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YouTubeOk, for a long time I've been driven nuts by the ads on internet sites such as weather.com, msn.com and basically any other website that has a lot of advertisements on the sides.
Several new ones I've noticed over the last month have the guy with the unibrow, the guy who looks like a terrorist (intentionally I believe), the guy with the HUGE glasses and teeth, and today a dog with Elvis hair. I call the dog with Elvis hair my breaking point.
In the past there was the .gif of the dancing girls, guys and robots, and whatever else. The snake with the states on it's body and many, many others.
While they drive me nuts and I would NEVER do business with any of these companies based on the ads alone, I do have to laugh at them sometimes.
Anyone else know what I'm talkin about or have any "favorites"?
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JD3
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Posted 2 years ago # -
vuch
grandview
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JD3 wrote >>
Ok, for a long time I've been driven nuts by the ads on internet sites such as weather.com, msn.com and basically any other website that has a lot of advertisements on the sides.
Several new ones I've noticed over the last month have the guy with the unibrow, the guy who looks like a terrorist (intentionally I believe), the guy with the HUGE glasses and teeth, and today a dog with Elvis hair. I call the dog with Elvis hair my breaking point.
In the past there was the .gif of the dancing girls, guys and robots, and whatever else. The snake with the states on it's body and many, many others.
While they drive me nuts and I would NEVER do business with any of these companies based on the ads alone, I do have to laugh at them sometimes.
Anyone else know what I'm talkin about or have any "favorites"?OMG YES! This one:
Hahahahah just kidding Walker. I *might* actually be able to make this one, for ONCE!!! :D
But on topic, I really don't like the ads on CNN.com and various other sites that expand down from the top as the page opens to be almost 3/4 of the page, then contract. I am a lightning fast internet searcher and when the links move around as I'm trying to read it frustrates the shit outta me.
Posted 2 years ago # -
vuch
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Also, I hate car insurance/student loan debt/ credit counseling ads that use the ip address you are at to put in your zip code. It just makes me feel like they are viruses waiting to happen.
And re: weather channel, why do they still use pop ups? They go to the back, but cmon, YOU ARE THE WEATHER CHANNEL. SHOW SOME CREDITABILITY.
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JD3
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I also hate when they have a box that says "Choose a State" or "What's Your Age" for mortgage or insurance ads and you can tell by moving over them that it doesn't matter which one you click, they all take you to the same place. If I can't even trust your ad, I don't think I'm going to trust you with a 6 figure mortgage.
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Manatee
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I can't believe how much money some company has spent to emblazon every surface on the internet with "LOSE BELLY FAT BY FOLLOWING THIS ONE WEIRD RULE!".
It's.... everywhere.
It'd be nice if you clicked on it and it said, "Put down your computer and go outside."
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vuch
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Manatee wrote >>
I can't believe how much money some company has spent to emblazon every surface on the internet with "LOSE BELLY FAT BY FOLLOWING THIS ONE WEIRD RULE!".
It's.... everywhere.
It'd be nice if you clicked on it and it said, "Put down your computer and go outside."Ah the old trick of navigating you to a site for hidden wisdom so you pay to download a useless pamphlet. Which then sells you something else. So very 1999 self help internets.
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JaredThompson
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Here is the one that started it all. The world's first banner ad, posted way back 1994.
Posted 2 years ago # -
anillo
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if you really get annoyed by the ads, you can always install ad-block (assuming you're using FF). Or if you have safari, click2flash effectively gets rid of flash ads by not loading any flash content unless you click on it. (I like this more because flash ads are the ones I have a problem with, and I don't like to totally eliminate ad revenue from sites with non-flash ads, especially smaller sites like this that rely on them more than someone like CNN or TWC. Plus click2flash lets you play youtube videos without using their player).
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groundrules
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i like that one for dictionary.com
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Core_Models
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I even play the game, Evony, but the ads for it have gotten ridiculous. It used to be cleavage showing, yet still medieval chick (so somewhat related to the game), now its literally just a photograph of a hot chick in a bikini with absolutely no connection.
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asil
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I like the personalized FB ads. "If you're a 32 year old female in Ohio you can get car insurance rates as low as $11.28 a month!!". Wait a minute...I'm a 32 year old female in Ohio!
They also want to give me free Uggs, a pink MacBook and a $10k "scholarship" that I don't even have to use on school! And if I would only sign up for MyLife there's a really hot guy that's been desperately searching for me. It's good to be me.
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DavidF
Elysium Fields
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Core_Models wrote >>
I even play the game, Evony, but the ads for it have gotten ridiculous. It used to be cleavage showing, yet still medieval chick (so somewhat related to the game), now its literally just a photograph of a hot chick in a bikini with absolutely no connection.I can't wait for the ads for the Age II Release they're touting.
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Analogue Kid
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Solution:
1. Download Firefox
2. Right click on obnoxious add and select "Block images from..."
3. Download flashblock
4. ????????
5. ProfitPosted 2 years ago # -
misskitty
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asil wrote >>
I like the personalized FB ads. "If you're a 32 year old female in Ohio you can get car insurance rates as low as $11.28 a month!!". Wait a minute...I'm a 32 year old female in Ohio!
They also want to give me free Uggs, a pink MacBook and a $10k "scholarship" that I don't even have to use on school! And if I would only sign up for MyLife there's a really hot guy that's been desperately searching for me. It's good to be me.Yea I know what your talking about I had one that said a job is waiting at National Geographic. if only lol
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alexs
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Something I wrote in 2001:
I never know what I might find,
on any day I go online.
I used to get in quite a huff,
while wading through unwanted stuff.
But then I changed the man I am,
the day I answered all my spam.Now every time I check my box,
I load up on fantastic stocks.
I'll gladly say I felt no loss,
when, with a smile, I fired my boss.
With just one click, the best thing yet,
I freed myself of all my debt.I have, by paying a few small fees,
ten university degrees.
Now that I'm losing all this weight,
I'm sure, someday, I'll get a date.
Instead of going to a show,
I spy on everyone I know.
(That's easy, since I have in hand,
this nifty wireless video cam.)I spend my evenings viewing screens
of barely legal horny teens.
And with a little credit charge,
Whoopee! My penis was enlarged!
Meanwhile these shots of Britney Spears
should be enough to last for years.And so I lead this online life,
my monitor is now my wife.
It has become my greatest dream,
to launch my own get-rich-quick scheme.
And if you think you might get missed,
relax, you're on my e-mail list.Posted 2 years ago #
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