ads?

[my79f]

Whats with the ads right in the middle of the posts?

[Larry Callahan]

The new ads are experimental and we are just testing the waters with them in terms of website experience, placements, and revenue. Things may change in a couple of weeks. It is my hope that they will help me take the site to a new level.

[redsand]

There is one ad that keeps trying poping up at the top of each screen and the home page and it cannot be opened. the

res://ieframe.dll/http_400.htm#http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/p...0&ifi=1&dtd=16


it also looks like the data (advance search, faq) right below the home/whats new is scrambled and going over the top of itself

[SLO_Z28]

Its funny, I never realized that there was supposed to be an ad at the top of the forum. I always thought it looked rather oddly blank.

[redsand]

Firefox works fine. Must be my IE browser running an older version to work with oracle

[2yellow69]

While I personally don't like the ads, (reminds me of other forums) if it helps Larry take PT.com to a "whole new level" I'll learn to deal with it. This is already THE forum to be on so I can't imagine what he's got up his sleeve!

[Larry Callahan]

Sorry and thanks. I'm hoping to do a LOT more event coverage and who knows what else we can do? New software, faster/larger server and so on.

[astroracer]

Larry, something is amiss with the forum. When I open any of the threads to read them I "used" to be able to hit the back button to go back to the new post page. As of today I cannot do that and I have to either kill the window I am using to view the forum or hit the "new posts" button again. This has made the forum very clunky to view and is very frustrating...
Mark

[Larry Callahan]

Larry, something is amiss with the forum. When I open any of the threads to read them I "used" to be able to hit the back button to go back to the new post page. As of today I cannot do that and I have to either kill the window I am using to view the forum or hit the "new posts" button again. This has made the forum very clunky to view and is very frustrating...
Mark

Did that just change for you today?

[Dave B]

Wow these suck!! You need to have a "supporting membership" or something, so we can get rid of these ads.....They are worse than the paint stripper I've been breathing in for the last hour.....But I understand the reasoning...

[shmoov69]

Really don't dig them. BUT, I understand the reasoning.
I'm sure I'll be here either way none the less, but if you're taking votes (and you're not! LoL!), then my vote is no.

[astroracer]

Did that just change for you today?

Yes Sir. Yesterday was fine. Today, no back button...

[shane38]

adds are driving me nuts!! simple is better

[gotyorgoat]

Ads are bad. bad bad bad. GTO Forum has too many ads and is so slow, just becuse the ads always need to load before the content comes up. I stopped going there because PY forums is simple and faster. Waiting and dealing with glitches is so frustrating.

[Larry Callahan]

Thanks everyone for the input. I'm listening and working on it. We will do a little tweaking and see how it goes for a couple of weeks.

[BonzoHansen]

I don't mind the ones between posts and such, and on forum & post tops & bottoms, etc. I get that, no problem. However ads in posts bother me. Like this one. I have not seen it yet, but when posts have people's words turned into hyperlinks, that is irritating as well. Just my $0.02 as a long time user.

Edit: crap there is an ad inserted into my post! lol
Edit2: no it's gone! ha ha

[minendrews68]

I can't use the back button either...

[minendrews68]

try putting your cursor over the back button, hold down the left mouse button, and when the drop down menu opens you can pick the last page you were on.

[minendrews68]

wow, I don't know how but after my last post I went back to the beginning thread and there was a ad from a local bank here in Jonesboro! How did that get into a forum controlled in California? the bank is "Liberty Bank of Arkansas". On a side note though, that banks name has changed it was sold about a month ago.

[TheJDMan]

Larry,
I don't care for the ads inside the posts. I feel they are a bit invasive and misleading. Ditto on the back button not working.