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farms100 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 11 5:34 pm

is it just me or have the posts started having annoying random advertising links?

Ritz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 11 5:39 pm

Thats the first thing I noticed when I came on this afternoon farms.

Key words underlined or double underlined, direct links indeed.

It is rather annoying isn't it!

nbuk · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 11 7:07 pm

Yea I was getting that too.........

And its in your signiture Richard....

Nick

FLWoodRat · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 11 7:13 pm

I find them annoying too.

Ritz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 11 7:20 pm

Well HOT DIGGITY DOG!

Yup its a key word search engine. Someone either hacked it in or "What Eva" :lol:

Ritz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 11 7:26 pm

Now this is kind of interesting. Just for the heck of it, I left this forum topic and went to another and back to this one, quite a few times. Each time their were either NO words highlighted OR it was selecting ramdom words.

Pretty smart programing I would think, hits every viewer of each forum a little differently with links.

Well just don't let your mouse wander over the highlighted words

Ritz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 11 7:28 pm

HOLY SMOKERS I think were under attack.

I just had a check your credit score (pop up) on the right side of the forum window.

ACKKKKKKkkkkkkkkkk run run

DolceVittoria · **Joined:** Sat Jun 06, 09 10:47 am **Posts:** 77

Ritz wrote:

HOLY SMOKERS I think were under attack.

I just had a check your credit score (pop up) on the right side of the forum window.

ACKKKKKKkkkkkkkkkk run run

We're not under attack

Advertising helps support the site.

farms100 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 17, 11 8:21 pm

[quote="DolceVittoria]
Advertising helps support the site.[/quote]

Never the less it's still irritating to have to sort out the useful links from the fake links. Do some banners ads onthe side or somethign else less insidious.

Ritz · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 11 6:52 am

I knew that Joshua :lol:

But it was kind of funny working through the underlined stuff and having that window pop up

DolceVittoria · **Joined:** Sat Jun 06, 09 10:47 am **Posts:** 77

farms100 wrote:

[quote="DolceVittoria]
Advertising helps support the site.[/quote]

Never the less it's still irritating to have to sort out the useful links from the fake links. Do some banners ads onthe side or somethign else less insidious.[/quote]

We will certainly take all of your feedback into consideration regarding leaving the links in the forum. Thanks!

DolceVittoria · **Joined:** Sat Jun 06, 09 10:47 am **Posts:** 77

Ritz wrote:

I knew that Joshua :lol:

But it was kind of funny working through the underlined stuff and having that window pop up

Woodworking, Shoes, Cellphone, Television... I figure at least one of those should get an underline.

farms100 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 11 3:51 pm

The links are seriously annoying now! :evil:

I lost 3-4 paragraphs trying to edit a reply of mine.

Now that you have banner advertising, Loose the freaking links!

nbuk · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 11 3:56 pm

I understand the need to advertise to help offset costs but to have random words highlighted and pop up a window blocking the post you are reading......

really???

Nick

new york new york · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 11 5:54 pm

Check your servers. My computer is showing encrypted computer code where the google advertising used to be. tried to upload a screen shot but no place for photos in this forum.

tiny · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 11 8:52 pm

I think the consensus is against the ads, is that about it?

Paul
the wee lad

NLamens · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 11 8:56 pm

I didn't care until about 1 minute ago....... I just lost a post and wasted time ... not sure if its related or not but this hasn't happened before.

palletmaker207 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 04, 09 9:28 pm **Posts:** 13

Hi Guys, thanks for all the comments. Yes, these are ads and they do help pay to keep the site live. I will try tweaking/limiting them a bit to make them more tolerable. I have used this before on other sites and it has not interfered technically with site function.

Thanks for you patience,

Pallemaker 207

palletmaker207 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 04, 09 9:28 pm **Posts:** 13

Hi Guys, so I have changed the ads to only display 4 per page. I am hoping that is not too much of a distraction ;-)

I will see how they layout and try to evenly distribute.

Thanks for understanding!

PalletMaker207

Ritz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 26, 11 4:55 pm

Why thank you very much Pallet Maker

Question, I know its for support of the 207 but does it only work if you click on it?

Have a wonderful day!

palletmaker207 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 04, 09 9:28 pm **Posts:** 13

Hi Ritz, so these are ads that are hopefully relevant to the content. The idea is if you roll over the double underlined word an info box (basically an ad) will pop up. If you click on it, you go to the advertiser site and our site makes a small amount of money. I understand that ads can be annoying, but these somewhat targeted ads, to me, are less distracting than BIG FLASHING BOXES :-)

Thanks for asking,

Palletmaker207

Ritz · **Posted:** Thu May 05, 11 6:14 pm

OK, whats this crap

now? I went to reply and I got a popup (full screen) with the simple Answer 1 question to prove your human? The the HECK

tiny · **Posted:** Fri May 06, 11 3:00 am

Is it just happening to me, or does anyone else not get the prompt for "first unread post" on this forum? It's annoying to have to scroll down to find the new stuff.

Paul

FLWoodRat · **Posted:** Fri May 06, 11 3:22 am

tiny wrote:

Is it just happening to me, or does anyone else not get the prompt for "first unread post" on this forum? It's annoying to have to scroll down to find the new stuff.

Paul

Tiny,

It's not happening to me..... Must be the Canadian Links. :lol:

palletmaker207 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 04, 09 9:28 pm **Posts:** 13

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