Kennysarmy
Newbie
Is anyone else getting adverts that split either side of the screen and which I can't seem to find a way to get rid of?
Very annoying!
Very annoying!
Site adverts!
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chellie
Tour Winner
Adblock is your friend.
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Should you need adblock for a forum?
#oldchestnut
#oldchestnut
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Deleted member 15344
Guest
Tough one as the adverts keep the forum free but ad block does make it more manageable. I have to be honest and ad block wins
Beezerk
Money List Winner
#notsurprisedbyyourargumentativereply
How many forums are free? Erm every one I've ever been on, it's a portal into a website, magazine or such. If you had a paid forum, specially a golf one I'd guarantee it would have zero members.
bobmac
Major Champion
The forum is free
Install FREE adblock
Free forum free of adverts.....free
Install FREE adblock
Free forum free of adverts.....free
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Don't mind adverts as bills got to be paid. But having adverts that compromise or even at times deliberately prevent you using the forum until you click on the advert is completely counter productive as people won't use the forum. Or force people to get adbloc which then means that the advertisers who are not coming up with very intrusive adverts are not getting value when advertising on the site. Which can't be helpful in the long term for the site/magazine. I've given up on the web sites of local papers now as they are mostly unreadable as they are just a mass of adverts popping up all the time with some text hidden in between.
Seems to happen a bit on here and you'd think the forum owners would be aware of this but it seems not.
Seems to happen a bit on here and you'd think the forum owners would be aware of this but it seems not.
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Beezerk
Money List Winner
Booooo.
I'll put up with the ads rather than have possibly spammy free software on my phone ?
bobmac
Major Champion
If anyone has adblock on their phone, can you tell us if it has any spam attached please?
Thanks
Thanks
robinthehood
Hacker
Not sure what you mean spam? I use it on android and it's fine . Some sites detect it ask to disable it.
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Deleted member 15344
Guest
argumentitive?
Any “free” forum I have been on with be either basic or have adverts
They won’t have a paid forum so will use adverts
If you don’t like the adverts then install Adblock - simples
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Yawn, thread anchor ahoy.
The issue is not with adverts, no problem with them, but with intrusive adverts that prevent you from using the site, particularly on phones or tablets. They always annoy, they push people into using AdBlock.
Kennysarmy
Newbie
I don't mind adverts, but I do mind ones that are seemingly impossible to close!!!
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
I don't have an issue with a forum, or any other site using advertising as a measure of generating income as it's the nature of the internet beast. What I do have issue with is poorly thought out, developed and tested solutions. It's not hard to make sure that the advert, banner or integration that you intend to use doesn't infringe on usability.
These ads are shockingly developed and deployed and if I gave any of my clients digital solutions that damaged the user experience and then just said "well tell the client to use adblock" I wonder what would happen to the reminder of my contract with that client...?
No, while I am hugely appreciative that the site needs adverts to fund it, it also needs users to use the site to see the adverts for them to be of any value.
#newchestnuts
drdel
Tour Rookie
Adverts are a fact of life. However I do expect professional web designers to do their job competently and realise 'crap' adverts/web pages turnoff the audience they seek!!!
