limok Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 What's up with these adverts, it's pretty embarassing when I'm browsing neowin and family members, including younger siblings, see a half naked man looking down at his crotch or images of girls being shocked by what vimax can do to crotch sizes. Are these adverts going to be a permanent solution to neowin ad revenue or is it a one off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Why is it embarrasing ? they're just adverts, and even so they aren't showing anything. you're probably the only one around your computer that thinks it's embarrasing as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limok Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Whoa! dude easy now. There's only one reason I think that you're defending it. Anyway mate the site is becoming like those you find on the torrent sites, where you'd expect stuff like this and wouldn't mind it at all. But since this is a tech site I would assume most of the advertiser would target selling tech stuff and not pharmaceuticals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 easy ? I wasn't attacking or anything, I was merely asking a question and trying to tell you that perhaps it's not nearly as "embarrassing" as you think it is. oh and what would that "reason" be ? please entertain me. And they're also not nearly as bad as what you get on torrent sites and the like as you call them. and as I said, they're just ads. you see worse ads out on the streets and in shop windows every day. Not to mention tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limok Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 OK let's just put the attacking to side and have a civilised discussion. One of my PC's is in the family room, and when I'm browsing neowin and the room's full of family members I'd find it awkward explaing to them why and what's on the screen. I think it's more of a cultural thing then anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted March 22, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted March 22, 2009 I'd think that the Vimax ad was a slip-up on behalf of the advertiser and is beyond Neowin's control. Let's wait for what the powers that be have to say about the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted March 22, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 22, 2009 It's likely a regional thing as I haven't seen those ads. Please take a screenshot and PM it to a Supervisor and then we'll decide whether or not to take it up with our advertising provider. Generally, we are only interested in PG13-style ads that do not contain pop-out-flash-type ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limok Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 If you guys aren't seeing it maybe I have spyware or of somesort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 hmm, I was pretty sure it was supposed to be a ad about WiMax wirless broadband who just played on the make it bigger thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoL Veteran Posted March 22, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 22, 2009 Hehehe the other days I saw an ad here on Neowin about gayChubbydating or something like that LOL :laugh: :laugh: WTF? :blink: :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted March 22, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 22, 2009 If you see disruptive or inappropriate ads on the site, please screenshot them and contact an admin/editor/super/dev and we'll make sure it's taken care of. We out-source our ad provider, and we're in constant contact with them in terms of what we want and don't want. Penis enlargement ads are not something we want. If anything, it reduces our revenues because we all know no one around here would need anything like that! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) The woman staring at me is even more disturbing ... Look at those eyes :unsure: Edited March 22, 2009 by Sethos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted March 22, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 22, 2009 Surprise her with a bigger penis? Hahahaha! That one made me laugh out loud in real life. I'd hate to explain that one to my dad if he happens to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 You guys should stick to the Computer related Adverts. I suppose ePenis enlargement via Hardware upgrades is more palatable to the general Neowin browser :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkaic Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 The woman staring at me is even more disturbing ... Look at those eyes :unsure: Yeah really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Yeah really! Her eyes say 'No No' but her lips say 'Yes Yes'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted March 22, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 22, 2009 lol that woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkaic Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Her eyes say 'No No' but her lips say 'Yes Yes'. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limok Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 [scream painting]omg my widoze has the spywares[/scream painting] Unfortunately my Windows Seven installation has caught spyware, this spyware changes the users' DNS server to block sites, such as popular antivirus site and msn.com, and also redirect ads to display the vimax ad. First time ever I have let spyware in, but then again I was arrogant and didn't install any antivirus or anti malware software (apart from windows defender(how good was that)). Running antivirus and antimalware as I type this message.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted March 22, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 22, 2009 If you guys aren't seeing it maybe I have spyware or of somesort. While that is a possibility, what I was getting at was that they may have paid Google (or whomever does our front page ads) to get spots for U.K. customers only. Sometimes offending ads affect only one region of the world. We've had other spots that were Australia-only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashy Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 That's because Australia is totally awesome BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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