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09-01-06, 18:25
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Suggestion: advertising banners NSFW
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Dear administrators,
I think it would be a good idea to use more discretion in choosing advertising banners for the site. Many of us read (and contribute to) dbForums from their workplaces, and all these pop-up windows and weird sounds generated by the ads can be, how should I put it, frowned upon by our co-workers and managers...
I have nothing against ad banners as such, and sometimes I even click on them, but some of them may not be appropriate for more formal workplaces.
Thank you
Nick
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09-01-06, 20:24
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09-01-06, 21:20
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yes, very well stated, and i will make sure the site owners do get the word
notice nobody took my complaint seriously, maybe because i did not make my point with the same rational explanation as the other esteemed gentleman from toronto here
or maybe because i posted it in Chit Chat rather than here in Suggestions and Feedback -- http://dbforums.com/showthread.php?t=1607366
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09-02-06, 00:22
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iNET Interactive
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Can someone show an example of such ads? I haven't seen any popups or heard any noise.
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09-04-06, 05:06
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King of Understatement
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Originally Posted by SoftWareRevue
Can someone show an example of such ads? I haven't seen any popups or heard any noise.
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Here ya go Mr Revue Sir.
Attached calls out the "Ha Ha Ha Ha - Oh Behave" that Rudy loves and then takes you to:
http://smiley.smileycentral.com/down...rtner=ZNxmk696
Ya yo ya yo yoooow.
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09-05-06, 04:15
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King of Understatement
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Oh BTW - just noticed something in your post - I have never experienced a popup at DBF.
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09-06-06, 08:42
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King of Understatement
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And another banner. The little guy bottom middle is in full "helllooooooooo" which he does everytime your mouse rolls over him.
Same link as the banner above 
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09-11-06, 07:37
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try it here -- HellOOOOoooooooooooooo...
not as annoying as "Oh Behave" but still quite disturbing in the early morning while others are still asleep in the house...
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09-11-06, 11:37
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here ya go, dennis -- HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.... Oh behave!
REMEMBER, THESE THINGS NOT ONLY PLAY THEIR SOUND WHEN YOU ROLL OVER THEM, THEY ALSO DO IT ON PAGE LOAD
very, very disturbing
pretty close to making me reconsider whether i ever want to visit another inet site again
dennis, you're supposed to have an "in" with these people -- how come we haven't heard back from them on this issue??
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09-11-06, 12:04
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King of Understatement
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Originally Posted by r937
try it here -- HellOOOOoooooooooooooo...
not as annoying as "Oh Behave" but still quite disturbing in the early morning while others are still asleep in the house...
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Don't forget to whip your cursor over the banner as quick as possible for an echoey-chorus effect.
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Originally Posted by r937
REMEMBER, THESE THINGS NOT ONLY PLAY THEIR SOUND WHEN YOU ROLL OVER THEM, THEY ALSO DO IT ON PAGE LOAD
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Now that is interesting - what browser do you use? I not get any sound on page load.
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09-11-06, 12:24
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Originally Posted by r937
here ya go, dennis -- HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.... Oh behave!
REMEMBER, THESE THINGS NOT ONLY PLAY THEIR SOUND WHEN YOU ROLL OVER THEM, THEY ALSO DO IT ON PAGE LOAD
very, very disturbing
pretty close to making me reconsider whether i ever want to visit another inet site again
dennis, you're supposed to have an "in" with these people -- how come we haven't heard back from them on this issue??
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That advertiser has several different banners. It's kinda hard to take two down if we don't know what they are.
I have never seen them, after hundreds of refreshes.
Please, when someone sees one, right click on it and post the properties.
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09-11-06, 12:27
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Originally Posted by SoftWareRevue
Please, when someone sees one, right click on it and post the properties.
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i've done better, i've actually captured them and placed them on my site, with links to them so you can see/hear them "in action" as it were
what did you mean by properties?
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09-17-06, 15:15
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King of Understatement
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Hi
Hope this is useful.
this site:
http://www.onelook.com/?loc=rescb&lang=all&w=sinch
has the "Ha ha ha ha ha ha - oh behave" banner (sorry - I can't post the banner on a site  ) BUT it is mute - you get the banner without the sound.
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09-30-06, 16:36
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King of Understatement
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Is it me or are the banners now either silent or need to be actived?
Oh - wait - no I had my volume on mute.
Oh - wrong again - no I didn't.
Three whoops for Dennis:
Whoop!
Whoop!
Whoopeeee!
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09-30-06, 19:47
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Originally Posted by pootle flump
Is it me or are the banners now either silent or need to be actived?
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I still don't see one. And since no one's posted a URL that shows they're from our ad network, I have to assume that ya'll are pullin' my leg. 
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