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post #181 of 219
10/5/09 at 4:02pm
Haha! ooh you're bad. That almost mythical thread has been floundering and barely buoyant this past year Michael, but it's still the most entertaining thread on the forum.
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post #182 of 219
10/5/09 at 4:17pm
Alright this issue should be fixed now.  Our ad network made a mistake in their trafficking and went in and fixed it manually for us.

Once again, I apologize for these issues and any interference with your activities on HTF.  And please, continue to report any issues promptly so I can get right on top of it and keep the ads and site clean for you all.  Thank you for doing so in this case.
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post #183 of 219
10/5/09 at 7:13pm
Thanks, Adam!
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post #184 of 219
10/7/09 at 11:27am
I wasn't sure whether to start a new thread for this (or post it in the Elit ad thread)...but navigating the HTF has been difficult (at best) for me this afternoon as I am having a really long wait on page loads.  They are actually hanging on me rather than long load times.

Using Firefox 3.5.2 on XP, I will click on specific thread links and just get the very top of the thread page with no other information while my FF status bar tells me I am waiting on either:

ad.afy11.net, or

pixel.quantserve.com

I don't know if these issues have anything to do with the new Elit ads or if it's something else...but it's been a problem all afternoon and, as you might suspect, is really frustrating. 



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post #185 of 219
10/7/09 at 11:42am
I also have the lag, but I am seeing the background (including ads) almost instantly.  According to IE8 its the forum portion of the page that is taking so long to load.  I opened a ticket, and it is being looked at.
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post #186 of 219
10/7/09 at 11:46am
Thanks, Adam.  I just posted an image above of what my "lag" (although sometimes it's a "hang") looks like.


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post #187 of 219
10/7/09 at 12:10pm
 Hey, in case this has anything to do with the new Elit ads, I shut them down.
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post #188 of 219
10/23/09 at 12:23pm
I don't know if anyone else is having this issue, but I've noticed over thte last few days that those animated ads for the Ford "SYNC" something-or-other (they feature what looks like a red robot firing a laser) is kinda slowing things down for me.

Not a deal breaker...but my pages won't load until the ad's animation completes.  Fortunately it doesn't take as long to cycle through as that old Amex "counter" ad. 
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post #189 of 219
10/25/09 at 1:10pm
No one else?

There seems to be a newer version of the ad running now which takes a lot longer and is now pissing me off as my PC won't fully load its HTF page until the animation is done.  I guess the creature featured in these Sync ads is a robotic Mercury (winged helmet, you see).

But there's now a bunch of text and probably a 10 to 15-second wait for the animation to run its course before my page loads as expected. 
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post #190 of 219
10/25/09 at 1:12pm
I have seen that ad, but haven't noticed any affect on page load times.
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post #191 of 219
10/25/09 at 1:20pm
Thanks, Adam.  As I said, there seems to be a newer version of the ad which I'm catching today.  Don't know if that's the one you've seen or not.

It could very well be that my PC is just aging out and not able to deal with these fancy-schmancy ads...although I've got to figure I'm not the only person in the world with an older PC.  Which, BTW, is a Pentium III with an 863 mhz processer, 384Mg RAM running XP with SP2.  My PC at work is comparable. 
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post #192 of 219
10/25/09 at 1:43pm
It looks like there might be more than one version of the Sync ads running.

The first offender involves a red-themed robot.  The text has something to do with "Calling Anna."

The one I just captured and am posting below is more green-themed.  Both feature large streams of something gaseous pouring out of the robot's...  (Maybe they originate from Uranus?!?  )

Anyway, the complete text of the green-themed ad is "It's a Master of Directions...Commanded by your voice."  And then it lands on it's final splash page (Sync Turn-by-turn Navigation--powered by Microsoft) and my HTF page loads.




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post #193 of 219
10/25/09 at 4:02pm
FWIW, here you can see two different banner ads for Sync...including the red-themed one I referenced above which touts it's ability to make phone calls (It's your personal operator"):


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post #194 of 219
10/25/09 at 4:54pm
I still get the Samsung birds fluttering about at the top of the page and the occasional Alienware ad, but they don't impede forum browsing. I suppose I should count myself lucky. A few days ago I could only navigate the forum with java disabled.
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post #195 of 219
10/25/09 at 5:13pm


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Originally Posted by Steve Christou View Post

I still get the Samsung birds fluttering about at the top of the page and the occasional Alienware ad, but they don't impede forum browsing. I suppose I should count myself lucky. A few days ago I could only navigate the forum with java disabled.


I think you're secretly in love with the Samsung bird... :P

I'm not having any slow down issues.  My cookies must not be partnered with any of the fancy ads the banners pull from.

