Disabling in-text ads on Neowin

[amon91]

I don't use an adblocker at all and I don't mind the ads. It's a small price to pay for the hours of work the Neowin team puts into this wonderful site.

[soldier1st]

i block all ads period.

[WigglesTheFish]

I hate inline text ads with a passion, so yes I disabled them; but I still leave Neowin on my whitelist because I like to support sites with exceptional quality such as this site.

[e-berlin.org]

Ah, that's why my header images disappear when I turn content blocking on...

[Paul Paliath]

I don't get it how people find ads as non-intrusive as they are on Neowin to be a huge annoyance.

I browse the site just fine with the ads, and if it keeps Neowin afloat, than why disable them? Running a site Neowin's size surely takes time, the staff have jobs and real life commitments and still do an excellent job. The content is hand-written; the front page is a publication and not some crappy IPB portal. I'd understand if the ads were intrusive and planted spyware/adware on your machine, but really, they're not going to inflict physical harm or kill your cat.

[Wannes]

I don't get it how people find ads as non-intrusive as they are on Neowin to be a huge annoyance.

I browse the site just fine with the ads, and if it keeps Neowin afloat, than why disable them? Running a site Neowin's size surely takes time, the staff have jobs and real life commitments and still do an excellent job. The content is hand-written; the front page is a publication and not some crappy IPB portal. I'd understand if the ads were intrusive and planted spyware/adware on your machine, but really, they're not going to inflict physical harm or kill your cat.

As 60% of the voters diable the in-text ads I'm sure there has to be a reason for such massive action. I, for one, move my mouse along the content when I read topics. I don't follow them line per line but my mouse tracks about 75% of the text displayed. In-text ads disable fluent reading when you use your mouse. There is just no way around unless you stop doing a habit you've had for x number of years.

Neowin is whitelisted, I know they need the ads and I will do everything in my power to allow as many ads as possible. However, I come to this site to read and to participate and when an ad disables (or makes it more difficult) me to read an article, post or something alike, then I'm forced to disable it. Luckily via an official way rather than being a 'backstabber' and disabling them via your AdBlock.

[Steven P. Administrators]

Completely agree with your standpoint Wannes (Y)

[Nick H. Supervisor]

I feel like throwing in my support for the Neowin team. It doesn't add anything, but people's reactions in this thread have shocked me with their assumptions and outrage, especially when this thread in particular states how to opt-out of the intrusive adverts.

You're doing a great job, guys. You're finding a medium between the want to have the site survive and the preferences of the user. People need to quit complaining about something that they're basically getting for free.

Keep it up, Neowin. (Y)

[Midge]

Been a lurker for a while, decided to subscribe ^^ and support my daily reading material

woooooot

[metallithrax]

Quick question about the text ads.

Do you get paid on a per view or per click basis for these type of adverts? And by per view, I mean hovering and actually letting the pop up load up.

[Steven P. Administrators]

We get paid per click, nothing if the in-text ads never pop up (just stay like links).

[metallithrax]

We get paid per click, nothing if the in-text ads never pop up (just stay like links).

So nothing if I hover and see the pop up ad without clicking it?

[Steven P. Administrators]

Well we do have impressions and clicks, but im not sure if impressions are actually paid for (when the pop up thingy opens).

[Geranium_Z__NL]

uhhhhhhh I didnt notice em?

or I'm just stupid :D

[Mouldy Punk]

I don't mind adverts that have their own space in the page and don't get in the way of content, but I find adverts like these in-text ads that pop up and stop you from reading posts to be very irritating. Those and those flash adverts that break out of their box and take over half the page or play sound without me hovering/clicking. I haven't seen any of the latter adverts on this website though (:

I understand why you need adverts, and I sympathise. I don't run ad-block or anything like that and I even click on the ads that genuinely look interesting. But adverts that I can't just ignore because they interrupt my reading or play sounds that interrupt the music I'm playing are bloody annoying.

At least you guys are nice enough to give us a way to disable the in-text adverts, thanks (:

[Panacik]

I have no problem with enabling text ads as long as it helps the site. Disabling them is easy enough.

You ought to pin this thread though in order to avoid reactions like this one.

I was about to disable them, but stopped myself. I decided that they dont really cause me any bother and if they drive revenue up for Neowin, then its all good.

[Dashel]

Not sure why mine didn't exhibit this behavior before but OFF. There are few things more distracting and annoying than in text ads. As much as I enjoy Neowin at times, if you have to resort to such tactics on registered users you have bigger problems. I don't give a wit about 'prizes' and other BS. I think your whoring for marketshare to non-WINDOWS vendors is enough to stomache.

[Mouldy Punk]

Disabling them seemed to work all of yesterday, but I opened up neowin today and they were enabled again. What gives?

[Corris Veteran]

Disabling them seemed to work all of yesterday, but I opened up neowin today and they were enabled again. What gives?

Same here, I had forgotten we had turned them off till yesterday when they reappeared, now after turning them off again they are back. :s

[Lilrich]

I am Sub Level 2 so it dosent really matter BUT if i wasn't i guess it wouldn't make much difference.

[-T- Member]

Tier2 FTW. With some of the hardware most members on this site have, surely more of them could just put a tiny fraction into supporting the site and negating this issue

[crazzy88ss]

"Do you want to disable Vibrant links? Deactivation requires the use of cookie technology. Please note that if you should delete or refresh your cookies the service will be re-activated automatically."

REALLY? I'm going to have to do this when ever I reset cookies? fck that. This is BS, neowin.

I'm VERY VERY unhappy with these stupid asss ads.

[Steven P. Administrators]

They are disabled for members ;)

[Chasethebase Veteran]

"Do you want to disable Vibrant links? Deactivation requires the use of cookie technology. Please note that if you should delete or refresh your cookies the service will be re-activated automatically."

REALLY? I'm going to have to do this when ever I reset cookies? **** that. This is BS, neowin.

I'm VERY VERY unhappy with these stupid asss ads.

Calm down, firstly that is the ad providers decision, not Neowin's. Secondly they do annoy me, I did block them but kept the site whitelisted anyway.

No need to get your knickers in a twist.

[FiB3R]

They are disabled for members ;)

Vibrant links/Intellitxt is disabled for regular members? Not for me they are not.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up about this, Mephistopheles. With intellitxt gone, I'm gonna keep neowin white-listed until I renew my sub.

On a side note, if there was a link along the top called... promotions or something, linking to a page with all sorts of adds, I'd honestly click it now and then, and click a few ads. Maybe they could be relevant to which sections of the forum I visit/post in most?

Not sure what to make of the price grabber thing tbh, looks like neowin, but fails.

Always says that I'm not logged in to neowin, even after I log in (again) the next click reverts to being not logged in, and obviously this means it doesn't keep my choice of skin. So may as well not be branded as neowin if it really isn't integrated that well.

Cant find any option to tell it I'm in the UK. (I'm sure it's there somewhere)

Takes ages to load. (Edit: maybe that's just neowin or me atm?)

So not a nice experience all round really.

So.... Any xmas specials on subscriptions coming up? looking at Tier 2, but kinda skint atm :(