posted on February 22, 2001 01:22:13 PM
I know that the advertising banners up top here are necessary for revenue....but DAMN...those @#$%&*&^%$#@#$ CASINO AD's are really hurting my eyes....especially the big strobe like "YOU BET"....thats up there now. Do they HAVE to be THAT annoying?????? There I feel better but my eyes still hurt..
posted on February 22, 2001 04:06:44 PM
I HATE THEM ALSO ! I downloaded a program that was refferenced in the past and it lasted about 2 days. More computer garbage. I have tried as suggested to hit the escape button to no avail. I cant stand it and I am tempted to go to a pay site just to not have to deal with those FoCUS INFUSION Bannners.
posted on February 22, 2001 04:06:44 PM
I have to agree with you! I know that revenue provides our FREE service, don't get me wrong, but I still am annoyed by the flashiness. My photos download slower when that bar gets going! Arrgg!
posted on February 22, 2001 04:16:00 PM
I LOVE my AdSubtract!
I had switched it to "stop filtering" for something and forgot to set it back on - saw the horrible ad, quickly turned it back on, refreshed, and... as sharkbaby said..... ahhhhh...peace.
posted on February 22, 2001 06:13:19 PM
I have seen the threads mentioning adsubtract but then also had seen where it created some conflicts. Boy, I sure am tempted to try it anyway......most of the ads I can tolerate but their latest strobe like flashing ads are not just annoying but they really do hurt the eyes.....sorry I exploded but it just got to me. Think I will check out adsubtract.....and make a personal vow NOT to purchase, click on or spend money ANYWHERE that does that with their ads....
posted on February 22, 2001 06:38:14 PM
I run AdSubtract on my Win98 system running IE 5, and my Win95se system with IE 5. The only adjustment I had to make is for my Excite home page. If I block Excite, I run into problems with that site. I've not noticed any other problems.
posted on February 22, 2001 08:14:55 PMmkreynolds:
As a fellow Mac user, let me share one solution with you... If you already use Internet Explorer 5.0, there's a quick fix for the animated banner ads already built into the browser:
IE 5 for Mac has an option that will disable all animations -- or the looping animations which cause the the headache-inducing visuals -- in GIF files. (The vast majority of all banner ads are GIFs). Just go to "Edit - Preferences" then select "Web Browser - Web Content" and uncheck one or both boxes next to "Animate GIFs" and "Allow Looping."
There's also a Mac-only web browser called iCab (http://www.icab.de) that lets you block images of certain sizes (like the standard 468x60 ad banner) from being displayed.
posted on May 6, 2001 08:03:04 PM
mayflypaper...I have IE 5.0 but I have Windows 98. In your post you said...
"IE 5 for Mac has an option that will disable all animations -- or the looping animations which cause the the headache-inducing visuals -- in GIF files. (The vast majority of all banner ads are GIFs). Just go to "Edit - Preferences" then select "Web Browser - Web Content" and uncheck one or both boxes next to "Animate GIFs" and "Allow Looping."
Where can I go to get rid of those annoying casino ads? Thanks.
posted on May 6, 2001 08:52:01 PM
I use WebFree on my Mac to eliminate those pesky adverts....
Had to disable it to see what you're talking about...
There's a new shareware program out recently called AdFilter for Wintel machines which supposedly filters out banner ads and the like....give it a try
Here's a freeware program that offers many of the same features....
Cnet and Tucows offer a vast array of shareware and freeware programs for many aspects of computer operation.....try browsing there and see what you can find...
For all Internet Explorer users, (Not just Mac users), you can turn off animation on your browser and those banners will not flash. Click on TOOLS> internet options > Advanced > In multimedia section, UNCHECK "play animations". Simple... no more dancing bears, spinning smilies, blinking banners, etc. These items will still appear, but will be frozen. It's great!
posted on May 6, 2001 09:43:26 PM
Thanks Jema: I followed your instructions and it worked for me. I had a problem with the blinking banners making my cursor pulsate while creating a listing. It was driving me crazy.
posted on May 6, 2001 09:59:03 PM
YOU CAN RETAIN ANIMATED GIF AND OTHER COOL STUFF...AND STILL GET RID OF POP UP BANNERS...
