Has anyone else been getting adverts "sponsored by Google" in between posts recently? This has only started today, but I was wondering what's happening?
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The ads are hardly noticable...
AND LETS BE THANKFUL FOR THAT
I'd hate to see it so that every time we post, change forums, change sections on the main site, hell just go anywhere on this site we get stopped by a large splash screen ad and timer to continue.
AND LETS BE THANKFUL FOR THAT
I'd hate to see it so that every time we post, change forums, change sections on the main site, hell just go anywhere on this site we get stopped by a large splash screen ad and timer to continue.
The only thing that's going to really get to me about them is when it's going to happen in the RP forum.
"What dost thou say sir tristram? Shall we tally forth and bring an end to the vile influence of the evil lord Lutheriad and his armies of darkness, bringing peace back to this war torn world once and for all?"
"Ads by google: Vikings? Prostate Cancer? Death Metal? Pokemon? "
"Yes sir Haldorf, I... wait, what?"
"What dost thou say sir tristram? Shall we tally forth and bring an end to the vile influence of the evil lord Lutheriad and his armies of darkness, bringing peace back to this war torn world once and for all?"
"Ads by google: Vikings? Prostate Cancer? Death Metal? Pokemon? "
"Yes sir Haldorf, I... wait, what?"
I dunno. That Banjo Ka-whatever game ad is really annoying...
*page finishes loading*
*music starts playing*
Where the hell is that coming from?!?
*scrolls up and down and up and down until the animation catches his eye*
Seriously, I don't even own an Xbox and if I did, I wouldn't buy the game anyway. STOP BOTHERING ME!
And while we're on the subject, I'm never going to register at shaadi.com, either. At least THAT ad doesn't have annoying music that auto-plays...
*page finishes loading*
*music starts playing*
Where the hell is that coming from?!?
*scrolls up and down and up and down until the animation catches his eye*
Seriously, I don't even own an Xbox and if I did, I wouldn't buy the game anyway. STOP BOTHERING ME!
And while we're on the subject, I'm never going to register at shaadi.com, either. At least THAT ad doesn't have annoying music that auto-plays...
Actually, I'd much rather have the Google ads, because they are easier to ignore.Baby Tea said:
Anyway, as mentioned before, The Escapist needs ads to survive with a source of income; this is no exception. There was once a time when you watched a Zero Punctuation episode, and there was actually more ads than content. So consider yourselves lucky.
who cares that they use google ads, for ads they are probly the least obtrusive
if you want to be pissed, i'd be more so at the flash ads they have, they at least eat up cpu time
but really i don't have a problem with the escapist ads, it's a great way for them to give us nice free content to enjoy
if you want to be pissed, i'd be more so at the flash ads they have, they at least eat up cpu time
but really i don't have a problem with the escapist ads, it's a great way for them to give us nice free content to enjoy
The adds break away the quote and edit button, which is something I don't like.
I understand that the Escapist needs to make money but this quest for green paper shouldn't be damaging aspects of the forum.
EDIT: Looks like this has been fixed. Yay!
I understand that the Escapist needs to make money but this quest for green paper shouldn't be damaging aspects of the forum.
EDIT: Looks like this has been fixed. Yay!
Not as annoying as a pop up although when I'm trying to read through posts for a thread it kinda throws me off but its not that bad just got to get used to it.
Before you complain about the ads, consider for a moment how much it costs The Escapist to provide you with the media servers (for ZP and other videos), the TF2 server, and the forums themselves. A single bar of good adsense seems rather inobtrusive to me.
At least it's not like gamespy where everytime they use the word 'game' it links you to a place to buy games. Also, it makes for a great forum game, trying to get the ads to say something completely contrary to the thread at hand while still posting in context. Viagra!
At least it's not like gamespy where everytime they use the word 'game' it links you to a place to buy games. Also, it makes for a great forum game, trying to get the ads to say something completely contrary to the thread at hand while still posting in context. Viagra!
Yea, I currently have:Radelaide said:
Know how the Lord comes?
God is Love
Learn What Prayer Can Do
Christ-The hunger for Him
Their adverts seem rather flacid. Perhaps there is someway they could design a pill for adsense to last longer.
(c'mon people help me change these ads!)