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[TWR]

Dont you fill up the whole screen with ads? its getting that way.

[ummmm]

Great idea :-)

[ChuckFickens]

How much would you be prepared to pay to use this site then, TWR?

[TWR]

Yes I would, do you think others would follow?

[Baldric]

The amount of space dedicated to AB on my screen has not changed, I don't see a problem, it does afterall finance the site.

[ummmm]

How much would you pay?

[The Builder]

OMG ......... people paying for answers ... I'd have to upgrade my Public Liability Insurance ;o)
............. and you wouldn't be able to afford young Fikkens ;o)

[factor-fiction]

The only things I'd like to change are:

1) to stop adverts where the sound jumps out unannounced (the M&S ad with sound re-appeared this week)

2) reduce the size/shape of the big ad underneath the answer entry box (i.e. next to the bit that says 'best answer- no best answer has yet been selected....), since it means that when I open a question I can't see whether it's been answered unless I remember to tab down the screen to check first

[TWR]

It's not up to me to decide, I'll think about that whilst I'm eating my mince pies.

[boxtops]

Agree with the big advert criticism, factor - you can't see whether there have been any responses.

I don't have any more adverts than before, TWR, except on the motoring pages (the owls)

[anneasquith]

it is one of the problems with AB, IE ADS. BUT HEY HO !

[TWR]

Boxy, the site I was last on went the same way, ADS ADS ADS, we did all complain & would have contributed if the question was asked, need I say, it destroyed the site.

[naomi24]

I can't see why people have a problem with adverts. I don't look at them, I turn the sound down, and they pay for the site. Seems easy enough to me.

[boxtops]

The only time I get sound on adverts is if I scroll over one by mistake - all the rest are silent (and yes, my speakers are on)

[AB Editor]

We've had this layout since....April maybe? Have you only just noticed?

"Yes I would, do you think others would follow?"

How much would you pay?

Others would not follow.

[TWR]

If the ED ask's his / her members to pay a small fee towards the up keep of this site, I wonder how many would disappear?

[naomi24]

TWR, read my post. How difficult is that?

[AB Editor]

"I was last on went the same way, ADS ADS ADS, we did all complain & would have contributed if the question was asked, need I say, it destroyed the site."

You bang on about this a lot. That site sounds like it was poorly run. You perceive that we've added more ads (we haven't, but lets forget that for now).

You say we've added more ads.
You say that adding ads will destroy the site.
We've "added more ads"
Membership and visitor numbers have increased.

Please explain in what way a GROWING site can be considered under threat in the way you describe?

Or is it that you're just a miserable bugger?

[maggiebee]

Opened my mouth too soon the other day when I said I didn't get any ads on the screen. Today the damn thing is full of them. Think someone mentioned an adblocker. Is there a link for this?