Noisy Banner Ads

Discussion in 'Customer Service' started by NER_MCFC, Apr 6, 2004.

  1. NER_MCFC

    NER_MCFC Member

    May 23, 2001
    Cambridge, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Each of the last three days, I've had to hurriedly turn down my computer's sound as a banner ad's audio started up.
    I'm sure I'm not the only one here who reads BS at work a lot, and I don't really need my co-workers wondering what I'm up to.

    Or is this just another way to encourage people to pony up the bucks?
     
  2. Huss

    Huss Member

    Aug 1, 1995
    New York, NY
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    No, it's not. We currently accept these types of ads from sponsors, but recognize the complaints and are discussing it with the sales team in LA.
     
  3. persiantiger

    persiantiger Guest

    Yea I second that Those ads are pretty annoying.
     
  4. SLCGunner

    SLCGunner New Member

    Mar 2, 2004
    Salt Lake City
    I don't have any banner ads when I view this page. got to love them pop up blockers get one here http://www.google.com
     
  5. NER_MCFC

    NER_MCFC Member

    May 23, 2001
    Cambridge, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I do a lot of my BS'ing at work, and we make very heavy use of internal web pages that rely on pop up technology, so I can't use blockers. On the other hand, I haven't seen any pop ups or banner ads with sound in the last couple of weeks, so I'm :).
     
  6. Huss

    Huss Member

    Aug 1, 1995
    New York, NY
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    We haven't had a pop up ad on this site is a long while.
     
  7. NER_MCFC

    NER_MCFC Member

    May 23, 2001
    Cambridge, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There was the one for the BigSoccer store, but no, I haven't seen that in a while. I was mostly thinking of the noisy banner ads, which I am very grateful not to have heard recently. Thanks.
     
  8. Casper

    Casper Member+

    Mar 30, 2001
    New York
    You could turn off/down the volume while you're surfing for personal pleasure. I know it's easy to forget, but it only takes half a second to do.
     
  9. NER_MCFC

    NER_MCFC Member

    May 23, 2001
    Cambridge, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I tried to do it in less than half a second but I can't move that fast. ;)
     
  10. StrikerCW

    StrikerCW Member

    Jul 10, 2001
    Perth, WA
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What about the one that pops up on EVERY page about Bellsouth DSL. I don't mind banners and whatnot, but this one pops up every time I go to a new page and thus is not blocked by pop-upblockers because its emmbed in the page or something. Just wondering if these will be here forever I guess..

    thanks
     
  11. Caesar

    Caesar Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Oztraya
    Looks like you have spyware, my friend.
     
  12. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    I was getting the same thing last night. Annoying as hell.. I didnt know if this was a BS thing or straight from the internet, unafiliated with BS..
     
  13. Caesar

    Caesar Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Oztraya
    I haven't had popups since they stopped with the BS Store ones.
     
  14. Huss

    Huss Member

    Aug 1, 1995
    New York, NY
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    We don't have popups running now, as far as i know.
     
  15. phats_away

    phats_away Member

    Jul 28, 2001
    Atlanta, Ga
    it's a bellsouth ad running flash thats putting 2 banners that scroll w/ the page unless you close them out.
     
  16. StrikerCW

    StrikerCW Member

    Jul 10, 2001
    Perth, WA
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hmm.. if that is so then Bellsouth is evil, but it is fast so what can I say. Well good to know it's not BS (even though it is..).

    thanks
     
  17. bostonsoccermdl

    bostonsoccermdl Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 3, 2002
    Denver, CO
    this banner is driving me nuts. I get it at home and not at work, but I have popup software on both computers...needs an update I guess..

    In the meantime, I cant think of a better way for Bellsouth to piss off potential customers
     
  18. phats_away

    phats_away Member

    Jul 28, 2001
    Atlanta, Ga
    i'ts not technically a popup since it's flash and not java script so it's not a pop up blocker blocking it. maybe your work comp doesn't have flash installed? either way it's still annoying as ********
     
  19. StrikerCW

    StrikerCW Member

    Jul 10, 2001
    Perth, WA
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hmm.. that little window seems to have stopped. Maybe it was some nasty spyware that the !!internet providers!! are putting on our computers. I scanned with Ad-Aware and it 'appears' to be gone, so..

    thanks
     
  20. Auxodium

    Auxodium New Member

    Apr 11, 2003
    Perth, Australia
    i don't want any silly pop up ads, they are the devil :D
     

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