+NeoCult Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Not one for complaining but are these adverts really suitable on the forum? (see attached pic) my little brother uses this site as i'm sure some other kids may do too and in my opinion these adverts aint suitable Link to comment
+dukeofurl01 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 That's hillarious. I don't receive the ads though. You just need to use Firefox and the Adblock Plus extension for it, and all the advertisements will go away, it's very nice and works well. Link to comment
+moparots Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Just about as wrong as every other commercial on TV and radio, advertising the H*rd on pills and every other made up " 'drug company' scare tactic/enableising" ad. When did the people/men in this country become so limp. Im sure there are cases where this is needed, but cmon. If you think Im wrong then rip me, but that the way I feel. Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Report it to Groundspeak. The ads are supposed to be filtered. This one must have 'slipped through' the filter... Link to comment
+Tequila Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Better yet. Use Firefox and AdBlock. Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Report it to Groundspeak. The ads are supposed to be filtered. This one must have 'slipped through' the filter... Ayep. Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I looked into this and we actually need your help before the ad can be removed. Unless someone clicks on the ad and provides us with a destination URL, we have no clue which ad it is. Someone please click it (I know, sorry!) when it comes up and email the URL to contact@geocaching.com. Thank you! Link to comment
+DavidMac Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 NeoCult, Are you sure that your computer might not have any spyware or adware that is replacing the site's ads with, well, less family oriented ones within your browser? I've only ever seen text ads on this forum, and they always have the "ads by Google" banner somewhere on them. Link to comment
Skippermark Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I looked into this and we actually need your help before the ad can be removed. Unless someone clicks on the ad and provides us with a destination URL, we have no clue which ad it is. Someone please click it (I know, sorry!) when it comes up and email the URL to contact@geocaching.com. Thank you! I use FF with ABP and didn't even know there were ads. I have no shame and would click it, but when I disabled ABP and refreshed the page about 20 times, only Google text ads came up. Didn't ever see any picture ads. Sorry I couldn't help. Link to comment
+boulist44 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Why should I adjust my computer filters for me to use a family forum ? Groundspeak should not accept such adverts in the first place. Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Why should I adjust my computer filters for me to use a family forum ? Groundspeak should not accept such adverts in the first place. Groundspeak have the Ads supplied by Google. However, Groundspeak have a say in what Ads can and can't be shown. The offending Advert is one Groundspeak don't want, so need to know the link to get it removed. (If it is one supplied by Google, and not some malicious malware, or other, on the OP's computer...) Link to comment
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