EXPLORER USERS...
CLICK ON TOOL
GO TO INTERNET OPTIONS
CLICK ON SECURITY TAB
THEN CLICK CUSTOM BUTTON
SCROLL DOWN TO ACTIVE SCRIPTING
CHECK DISABLE
THEN CLICK OK
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I SURF ANYMORE
IT TAKE LESS THAN 1 MINUTE
TO LIST ON EBAY AGAIN YOU WILL HAVE TO REVERSE
THE PROCESS ..
posted on May 7, 2001 07:17:09 AM
THANKS JEMA!! When I looked in my internet options section last night, I thought it might be the "play animations" box that I should uncheck but I wanted to be sure as I don't mess with that stuff unless someone who knows what their doing will suggest it. This is GREAT!!!!! That pulsating ad was really giving me a headache. I had to hold my hand over it to continue working!
posted on May 7, 2001 03:11:57 PM
I ended up changing configurations, and am temporarily seeing the casino banner, for the first time. It is the worst I've seen.
The more blinking on a page, the harder to read the content. You can hit <ESC>ape on IE and Netscape to stop blinking, after the fact. IE (at least 5.0 on Windows) has an option for disabling animation. Most or all browsers can have auto-load of images disabled (right-click load just one or two images desired), and ad servers can be blocked with AdSubtract, the HOSTS file, or other solutions.
I know some "free" sites need income, but just like many salespeople have not learned that some customers do not take kindly to hard sell tactics and will respond better to softer or more honest approaches, many websites have not realized that some websurfers do not enjoy annoying banners or being tracked by direct marketers, and will respond better to more "quiet" and less intrusive advertising (sorry AW, but DoubleClick fails on both counts).
taz8057: Couldn't say about any one ad or site; but in general, "clickthrough rates" are generally cited as "less than 0.5%" and seem to be declining the past year -- one (of several) causes of the dot-com fallout. I've heard lower numbers cited sometimes, but I'm not sure on what basis.
The average response rate to direct marketing in general (not just banners) is the same slim but apparently sustainable 0.5% (meaning the few times a few people give into telemarketers is enough for telemarketers to consider it worth annoying the rest of us), so for one segment to dip below that is not suprisingly troublesome for anyone relying on that segment.
I think low clickthrough has numerous causes. Marketers have been laying it on so thick and heavy with quantity, bandwidth, annoyance, or tracking factors that many people have taken to learning to ignore or block them. Ads are also poorly tailored to sites: they might have better luck to pay more attention to the site than to each of the particular individuals visiting it. For example, at an astronomy site, people are visiting for astronomy information, and may be more receptive to ads for related items such as binoculars, telescopes, lenses, CCD systems, image software, computers, other (non-competing) websites, and some more subtly related items (travel, homes in the countryside, light construction). Plus, many websites do not offer sufficiently compelling products or services (e.g. pay the delivery cost on 50 pounds of dog food? ) or are not straight-forward enough (e.g. twenty clicks to buy something? ), or the buying process is not trusted (e.g. personal information sold, CC#s stolen).
I'd think that site-related ads would get more response because the viewer is already interested, then and there, in that general subject, whereas DoubleClick-style tracking ads rely on what seems like a more convoluted model, which in my words would be, "They visited a Y site in the past, let's try popping up an add for something Y-related, even though they're now on a site for something Z-related, hope they haven't had enough of Y, and that they're willing to stop looking at Z stuff long enough, right now, to click on the Y ad."
Maybe banners should have been sold more on the basis of "impressions" than "click throughs." I don't know. There were expectations on Internet marketing (and sales) that haven't panned out completely as expected, or in some cases, much at all.
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What's being done in the name of direct marketing nowadays is crazy.
The above are all just my opinions, except where I cite facts as such.
Oh, I am not dc9a320 anywhere except AW. Any others are not me.
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