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Off-topic, ads on website.

16 years ago

I've been on GardenWeb for about 7 years now with a small hiatus inbetween. What's up with the Honey Bunches of Oats ads that pop up any time I try to do an action on the website. I'm on a Mac, so I'm certain it isn't spyware....is this how the site drives revenue now? It's rather annoying to close the ad any time I click a link on the website.

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lwowk
16 years ago
I'm not sure why it occurs but I have been experiencing the same thing on my PC. I use FireFox which normally blocks all pop ups but it is allowing these through. If anyone knows how to stop these annoying ads please let us know how!

Larissa
mehitabel
16 years ago
I am not getting them. Try a different (additional?) pop-up blocker.
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sbinf
Original Author
16 years ago
It's most bizarre...I tried Safari and I had no problems, strange.
aachenelf z5 Mpls
16 years ago
Haven't seen any of these ads since I started using Firefox with a couple of the available add-ons - Adblock and Noscripts.

Kevin
tommyr_gw Zone 6
16 years ago
I was getting some full page ads that popped up, REALLY annoying. Haven't got one lately but if they come back and get bad again I'll bail out of here. Too many darn ads on the web anymore. Some people are just money whores...

I too am on a Mac with Safari.

Tom
richardol
16 years ago
I don't see them at all using Firefox with Adblock and Noscript. I view EVERY website with those two add-ons and if I can't see what's on a site I simply leave unless I am motivated to look at that particular site.

I suspect that if GardenWeb changed so that it didn't function unless scripts were enabled and I was forced to see ads to participate, I would not continue here.
lwowk
16 years ago
I just added adblock and no script onto my FireFox and so far so good no pops! :) Thanks Richard
toyo2960
16 years ago
I have a Mac and I'm always getting these internet ads. It's part of the revenue for the site. It's annoying. And I design them for a living. I use Safari. I also have Firefox. Maybe I'll try them and see if i get the same ads.
cjwatson
16 years ago
On occasion, I'll get a pop-up box to take a survey but not any ads. Don't have anything special, just Windows XP. Used to get them here but haven't for the past few months. As a long shot, it might have something to do with my switching to RealPlayer and deep-sixing Windows Media Player. I don't see the connection but that's when the annoying ads seemed to stop -- and at weather.com also.

However, the ads are a very small price to pay for using GardenWeb for free. No one puts together a website like this and absorbs the high cost of operating it just for charity. This is a business and has to make money from advertisers to keep the website up. That's why TV also has commercials. I remember when cable TV first came around with the premise that you pay a monthly fee and they would eliminate commercials. Well, that worked for a while anyhow.
jane__ny
16 years ago
Firefox add-on's, AdBlock and NoScript take care of them. I never one.
cbarry
16 years ago
What Jane said.

I'm on a Mac.

Been doing this since Spike sold to IV, and IV started the evil ads. I say 'evil' but I never see them...
gimpster
16 years ago
IE7 here. No pop-up ads, just the survey thingie.
clavero
16 years ago
Thanks for the adblock and no script tip! My trusty Firefox had been allowing those cow videos in.....!!

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digitalphrag
16 years ago
If a site has targeted, relevant, and unintrusive ads I'll visit it without any ad/script blocking software. Heck, sometimes the ads are for products that I might be interested in. However, Gardenweb's ads are intrusive and irrelevant, so I only visit it with firefox using the ad-block and no script extensions. And yes, I know free sites are usually ad supported to generate revenue, but if the ads are not sensible, then I'm going to block them, one way or another. Once the ads are blocked, the site is guaranteed that I'll never click on any of their ads, so this intrusive stuff is really self defeating. Just my two cents.

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