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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on October 12, 2005, 05:30:53 pm

Title: Prevolance of ads?
Post by: Unknown Target on October 12, 2005, 05:30:53 pm

Has anyone noticed that since the Fox takeover (it was Fox, correct?) of IGN and Gamespy, we've been getting a few more ads? For instance, the new banner page thing, and at the bottom of all the forums, the incredibly-obvious-spyware-machine, the Alexa Toolbar? (Which is a ***** to remove from your system, for the record). Just my thoughts on it. I'm not saying to get up in arms, but I'm just saying that it seems like we're getting a few more ads than normal lately. (At least it's on the bottom where it's unnoticed and doesn't interfere with the page layout).

Title: Prevolance of ads?
Post by: Primus on October 12, 2005, 05:32:00 pm

Alexa: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,35737.0.html

EDIT:

And I haven't noticed more ads than usual.

Title: Prevolance of ads?
Post by: vyper on October 12, 2005, 05:36:38 pm

If you don't like ads..

Fight Fox with Fox (http://www.mozilla.org)

Title: Prevolance of ads?
Post by: aldo_14 on October 12, 2005, 06:04:56 pm

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=10&application=firefox

Title: Prevolance of ads?
Post by: Mongoose on October 12, 2005, 06:07:57 pm

Quote

Originally posted by aldo_14
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=10&application=firefox

:nod: Can't get any better than Firefox + Adblock.  As for the banner page ads, if you're talking about the ones that appear before the home page loads, I've started seeing them more frequently at PlanetDescent, but I don't think I've seen one here yet.

Title: Prevolance of ads?
Post by: CP5670 on October 12, 2005, 06:08:42 pm

I don't notice. I've mass-adblocked off a lot of stuff with a big list of general keywords.

Title: Prevolance of ads?
Post by: mikhael on October 12, 2005, 09:47:17 pm

Care to link your list for the lazy?

Title: Prevolance of ads?
Post by: Fury on October 13, 2005, 04:25:51 am

I hope you people will also read the comments in the Alexa-thread about pay-per-view ads.

Title: Prevolance of ads?
Post by: Sandwich on October 13, 2005, 12:01:47 pm

Yes, I'd appreciate it if you didn't block the Alexa toolbar image, since that gives the HLP admins a picture of the kinds of people who visit HLP. I installed the code that displays the image, so the data does not go to GS or Fox or anything like that - it goes to the HitsLink account shared by the HLP staff.