kennyd
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Is this annoying anybody else? It bugs the he** out of me!
Ebay Ads on right side?
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Inspector507
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First it was the rolling Google ads, now the ebay ads. I understand a need to raise revenue to keep this site free, but are these ads disrupting everyone at TBN to support the other ByNet sites? Quite annoying.
Sorry if it's annoying... we're going to run the ads as a test for a while, and if they work, we have plans to incorporate targeted eBay auction results to most of the forums.
I personally thought they would be among the most useful, relevant ads we run. Many websites run completely unrelated, generic ads that have no conceivable value to visitors. Our ads on the other hand, are almost always related and of course, support the operations of the site.
Since the other BNN sites have low traffic, the server costs are fairly small compared to those of TBN... plus, those sites support themselves with similar ads.
I personally thought they would be among the most useful, relevant ads we run. Many websites run completely unrelated, generic ads that have no conceivable value to visitors. Our ads on the other hand, are almost always related and of course, support the operations of the site.
Since the other BNN sites have low traffic, the server costs are fairly small compared to those of TBN... plus, those sites support themselves with similar ads.
cmuncy
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The ads are fine, just put them somewhere else!
Putting the ads on the right hand side reduces the horizontal width of the forums and/or generates horizontal scroll bars.
PITA /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Putting the ads on the right hand side reduces the horizontal width of the forums and/or generates horizontal scroll bars.
PITA /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
MikePA
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<font color="blue">...and/or generates horizontal scroll bars. </font>
I agree that it creates horizontal scroll bars, but how is this a problem? On the screen resolution I use, the only thing on the right side of the screen are the eBay ads, i.e., to select threads to read I don't have to scroll to the right.
I agree that it creates horizontal scroll bars, but how is this a problem? On the screen resolution I use, the only thing on the right side of the screen are the eBay ads, i.e., to select threads to read I don't have to scroll to the right.
Bird
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And I don't even know what you guys are talking about because I've never seen any ads on the right side of the page. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Maybe my Norton SystemWorks or Personal Firewall is blocking them????
RobS
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I'm not seeing them either Bird, but I haven't checked from home for a couple of days /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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I don't see a thing either. I've tried it from Home/Work -- Internet Explorer/Mozilla -- nothin'
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Hey, I finally found them. I clicked on a specific forum category (which I VERY SELDOM use), and that's where they are.
Seeing that the only way I view TBN is via the Posts over the Past 12 hours, I never see them. So, if someone doesn't like the eBay ads, don't delve into specific forums, which slows down finding of posts to read anyway.
Seeing that the only way I view TBN is via the Posts over the Past 12 hours, I never see them. So, if someone doesn't like the eBay ads, don't delve into specific forums, which slows down finding of posts to read anyway.
