Get rid of advertising in the forums
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Printed Date: 23 October 2007 at 5:46am
Topic: Get rid of advertising in the forums
Posted by: Wildcat_Dude
Subject: Get rid of advertising in the forums
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 8:28pm
| Oh and I really really hate the forums injecting ads linked to keywords. To me, it was already full of ads on either side of the frame which is ok since I can focus on the forum messages themselves, but now reverting to throwing ads about willy nilly is really getting sick. Is this really necessary? I vote to throw it out. Yeah I know, my vote doesn't buy ads but do you really really think it'll sell anything if users hover over the link? ------------- MCSE:Security & MCSA:Security, MCDST, MCP XP, CompTIA Sec+, A+ & N+ USAF (68-77) SP K9 Vietnam Vet 1969-DaNang, 1970-Tuy Hoa, Retired Police Detective/Narcotics/K9 |
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Posted by: aljph
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 12:40am
| http://www.google.com/analytics/ - analytics ? ------------- CCVP, CCNA, CS-CRMCS |
Posted by: Wildcat_Dude
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 8:18am
| yep. appears to be like it but it is by Vibrant Media (crap). http://www.vibrantmedia.com/whatisIntelliTXT.asp?ipid=5305&c c=us&server=certcities.us.intellitxt.com - as shown here ------------- MCSE:Security & MCSA:Security, MCDST, MCP XP, CompTIA Sec+, A+ & N+ USAF (68-77) SP K9 Vietnam Vet 1969-DaNang, 1970-Tuy Hoa, Retired Police Detective/Narcotics/K9 |
Posted by: BosonMichael
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 10:06am
| Are you talking about a specific ad? I'm not getting anything popping around "willy nilly". I'm sure that if you paid CertCities the amount they're getting from their sponsors, they'd consider your request. Someday soon, I hope to have my own ad hopping around here "willy nilly". ;) ------------- BosonMichael (formerly TMichael) MCSE+I, MCSE: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ Served proudly, US Army, 98C Intelligence Analyst, '89-'92 |
Posted by: Wildcat_Dude
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 10:59am
| See the double underlines in parts of the forum messages and signatures? If your mouse happens to go over it, it pops up an ad. ------------- MCSE:Security & MCSA:Security, MCDST, MCP XP, CompTIA Sec+, A+ & N+ USAF (68-77) SP K9 Vietnam Vet 1969-DaNang, 1970-Tuy Hoa, Retired Police Detective/Narcotics/K9 |
Posted by: BosonMichael
Date Posted: 28 October 2006 at 9:01pm
| Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I must agree, that is pretty tacky... it looks like *I* am advocating those ads in my signature. Hmm. ------------- BosonMichael (formerly TMichael) MCSE+I, MCSE: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ Served proudly, US Army, 98C Intelligence Analyst, '89-'92 |
Posted by: pentium4forever
Date Posted: 29 October 2006 at 3:29pm
| The ads aren't that bothersome really. If you had to view an ad before you were able to submit a post, then that would be another story. I can't believe I'm going to say it but some ads are good. I mean if you are looking for a good deal on something, you can sometimes find it by clicking on an ad. Not completely true all the time but sometimes might be. How come no part of my sig is generating ads? LOL. ------------- Nick A+, CCNA Taking MCP 70-270 on Oct 16th. Any words of wisdom? Feel free to PM me with any advice! |
Posted by: BosonMichael
Date Posted: 29 October 2006 at 5:54pm
That's not my problem. My problem is the fact that it looks like *I* am endorsing those ads by including links within the text of my message. ------------- BosonMichael (formerly TMichael) MCSE+I, MCSE: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ Served proudly, US Army, 98C Intelligence Analyst, '89-'92 |
Posted by: Wildcat_Dude
Date Posted: 29 October 2006 at 6:47pm
I dunno Nick, the reason I like the forums here was because they fought to keep commercial spam out of here, but now they've brought it in. Oh well, guess it was time for me to depart from here anyways. I'm not going to be part of this. But you enjoy all that spyware you got on your system(s) since you love ads that are good to you. I prefer those that I can shred and give to the animals to make good use of it. I noticed that even MCMCSE has it on their forums. Oh well, time to buckle down and study I suppose. You guys have fun with this crap, I'm outta here. ------------- MCSE:Security & MCSA:Security, MCDST, MCP XP, CompTIA Sec+, A+ & N+ USAF (68-77) SP K9 Vietnam Vet 1969-DaNang, 1970-Tuy Hoa, Retired Police Detective/Narcotics/K9 |
