Ads in the sidebar

[jaapv]

Normally they don't bother me, but today there was a window jumping up and down, in bright red too, about some cell-phone sale. I'd happily pay a subscription to be spared that kind of irritating thing....

[Speenth]

Originally Posted by jaapv

Normally they don't bother me, but today there was a window jumping up and down, in bright red too, about some cell-phone sale. I'd happily pay a subscription to be spared that kind of irritating thing....

Hi' Jaap,

I use Firefox as my browser. One of its many and various 'add-ins' is called Adblock. Adblock totally removes all advertising on any and every site - heaven for free.

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[admin]

First - the ads in the sidebar are delivered by Google Ads - I've no or very little influence what is shown here.

Second - please keep in mind, that the advertising helps to run this forum. I have to pay real bills for software licences and the provider and much more work every month.

I can do this only as long as I can convince advertisers that ads are working here.

If you want to block the ads (what I can understand personally), feel free to support the forum in another way, for example by a sponsor membership:
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/payments.php

Best regards from Bonn
Andreas

[jaapv]

I know, Andreas, and normally I have no problem with the ads, it was just this red block jumping up and down on the lefthand side of the forum was too distracting to my eye. That one certainly was not working for me.

[gwelland]

For Safari users there's also an Adblock version: Safari AdBlock

I subscribed as a sponsor member to the forum so my conscience is clear.

[jaapv]

What I do notice is, that since the site allows ads, the number of spyware and adware infections on my computer has gone up. Or maybe it is a coincidence with no common cause...Not a real problem, AntispywareBot kicks them off as they appear. Is that something you can block at your end, Andreas?

[admin]

Originally Posted by jaapv

What I do notice is, that since the site allows ads, the number of spyware and adware infections on my computer has gone up. Or maybe it is a coincidence with no common cause...Not a real problem, AntispywareBot kicks them off as they appear. Is that something you can block at your end, Andreas?

I'm sure the spyware infections have nothing to do with the Leica Forum.

Banner ads come from only two sources:
1. Advertisers I work together personally like B+H, Gordy and Bogen Imaging
2. Google Ads

I trust both sources - but if you find any indications of malware in the forum, please let me know!

Best regards from Bonn
Andreas

[Canfred]

I think we all do understand these ads help to pay some bills but I just wish the ad people would have a better understanding, these
rapid colour changes can couse migranes and worse in some persons.
No I do not suffer from this but I do know some cases.
Manfred

[jaapv]

Normally I don't mind the ads, some are interesting; I'll click them to help the forum. But the Dutch members are being pestered with extremely annoying cellphone ads, that are large, garish and jump all over the place.

[kahner]

Originally Posted by jaapv

What I do notice is, that since the site allows ads, the number of spyware and adware infections on my computer has gone up. Or maybe it is a coincidence with no common cause...Not a real problem, AntispywareBot kicks them off as they appear. Is that something you can block at your end, Andreas?

please be aware of Antispywarebot, it seems to be spyware itself :

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regards

Kahner

[jaapv]

Thanks for that! I'll look into it!

[admin]

Originally Posted by jaapv

Normally I don't mind the ads, some are interesting; I'll click them to help the forum. But the Dutch members are being pestered with extremely annoying cellphone ads, that are large, garish and jump all over the place.

Jaap,
can you please tell me the links of these ads?

I'll block them by domain...


Best regards from Bonn
Andreas

[jaapv]

Today they're not there; I'll notify you as soon as they reappear

[mhoersch]

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Andreas,
p l e a s e tell us how many supporting subscribers you need in order to get rid of stuff like this. Ads at the top of the page, ads at the bottom of the page, ads on the side of the page - it is getting a bit hard to bear, when you have to return to junk like this every time you've looked at a photo in the people section and want to look at the next one. For me this begins to feel like crossing the line...

[jaapv]

Andreas:



http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com...DIIeIUHxs5cz60


imgad?id=CMzHtISc-6bkfxCgARjYBDIIeIUHxs5cz60


And this is the URL of that company:

GSMWEB: Telfort uitverkoop



Hope this helps Thanks

Jaap

[plasticman]

Hi Andreas

Is there a way to filter the ads from Google? I would hope that some sort of categorizing might be possible, so that ads related to photography would come up, rather than for dating services?
I was surprised to see this ad today - I personally don't think it's appropriate. But I fully understand the need for the ads, in general.

Thanks for running a great (free) site!

Mani

[jaapv]

Agree, Mani, I've complained about that one before...