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#43 ·
I have refreshed the page and opened MANY pages this evening on MLS and I have only seen ads in the upper right corner (sharing the line that has the banner for MLS with the Shay and trees) for Cedarleaf decals, and Aluminum track and RCS.

If I hover the mouse arrow over the advert and look at the status bar at the bottom of the browser window (IE-8) I see that ads are from:

http : // ads . modelrailroadsonline . com / www / delivery / .... and a bunch of ID values and other items that probably specify the advert itself so that if I click on the advert the browser uses that as the link to open and the site named "modelrailroadsonline" then knows where to redirect my browser to see more info about the advertised information. This data is then used to indicate (and credit) which web site generated the query about the advertisment.

I wonder what value shows when you get the audible advertisement??? Anybody know?
 
#44 ·
I can ignore regular banner ads but forced audio is in extremely poor taste. Not gonna put up with that..nearly jumped out of my chair! As I'm also an online gamer running w/o sound is not an option.
 
#45 ·
Posted By Curmudgeon on 08 Dec 2010 10:21 PM
Sorry, guys.
Refresh 3, 4 or 5 times, the sequence comes up.
I took three screen shots with SnagIt, sent them to Greg to put up so you can see the BS.

Sent them to Tony, too.

Try refreshing your page several times, see what you get.

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I had to log out of MLS.com and come back in as guest. Refresh a bunch of time and ya I got them to.
Not all of the time tho..

No Wal-mart yet or any audio..

Guess..... Shad has a problem maybe and he dosen't know about it yet???
 
#46 ·
Sorry folks.. An error on my part.. See what happens when you leave a check box blank on accident? Should be resolved now or soon..
 
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#47 ·
Thanks Shad but that doesn't explain why some folks see them and others don't. I don't.
I have logged out then re logged in and refreshed the forum page many times and the only ads I get are mine and Stans sequentially.
 
#49 ·
Tony, it's a complicated algorithm that takes into consideration geography, cost, and several other factors.
 
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Posted By TonyWalsham on 08 Dec 2010 11:47 PM
Thanks Shad but that doesn't explain why some folks see them and others don't. I don't.
I have logged out then re logged in and refreshed the forum page many times and the only ads I get are mine and Stans sequentially.
In addition to what Shad said, some members maybe running an ad blocker that effects what they see. I run Fire-fox and its an add-on...free and easy to change.
 
#51 ·
Posted By ShadsTrains on 08 Dec 2010 11:33 PM
Sorry folks.. An error on my part.. See what happens when you leave a check box blank on accident? Should be resolved now or soon..
Shad, thank You for the prompt problem solving.
 
#53 ·
Some of you folks suffer from too much angst. Several of you really ought to consider leaving/not renewing/etc. because you obviously have no tolerance for much of anything and you certainly don't have the proper attitude for pursuing and participating in a relaxing hobby like garden railroading. And you're surely not doing a darn thing to encourage anyone new to partake in this hobby or this forum. What a bunch of friggin whiners!

I use Firefox. Didn't see any talking ads or anything else that might drive me to the brink of suicide here.

What a bunch of big babies we see here these days! Geez!
 
#54 ·
Posted By Allan W. Miller on 09 Dec 2010 04:14 AM
Some of you folks suffer from too much angst. Several of you really ought to consider leaving/not renewing/etc. because you obviously have no tolerance for much of anything and you certainly don't have the proper attitude for pursuing and participating in a relaxing hobby like garden railroading. And you're surely not doing a darn thing to encourage anyone new to partake in this hobby or this forum. What a bunch of friggin whiners!

I use Firefox. Didn't see any talking ads or anything else that might drive me to the brink of suicide here.

What a bunch of big babies we see here these days! Geez! As ussual Mr Miller you always show up late to the party

And never have anything good to say, And you really dont know much of nothing about this thread do you


Didnt you read were Shad took care of the problem already

The only thing that make me what to throw up and get out of the hobby some times are guys like you.

Johnny come latelys and the ones who think they know the best.



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#56 ·
Well I have not seen it either however I was not on here very much yesterday and did not see it then either. Maybe Shad got it fixed and Maybe I got stuff I do not know what I got to block this junk. But I'm a happy camper not seeing it.
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#58 ·
I use Firefox for all browser activity including accessing train sites. On the tools tab under options check block pop up ads, I see no pop up ads. Also, if you don't like being tracked, under the privacy tab you can un-check accept cookies or accept third party cookies. Some sites won't work.

Also, there is a plug in called No-script. http://noscript.net/ . it blocks java scripts from running. You would be amazed at how many scripts some sites enable. For any site that uses Java, you will have to permit scripts to run either permanently or temporarily on a script by script basis. it is distracting at first, but you can selectively enable scripts to make the site work without enabling the tracker scripts.

if you want to know how the train sites might be tracking you. Check out this article in the Wall Street Journal a while back
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...748703467304575383203092034876.html?mod=WSJ_0_0_WZ_Tmpl_Reno_RIGHTTopCarousel_1

Mike
 
Discussion starter · #59 ·
I will reinforce the intent of Nick's comment... virtually the entire thread of responses is of one mind, and then someone comes in and calls everyone babies and insults them by calling them names. Several names.

You are bucking the clear consensus.

Go away back to the kool aid forum where people like you. (or so you think)

Greg

p.s. having talking ads is not encouraging to newcomers

p.p.s thank you Shad for your prompt attention, and it's comforting to know it was not intentional
 
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