ads?

[birdsandbowties]

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

same here

[astroracer]

Larry. This is turning into **** storm.... F'n ads ALL OVER THE PLACE! Let me know when it stops and I'll be back. Otherwise... I'm outta here.
Mark

[Rick D]

Sorry Larry but bad idea!! As some others have stated and other sites have done maybe a membership?? This way if I want I can pay to not have the nasty ads show up I can. There are a lot of cool web sites that I do not go on because of the ads, they slow down loading of pages and when they are in the posts that's just not right.

Also I started another thread about this before I saw this one so if you need to move it or combined them??

[ddx77]

Yeah just for the record and some input, I would pay a little more for a membership to not have the ads.

Either way, it's an awesome site and I would rather put up with the ads than have it go away. JMO

[67gtonut]

Awesome Site.....

Ads Blow.....

Would pay for a membership

[BonzoHansen]

How I saw the above and my $.02. In a post is no good poor form, IMO.



I'm not 'no ads'. Such as these. They are fine


edit: argh, it added an add to my post!
edit2: it appears if you edit your post the ad goes away.

[Larry Callahan]

I just need a little more time to see what works where, what we can leave, what we need to remove and so on. In the end I'm certain it won't be the same as it is now.

[Larry Callahan]

Larry. This is turning into **** storm.... F'n ads ALL OVER THE PLACE! Let me know when it stops and I'll be back. Otherwise... I'm outta here.
Mark

Really? A member almost 10 years with over 2,000 posts and you can't even give it 24 hours?

[dcrider69]

Larry, do you mind telling me how much bandwidth the site uses? High and low? The ads are very annoying and horribly slow page download due to all the cookies/tracking that the ads entail. I don't think the pay per click route will payoff the downfall of the ads on the site.

[BonzoHansen]

Really? A member almost 10 years with over 2,000 posts and you can't even give it 24 hours?

I agree, Larry deserves some slack. I'm quite sure Larry will find a good balance.

[SShep71]

Larry,
I figured the ads were a long time over due. I think that a lot of people are just miffed because it is starting to look like some of the other sites out there. I think the amount of ads are a bad idea, but some ads aren't bad at all. Im sure you will get it figured out. Maybe a membership option isnt a bad idea. Something along the lines of more space for storage and all for a small fee. I am going on 10 years on this site, and I know there are several of us out there. I just think that a small fee for a certain additional perk would go far. Being as that some of us are building some high dollar cars and this isnt a cheap hobby a few bucks a year to support a site as awesome as this shouldnt be such a big deal. Just my .02

[NOT A TA]

Not liking the ads either. Aside from slowing things down and being very distracting while trying to read a thread I see other drawbacks.

1. They make the forum look cheap in that it looks like the small forums set up on those free forum hosting services that profit from the ad overloads.

2. They devalue the advertising already purchased by the "sponsors" by diluting the ad pool. Particularly if the new ads directly compete with current "sponsor" advertising. Would Amsoil guy keep paying to advertise if oil ads from other companies kept popping up at a fraction of the cost?

3. Viewership might go down as some of us will not frequent the forum as often or stop completely. If that occurs the advertising value to the current 100 "sponsors" would go down.

[BMR Sales]

Thanks Admins for dealing with this Issue!

T.C.

[my79f]

The ads at the top of pages and bottom, I can see and expect. Like others have said, and the main reason I posted was because of the adds that would split someone's post in half. Like others have said, I would pay for a supporting membership. This site is a wealth of info, and a great place to learn.

[Johnny Blaze]

Too much spam all over the site now. Makes it so busy. I've noticed I spend less and less time here.

[Johnny Blaze]

Well said

Not liking the ads either. Aside from slowing things down and being very distracting while trying to read a thread I see other drawbacks.

1. They make the forum look cheap in that it looks like the small forums set up on those free forum hosting services that profit from the ad overloads.

2. They devalue the advertising already purchased by the "sponsors" by diluting the ad pool. Particularly if the new ads directly compete with current "sponsor" advertising. Would Amsoil guy keep paying to advertise if oil ads from other companies kept popping up at a fraction of the cost?

3. Viewership might go down as some of us will not frequent the forum as often or stop completely. If that occurs the advertising value to the current 100 "sponsors" would go down.