Genesis Forum Support

[Alwaysforward]

Just wanted to mention how much faster the site seems to run once you join as a Supporting Member. For a minimal cost, it is well worth my donation. Thank You Sal

Just click the line below to support this great site.

http://genesisowners.com/subscribe.html

Oh and did I mention, no more ad's

 

[Aquineas]

Just wanted to mention how much faster the site seems to run once you join as a Supporting Member.

Oh and did I mention, no more ad's

The two are probably related.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

It really is nice not to have the ads lol. Which does take up server time when loading

 

[Ernie3647]

Just wanted to mention how much faster the site seems to run once you join as a Supporting Member. For a minimal cost, it is well worth my donation. Thank You Sal

Just click the line below to support this great site.

http://genesisowners.com/subscribe.html

Oh and did I mention, no more ad's

Agreed...!

 

[Sal Collaziano]

Thank you very much for the support! I actually run all the ads on my account so I can see exactly what's going on for most of our viewers. They do get annoying but I've learned to deal with them. I agree, however, that the site is so much cleaner and faster without the ads - which are a necessary evil. However, sometimes (I admit, on rare occasion) the ads can be helpful when you're looking to buy something...

 

[srobak]

Adblock strips an average of 16 ads per page here for me. That's quite a bit.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

If we could get some direct advertisers here those network ads could be removed. I won't hold my breath, however. Most vendors just come here, post about a product, never come back and get sales based on that one post for years. Must be very nice for them...

 

[RN2X]

Does the forum get compensated when people click on the ads?

 

[PMCErnie]

Yes, trying to dodge that Ad Choices pop-up ad, the one that intermittently obscures the message you are attempting to read, is almost as much fun as playing Pac Man.

 

[Nikgen]

Yes, trying to dodge that Ad Choices pop-up ad, the one that intermittently obscures the message you are attempting to read, is almost as much fun as playing Pac Man.

It now makes the site not worth the effort from my iPhone - ads keep popping up as you scroll to read a message string. So won't be checking much while away from home anymore.

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[Dai Uy Ted]

I'm puzzled. I have the basic, free membership, yet I don't see the ads people are complaining about. Would that be because of my Adblock Plus?

 

[dareckibmw]

I'm puzzled. I have the basic, free membership, yet I don't see the ads people are complaining about. Would that be because of my Adblock Plus?

Yep. Adblock blocks it

Adblock + Ghostery blocks pretty much everything, viglinks included.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

Does the forum get compensated when people click on the ads?

Yes, but please don't click ads that aren't interesting to you. I don't want to have advertisers paying for a click that won't earn them a customer.

Yes, trying to dodge that Ad Choices pop-up ad, the one that intermittently obscures the message you are attempting to read, is almost as much fun as playing Pac Man.

Can one of you guys take a screen shot of that Ad Choices ad? I haven't added any "new" ads to the site in a long time and Ad Choices ads don't pay anything at all. It's kinda silly to have an ad being so annoying especially if it doesn't even support the site...

It now makes the site not worth the effort from my iPhone - ads keep popping up as you scroll to read a message string. So won't be checking much while away from home anymore.

 

[PMCErnie]

How's this pic?

 

[srobak]

wow.... that would be bloody annoying... :/

 

[Alwaysforward]

I still get those annoying Ads on my cell phone so I stopped checking out the site via my cell phone. But for my laptop, paying the $48 per year serves two things. One to eliminate those annoying adds and to help support the site we enjoy. Please support. I would spend that on just one night out for dinner. A well spent investment for all the information we gain from this site.

 

[PMCErnie]

Hopefully our webmaster will kill this pop-up. He has expressed that sentiment. These days, I believe, more folks surf the Internet on smartphones and tablets than they do on laptop and desktop computers. I rarely go on my laptop, or desktop, anymore. Same with my wife, except for our investment and personal bookkeeping records.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

How's this pic?

Thank you. If you avoid scrolling over double-underlined text like that - you won't get the popup. Those text link ads have been running for a long time...

I still get those annoying Ads on my cell phone so I stopped checking out the site via my cell phone. But for my laptop, paying the $48 per year serves two things. One to eliminate those annoying adds and to help support the site we enjoy. Please support. I would spend that on just one night out for dinner. A well spent investment for all the information we gain from this site.

Thank you for letting me know about this. As a supporting member you should not get network advertisements in any form whether on the full version or mobile version. I do believe I just fixed that issue...

Hopefully our webmaster will kill this pop-up. He has expressed that sentiment.

People don't generally refer to those as popups - but they do have a similar behavior. As previously mentioned those are ads I DO/DID already know about. I try to keep the cost for an ad free experience very low and if I'm not mistaken $3 per month is probably the lowest monthly "support fee" you'll find anywhere. I hope nobody is offended by my asking for that support fee to remove the ads...

 

[Alwaysforward]

That has fixed it Sal. Thank You very much. I am not at all offended having to support this site. I have learned so much since I first joined. It was the least I could do. I didn't know it was so cheap or I would have supported sooner...

 

[PMCErnie]

Thank you. If you avoid scrolling over double-underlined text like that - you won't get the popup. Those text link ads have been running for a long time...

Yes, they used to trigger as you describe. Nowadays, however, they pop up without even going near the double-underlined text. After the ad window opens it stays open and moves around, obscuring the view of any message you are trying to read. Maybe there is another control setting that you are not aware of? Ad Choice can hardly be called advertising. It's just an annoyance.