times, weights, etc. I've integrated OpenX into many vbulletin forums before.

Then, manufacturers can advertise. Maybe even suppliers.

[don_xvi]

This has to be one of the hottest threads on XS !

Even though we're not hearing anything here, I'm sure it's being taken under advisement.

But I'll say it again, the talking ads have got to go !!!

[Logos]

(screenshot)

there's another one with a kid; won't show it out of respect for the kid.

edit: hey I got French localized ads as well...a concentrate of the best of breed ads we got there

[MikeB12]

I haven't seen a single ad since.....

no script (enable it for this site only on these entries) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

and never see another annoying ad generated delay or ad again.

adjuggler is the offender of all the annoying ads. netfirm is the ad at the bottom of the forum , and is not bad at all.

[road-runner]

I have noticed XS going downhill as of late but this is an all time low...

[Logos]

Concerning my last post, I don't see ads at all, just wanted to have a look with NS and ABP off... some forums have disturbing ads, but that's nothing compared to what's going on here

[b1lk1]

Ads are cash grabs, plain and simple.