stunsworth Posted February 1, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've getting this link as a pop up ad from time to time... WELT am SONNTAG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Hi stunsworth, Take a look here Pop up ad. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
nocti lux Posted February 1, 2011 Share #2 Posted February 1, 2011 Hi Steve, there is a thread about the pop ups in the German forum. Best regards Clemens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 1, 2011 Share #3 Posted February 1, 2011 I have advised Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted February 1, 2011 Share #4 Posted February 1, 2011 Hi, we are testing a cooperation with a new advertiser - including popups. They assured us that users will receive only one popup per day - I'm not sure if this runs correctly now... Please give us some days to test and optimize, we try to find out if the annoyance-income-relation is OK. Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted February 1, 2011 Share #5 Posted February 1, 2011 .......................They assured us that users will receive only one popup per day - I'm not sure if this runs correctly now... Andreas I've had several different German popups today. The latest being this one. How is the one per day controlled? cookies or by IP address? I automatically delete cookies after each browsing session. My IP address is static for months if not years but what happens with people whose addresses are dynamically allocated everytime they connect? I'll be patient and see what happens as the bugs are ironed out . Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_nova Posted February 1, 2011 Share #6 Posted February 1, 2011 How is the one per day controlled? cookies or by IP address? I automatically delete cookies after each browsing session. Cookies, I'm afraid... Andreas PS.: Disclosure - This is my (admin's) test account as premium member. BTW - Sponsor ads in the new design are gone for premium members. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted February 1, 2011 Share #7 Posted February 1, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Have to say there are few things more intrusive and irritating than popups and popunders. This would be extremely unwelcome for me. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 1, 2011 Share #8 Posted February 1, 2011 Andreas has kindly now once again removed all ads for Sponsoring Members. You will notice that the RedDot ad on the right hand side of the new layout has now disappeared (if you are a Sponsoring Member) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted February 1, 2011 Share #9 Posted February 1, 2011 Still got none. Besides, if this helps to keep this wonderful forum open and free, it's ok with me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h00ligan Posted February 1, 2011 Share #10 Posted February 1, 2011 I am getting the popups too, they are most annoying. As to once a day, great for people who save cookies.. doesn't work with those of us (many on the internet) who do not due to moving between machines, concerns about security, and who don't like advertising tracking. I'm sure I can block it somehow, but I personally find it very annoying... apparently I'm not alone as there was already a thread on it when I came to look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 1, 2011 Share #11 Posted February 1, 2011 Sponsor the forum and all the ads go away. Accept cookies and the pop up comes only once per day. Refuse cookies and pay nothing and they might come along more often. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. This place costs money to host and is free for anyone to use and benefit from. Moderators are unpaid volunteers of course, but the hosting is significant. Ads or sponsorship are fair enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h00ligan Posted February 1, 2011 Share #12 Posted February 1, 2011 ...or recognize that popups are not effective for advertisement and that users will install simple things (which took about 30 seconds to figure out, and now block all ads from the site) to be rid of them. I get the place costs money, but intrusive popups are not an answer. Previously there were no issues with ads and were I to see something relevant I would use a sponsored link. The solution to popups removes any ads from showing on the page. I am quite clear that to you I never have anything of value to offer. That said, other users already don't like this - and in the end the solution to the super intrusive popup/under ads simply blocks all site advertising. I'd love to see if anyone actually buys anything from this popup experiment, I doubt it. Ads are fine - hijacking my browser is not. But again, given your clear close-mindedness on anything I ever say, I wouldn't expect any other answer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 1, 2011 Share #13 Posted February 1, 2011 Where did that come from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted February 1, 2011 Share #14 Posted February 1, 2011 Sponsor the forum and all the ads go away. They don't, quite. There are several scenarios where you get them anyway. Firefox, for instance, seems to have a bug which makes the popup appear from time to time even if it's set to not show any popups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 1, 2011 Share #15 Posted February 1, 2011 Do you sponsor the forum? If you do, the ads are switched off. I use Safari, which has no ad blocking plug-ins, and I don't see any at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share #16 Posted February 1, 2011 Andy, I got the pop ups at work using Firefox earlier today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted February 1, 2011 Share #17 Posted February 1, 2011 Do you sponsor the forum? If you do, the ads are switched off. For several reasons, I do not remain logged in. The popups are shown until I log in. As soon as I'm logged in, it appears that they don't pop up, any more. Well, it's not a major problem. It is a bit annoying because some manage to pop even with the pop ups disabled. Might be a Firefox issue, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 1, 2011 Share #18 Posted February 1, 2011 Andreas is taking note of all these discussions b Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonearabiapix Posted February 2, 2011 Share #19 Posted February 2, 2011 I have received a pop-ups every time that i have been logged in. if this continues ,I will not! T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted February 2, 2011 Share #20 Posted February 2, 2011 Just for your information: I've just disabled the pop-up ads for all users who are logged in. The campaign will run for about two weeks from now on for guests only. Best regards from Bonn Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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