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post #196 of 219
11/2/09 at 1:52pm
The forum is running stultifyingly slow this afternoon.  There seems to be at least one of those damn Sync ads on every page for me today.  The image below shows you that I was coming to post this news, I was fortunatee enough to have TWO of the ads post to the same page.  When this happens, the top banner ad loads, then when IT is done, the second ad then loads.  When they are BOTH done, my page will load.  This can take upwards of 20 seconds.    You can see my status bar in the lower right-hand corner...waiting...and waiting...  


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post #197 of 219
11/2/09 at 3:55pm
I've been getting a political ad while here at HTF which is interesting with the rules against political talk. The bastards are tracking me by IP though since he's been trailing me all over the Internet. Hopefully he'll go away after tomorrow!
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post #198 of 219
11/2/09 at 6:20pm
Not too surprised, Ed...that you're being targeted tonight...


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post #199 of 219
11/24/09 at 10:54am
There is a new ad for an Epson projector which is showing up sometimes as a banner ad at the top of a page...but also as one of the square ads in the right-hand column near the top of the page.

When that ad is in the right column and the page loads, the projector in the ad "projects" out onto the forum page and darkens everything.  What it's doing, of course, is expanding the clickable area for the ad to direct people to learn more about the projector.  The first time it happened I thought I had somehow "selected" most of the page and tried to click on the page to "deselect" things.  Instead, it drove my browser to the website for the product.

Besides the "invasiveness" of it, it takes a while for it to do it's thing (at least on my old clunkers of PCs that I use). 

Lame. 
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post #200 of 219
11/25/09 at 6:17am
Here's an example of what that Epson ad looks like while it's doing its thing (note how the entire screen is darkened):


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post #201 of 219
11/25/09 at 7:24am
Yes, I have seen that as well.
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post #202 of 219
11/25/09 at 3:34pm
Hi all, apologies for the issue with the Epson ad.  I've let the team know.
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post #203 of 219
11/25/09 at 4:34pm
This Epson expansion is actually working as intended and it is running through 12/1

You should only see this once a day - after that a frequency cap is in place so that you do not see the expansion

As this offering is so relevant to the content on HTF and to our audience, we decided to run the campaign after Epson specifically requested placement on our site.  We are very careful about serving popup ads but made the judgment call that for this particular Epson campaign it would be OK.

If you think this was the WRONG decision - please let me know via PM
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post #204 of 219
11/25/09 at 6:00pm
Adam:

I've seen this twice today....albeit it on different computers (but on the same User ID).  Once this morning (just after 9am when I made the screen capture above.  See the time stamp in the lower right.) and just now (at 8:55pm).  Does different computers (IP addresses) have it make sense that I've seen it twice today?
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post #205 of 219
11/27/09 at 10:11am
Hi Mike,

I believe the frequency caps and ad serving happens based on the cookied session on a specific computer and browser, rather than on a per-user basis.  That means that any time you use a different computer, different browser, or clear your cache and cookies, the count for the once-a-day display of the Epson ad will reset and you may see it again. 

Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon View Post

Adam:

I've seen this twice today....albeit it on different computers (but on the same User ID).  Once this morning (just after 9am when I made the screen capture above.  See the time stamp in the lower right.) and just now (at 8:55pm).  Does different computers (IP addresses) have it make sense that I've seen it twice today?


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post #206 of 219
11/27/09 at 6:48pm
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Originally Posted by adamfarren View Post

If you think this was the WRONG decision - please let me know via PM

YGPM

&
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000642.html

I put overlays just behind audio...


Edited by Sam Posten - 11/27/09 at 8:35pm
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post #207 of 219
11/28/09 at 7:59am
Regarding the Epson ad, this was something that Ron, Parker and I discussed with Adam Farren several months ago, and we all agreed to run it.  Overall we are not fans of popup ads, so it will be VERY rare that you see them. This ad will be run on a total of 8 specific days spread out over a two or three month period.
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post #208 of 219
11/28/09 at 10:15am
It's your house =)  I just very much dislike them and these types of ads are what eventually drove me to install ad blocking software...  I saw the ad on my PC which does not have that Firefox add on, and immediately I knew that I agreed that the above poster had a legit gripe.

We all know the ad business is HARSH as hell right now and we all want to see HTF survive by any means necessary, but I don't personally see how adding ads that make people want to view the site less (or like me install ad blockers that indiscriminately kill ALL ads) is going to help in that quest.

I really do feel like a heel for installing the blocker.  It goes against a lot of what I stand for, but the epson ad reinforces for me that this was a good call on my part.

Respectfully,
Sam
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post #209 of 219
11/28/09 at 11:14am
I agree with Sam on this one.  I understand the validity of Epsons ad to the HTF.  If the ad offends people though, then it's having the opposite effect then what epson wishes.  I'd talk to them to at least tone it down.

Good advertising should flow seemlessly with a website, not hamper the use of it or be obnoxious.  that's why I watch movies instead of television, to avoid obnoxious ads.
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post #210 of 219
12/2/09 at 3:57pm
Works kinda like the (nearly) forced trailers on some DVDs and BDs.

_Man_
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