Posted by: pentium4forever
Date Posted: 29 October 2006 at 7:37pm
| I don't love ads WC, definitely not. They are what keeps things going and pays for a lot of things. All I was doing was pointing out that sometimes they can be helpful although probably 90% of the time I do not click on them. I request that you reconsider departing from these forums, you are a well-respected contributor here. ------------- Nick A+, CCNA Taking MCP 70-270 on Oct 16th. Any words of wisdom? Feel free to PM me with any advice! |
Posted by: Headhunter
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 12:02am
Mmm weird I don't see them here either (using FF2.0) but I do see them on mcmcmse it's that intellitxt that does those things (is OK now but used to slow the site down really considerably) And don't go man.... then I will be the only one to get down with bombs on some users :-) ------------- Koen CCSI#30501 CCNP CCIP CCVP CCSP CCDP CQS-Cisco Wireless LAN Design & Support Cisco Unity Design Specialist Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist JNCIA-ER MCSE MCSA:Messaging |
Posted by: BosonMichael
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 1:11pm
| Just got off the phone with Becky... she said that they're coming off permanently. In fact, they'll probably be gone by the time I finish this post! Definitely glad to see that happen. :) Welcome back, WD! :D heheheh ------------- BosonMichael (formerly TMichael) MCSE+I, MCSE: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ Served proudly, US Army, 98C Intelligence Analyst, '89-'92 |
Posted by: Administrator
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 1:25pm
| Hi Guys, As TMichael said, they should be gone now from the FORUMS (still on site itself -- news articles, etc.). If you're still getting any, try closing out and relaunching your browser, and if you still see them on the forums, please e-mail me right away at [email protected] and we'll try to figure out what's going on (developer removed them quickly, so there might be a spare page or two that still has them). Thanks for the heads up again T, and to all of you for alll of your patience while we work through this thing. It's a trial we've started (30 days), and while I knew they were going on the site, I didn't even consider that they might be put on the forums -- I should have thought of that. Again, ads should now be completely gone from forums. If you have any opinions on them on the site itself, feel free to post them here or contact me (all my direct info below) Best, as always! -- Becky [email protected] or [email protected] (Please always e-mail me directly -- much faster way to get a hold of me than PM) Or feel free call me: 949-265-1557 (direct) BTW: I do NOT recommend that anyone else put their phone number on this forum (or any forum, for that matter). However, I do it because 1) It's my work number 2) it's out there anyhow and 3) it's my job to hear from our site visitors. So do feel free to cal me, but please don't follow my example! |
Posted by: Wildcat_Dude
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 1:42pm
Whooo hoooo, TMichael called me and told me they was gone. Now I can hang out again  Thanks Becky for looking into it. I don't mind ads (outside the forum message areas), especially when TMichael gets to the point he can have you guys post his ads for their products (coming soon in a neighorhood near you  ).You guys have the best certification forums hands down (even without me here bellyaching about something ).------------- MCSE:Security & MCSA:Security, MCDST, MCP XP, CompTIA Sec+, A+ & N+ USAF (68-77) SP K9 Vietnam Vet 1969-DaNang, 1970-Tuy Hoa, Retired Police Detective/Narcotics/K9 |
Posted by: BosonMichael
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 2:45pm
| You sure you want to post your e-mail address and phone number on a forum that is crawlable by search engines, Becky? ------------- BosonMichael (formerly TMichael) MCSE+I, MCSE: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ Served proudly, US Army, 98C Intelligence Analyst, '89-'92 |
Posted by: Administrator
Date Posted: 30 October 2006 at 3:00pm
| Hiya TM, Excellent point -- I'm keeping it, but I don't recommend it for others! Added a disclaimer on the above. Hiya Wildcat, Thanks for hanging in there with us! Just glad we could fix this so quickly. BTW! BIG shout out to our amazingly (!!!) understanding advertising dept. as well as our wonderful and lightning-fast developer for getting these removed so quickly. I'm so lucky to work with these people. Thanks again to all of you for reading and supporting CertCities.com and its forums! -- Becky :-) |