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16 years ago

It just gets even MORE annoying to use the gardenweb. Now yesterday and today I start getting the ads with audio. Scared the crap out of me as I was reading the forums. Out of no where I get these audios. It's REALLY getting too much with the ads here. It's sad and pathetic. People can't even enjoy this site in piece without either a visual ad and/or audio now. iVillage you've really ruined this site.

Tom

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poisondartfrog
16 years ago
My pop-up blocker is doing a great job stopping most of the ads, but an annoying M&M's ad comes through sometimes. What a great way to discourage me from buying M&M's! I won't buy them again, and have asked everyone I know not to buy them.
Carrie B
16 years ago
It seems like I get the "honey, where do you think apples come from" audio ad every time I click to read a thread! It is driving me bonkers. I have Firefox and a pop up blocker, but they seem useless against that ad. This site is getting progressively more annoying. This used to be the only garden forum site I visited. Now, I visit 3 others regularly. Not a one of them has pop ups OR audio ads. This site is being phased out of my repertoire.
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Sorry this hit a nerve with some of you. Yes there are more significant issues to worry about. I look at it this way. The industry is already regulated in that the commercial isn't supposed to be louder than the loudest part of the TV program. All they have to do is tone it down- to the average decibel level of the program. If they are already monitoring the decibel level it might not be a big deal to continue to monitor it at a different level. There was a suggestion made that all we need to do to avoid the loud ads is to purchase a DVR and fast forward or use the remote to turn the volume down. Personally I don't find it very practical to sit there with a remote in my hand trying to avoid the commercials. My parents have enough trouble turning the TV on let alone utilizing a DVR and I'm sure they are not alone. It seems we are assaulted by noise everywhere we go. I don't find it unreasonable to try and control some of that cacophony in my own home.
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bob414
16 years ago
Carrie you need to get 3 extensions which will stop the ads:
NoScript
Adblock Plus
and
Adblock Filterset

I use firefox with those extensions and never see an ad like people complain about. Any questions about these extensions or using them just ask.
tommyr_gw Zone 6
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16 years ago
I agree with Carrie, I'm visiting this place less and less. Annoying = pain in the you know what. It's only a matter of time....
aka_peggy
16 years ago
A pop up blocker for this...a pop up blocker for that. Download this, install that...for crying out loud!!

I've been coming to this site for 8 yrs and thoroughly enjoyed it until last year. So many knowledgable people have left that it's just not the same anymore. Some of the forums that I regularly visited have died. They've moved on to greener pastures. There is life after gardenweb!

The "new management" has made few improvements to the site while bombarding us with ads, banners and video's.

Do you have any idea how many people visit this site once and never come back because of the ads? They don't know about the "suggestions" forum or the "computer help" forum. They don't know about mozilla, firefox and opera. In my line of work I used to refer a lot of folks to gardenweb, mostly older folks. I don't anymore. It's almost like signing them up to recieve junk mail. Either that or I have to 1st educate them on how to get around the ads and I've grown weary of doing that.

That said, I don't see the ads unless I'm not logged on. I definitely would not visit this site otherwise...just as I don't visit any site that bombards me with ads and surveys. I make it a point to avoid products made by companies that produce "in your face" advertising.

I USED to drink Crystal iced tea but not anymore. Never again! I don't use any of the other products I've seen advertised here anyway.

FWIW, GardenWeb is now "part of the NBC family," according to Tamara from GardenWeb.
Carrie B
16 years ago
Bob414 - I installed all three. I still am getting that very same audio ad.

Perhaps those blockers only work with PC's(?). I have a Mac.
albert_135 　 39.17°N 119.76°W 4695ft.
16 years ago
carrieb, read the fine print on the help pages and learn to block with wildcards. It is a pain. Seems curious that sites that depend upon adverts use adverts that drive you away from their site.
bob414
16 years ago
I have never used a Mac, but the extensions should work the same way with firefox on a Mac. I would have thought the ad was java script and noscript was blocking it for me. I have been on gardenweb almost every day since 1990 and have never seen nor heard an ad. Wish I had a better answer for you.
breenthumb
16 years ago
aka_peggy, if you only get the ads when you're not logged in, it seems you'd log in instead of ranting and raving about the ads. ivillage had a rough transition; ads were obnoxious for a while. But being logged in solves that problem now so what's your problem? Sandy

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