No HTTPS on TBN?

[LMychajluk]

Or, go to http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/profile.php?do=editprofile, then scroll down the the bottom of the page and choose "No" for both "Show inserted links" and "Allow inserted links in my posts"

Aaron Z

Good info. I didn't realize you had the option to turn them off. But, of course, that only works for this site. A good ad/tracker blocker will work on all sites.

 

[aczlan]

True, I run uBlock Origin on my browsers, makes pages load faster.

Aaron Z

 

[Oldpath05]

By 'http' thing, if you mean is it related to http, then yes. If you hover over the link, it says 'Inserted by Vigilink'. Vigilink is a company that provides a snippet of http code that a web site owner can insert into their site to create links on keywords. When someone clicks one of those links, Vigilink gets a commission, and they pass along a % back to the owner of the site. I'm guessing TBN recently signed up w/ Vigilink...

If you use Chrome, there's a Chrome Extension that you can add called Ghostery that can block your browse from creating the Vigilink links (among blocking other ads and tracking tools).

Yes that's exactly what I'm talking about, I had a feeling there'd be a $$$ connection somewhere except for me, might not mind it so much if the highlighted links was something about the post but it's more like forced commercials about something that I have no interest in. Now it's time for counter measures.

 

[Oldpath05]

Ram ram ram ram, Kubota kubota Kubota, Bla bla bla...........................

 

[dragoneggs]

True, I run uBlock Origin on my browsers, makes pages load faster.

Aaron Z

I use Ad Blocker Plus. Works great and in the background. Shows a little icon with how many adds blocked every time a page 'loads'. Some sites will require you to turn it 'off' to navigate their pages but it is simple to use.

 

[Oldpath05]

Or, go to http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/profile.php?do=editprofile, then scroll down the the bottom of the page and choose "No" for both "Show inserted links" and "Allow inserted links in my posts"

Aaron Z

Kubota must have special privileges or it takes more time or I'll be it will be kabota from now on, but least a miscellaneous word like>>> ram is not highlighted anymore or it wasn't for a few minutes.

 

[Oldpath05]

I use Ad Blocker Plus. Works great and in the background. Shows a little icon with how many adds blocked every time a page 'loads'. Some sites will require you to turn it 'off' to navigate their pages but it is simple to use.

Me too but ABP dont stop highlighted links about stuff I don't care about. The way it's going for me, soon it will be hard to tell the difference between someone highlighted link on his post that he wants me or a reader to click on, or could be someone's else advertisement selling whatever from wherever.

 

[dragoneggs]

Me too but ABP dont stop highlighted links about stuff I don't care about. The way it's going for me, soon it will be hard to tell the difference between someone highlighted link on his post that he wants me or a reader to click on, or could be someone's else advertisement selling whatever from wherever.

Yeah, understand. When I post a link I do it with a line space before and after so people can tell it was me. When it is inline with the text, I tend not to click on it if I can't tell.

 

[von-mil]

My tractor is made by Kubôta

 

[Muhammad]

Clarification:

Viglink is an affiliate network that inserts links on pages and then links to product pages for those products. We've tested it a couple times and we're running another test now. It only shows if you are not logged in. As other members have mentioned, and you can also opt out even if you're not logged in.

We have other links as well, for specific tractor-related terms. This was something we implemented years ago and my original idea was to make it a useful link back to pages or manufacturers that are mentioned in posts. There is a limitation of one such link per post, however, so it isn't something that I expect to overwhelm the forum. Also as I said it's been on the site for several years, at least and although people have mentioned it, I haven't seen the feedback as lots of complaints so we just kept it on. Ideally, I will link terms like FEL and box blade to pages that explain more about those topics. On the list.

But back on topic, we have recently updated some of our other sites to HTTPS and TBN is due for the HTTPS upgrade some time this month. :thumbsup: