CentralDogma Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I'm alright with the Google ads and even the banner ads ("hit Bush with a pie!"), but your ads have gotten ridiculous. I've always been against the Vibrant ads and blocked them on my other computer. Now there's apparently an inline video, which has absolutely nothing to do with the news item, which protrudes over the news if you mouse over it. Now that I look, you also have pop-ups going too! I understand that you're trying to at least break even with operating costs, but you're slowly making the front page unusable and you're going to be driving away new members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted January 22, 2009 Developer Share Posted January 22, 2009 I'm alright with the Google ads and even the banner ads ("hit Bush with a pie!"), but your ads have gotten ridiculous. I've always been against the Vibrant ads and blocked them on my other computer. Now there's apparently an inline video, which has absolutely nothing to do with the news item, which protrudes over the news if you mouse over it. Now that I look, you also have pop-ups going too!I understand that you're trying to at least break even with operating costs, but you're slowly making the front page unusable and you're going to be driving away new members. We specifically request our advertisers not to publish pop-ups or intrusive adverts on our pages. If you have an issue with an ad, the quickest way to get it sorted is PM a screenshot to Neobond who will have stern words with our advertises if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralDogma Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted January 22, 2009 MVC Share Posted January 22, 2009 Yeah they screw up sometimes and publish these ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted January 23, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted January 23, 2009 I also got this advertisement, but it isn't as bad as it looks, since it only affects the page on loading, and than slides in smaller, and will only look like this when moused over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateB Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I get an ad similiar to LylesBack, but it is a Kaiser Permanente Ad. It pops over without you mousing over the ad and even if you close it, it will pop back over in a couple of secs and always covers a good amount of the homepage. If i try refresh 3 times and it is still there i just leave Neowin for a couple hours...it is THAT annoying to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appzalien Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Something is interfearing with my surfing the site. when I change pages the whole browser freezes and I have to wait 20-30 seconds before I can even change tabs. From within the same page I have no problems posting a remark or editing it, but opening a new page or changing pages in the same tab causes the browser to freeze up. Its got to be ads doing it, but they never popup like they do on other sites I visit that cause the same type freezing issue. I also have the same thing just opening the site to log in. I can't enter my nick and password for about 30seconds while the browser is frozen. I can't report ads I don't see, but they are certainly doing something in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appzalien Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I just noticed today, if I hover my cursor over the topics at the top of the page (control panel - main - forums - blogs) they drop down and stay down. Now that indicates something wrong with the page coding no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Pages all load fine and fast for me with NO popups and the drop down menus close right back up after removing cursor from them. Using XP Pro and K-Meleon 1.5.2. Also, all is fine in Seamonkey and IE6. Turn off some of those goofy addons you probably have plastered in Firefox? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Pages all load fine and fast for me with NO popups and the drop down menus close right back up after removing cursor from them.Using XP Pro and K-Meleon 1.5.2. Also, all is fine in Seamonkey and IE6. Oops! My double bad. Didn't even pay attention to which browser you had open and then Neowin just flipped out on me and posted this as a quote and not an edit to my original post! Man! Can't edit my own post (above) after less than an hour now a days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I wonder if its the same AD company that keeps putting these popups on Neowin. If it is, any chance that Steve can maybe... leave them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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