One for he ED.

[anotheoldgit]

We all know that web pages such as AnswerBank need a certain amount of advertising to support the continuation of their site, but is it not getting a little out of hand lately?

We are getting them jumping up and down all over the place, so much so that their should be a health warning that some of these can case visual irritation.

What prompted me to ask this question was the fact that today while busy on this site some audio adverts kicked in along with their irritating jingles, and I didn't know how to mute them.

[vivandorron]

Flashing Adverts are a danger to health.

http://en.wikipedia.o...otosensitive_epilepsy

Ron.

[Mamyalynne]

Ed has asked that he needs a proper description of which adverts and what they are for in order to reduce any problems like this.

[Hopkirk]

What adverts?

(I've got Adblock)

[vivandorron]

Until such time as Ed says that all flashing and mobile adverts have been removed, I shall continue to use Adblock on both Firefox and Google Chrome.
( IE I avoid because it is very very difficult to set-up for blanking-out adverts.)

I am not proud of the action which I am taking in this matter, because without Adverts AB is a 'goner'.

Ron

[Mick-Talbot]

All a bit melodramatic .....

[vivandorron]

Mick....Please explain.

Is a health factor not important.?

Ron.

[AB Editor]

Hi AOG,

sorry for delay in answering. I'm afraid the only answer is an ad blocker as has been previously stated, or you could turn your speakers off, if you aren't using them for music etc.

[vivandorron]

Have we an imposter who is posing as the Ed and suggesting the use of Adblockers.?

Ron

[AB Editor]

Normally Ron I would not advocate thier use, but in extreme cases...

You all know the reasons for the ads.

If there are serious glitches or problems, please email screen shots to me and we will try and sort them out.

[puzzlesRus]

Yes Ed, but inserting them in the body of questions in the form of a Hyperlink, is taking things a bit far, don't you think ? The originator's question in this very thread contains one such hyperlink.

[ChuckFickens]

That's not the site doing that, that's either malware or a browser extension installed on your computer.

[venator]

The free version of AVG blocks ads and also has a feature which stops your search history being used by trackers.

I don't get targeted ads, except for the likes of Amazon and Tesco, where I want them to have the information.

Here's a list of the trackers which are currently being blocked by my AVG...


24/7 Real Media Ad Networks
33Across Ad Networks
[x+1] Ad Networks
Accelerator Media Ad Networks
AddtoAny Ad Networks
Adition Ad Networks
AdReady Ad Networks
Aggregate Knowledge Ad Networks
Baynote Observer Ad Networks
Bizo Ad Networks
Brightcove Ad Networks
BTBuckets Ad Networks
Collarity Ad Networks
Comscore Beacon Web Analytics
Connextra Ad Networks
Criteo Ad Networks
Crowd Science Ad Networks
Dedicated Media Ad Networks
Didit Blizzard Ad Networks
Etology Ad Networks
Facebook Connect Web Analytics
Facebook Social Plugins Social Buttons
Fetchback Ad Networks
Google +1 Social Buttons
Google Analytics Web Analytics
Gunggo Ad Networks
IndieClick Ad Networks
iPerceptions Ad Networks
LinkedIn Web Analytics
LinkedIn Button Social Buttons
NetSeer Ad Networks
OrangeSoda Ad Networks
Reinvigorate Ad Networks
Spot200 Ad Networks
Twitter Button Social Buttons
Veruta Ad Networks
ViziSense Ad Networks
WidgetBox Ad Networks
Yahoo Analytics Web Analytics
Ybrant Media Ad Networks

[puzzlesRus]

Chuck - It's strange though, that this problem only occurs for me on Answerbank pages. It started to happen about a week ago and the adware concerned appears to be something called 'Text Enhance'

[boxtops]

I don't get jumping and flashing adverts, it must be your browser? My adverts are static, and I just ignore 'em. Except for those bogging Owls on the motoring page...

[AB Editor]

Hi AOG,

If you can take a screen shot and send that, or even tell me what the ad was for I will be able to help you out. We do not allow noisy or flashing ads as a rule, but sometimes our partners slip one in by mistake.

All the best,

Ed