• The move to the new server is done. There are some software and database maintenance updates in process. This has us passing the hat around to help out. We appreciate any donations. Seriously, even a dollar helps. The payment page may be found here - https://www.audiokarma.org/support.html

Report Problems with Ads Here!

May I suggest that in this thread, which is entitled "Report Problems with Ads Here!", posting that you don't have a problem is not helpful?

I would rather see workarounds posted elsewhere, too, though I appreciate the helpful spirit in which they are suggested. Not everyone can implement workarounds.

I believe both types of posts distract, and likely detract, from the process of fixing the damn problem.

Grouchily,

chazix
 
@Advally

Thanks for being here.

The popups in the last 2-3 months are a bit ridiculous. As an advertiser, I feel I paid good, hard-earned money to grab eyeballs on this site, with a targeted audience and tasteful ads appropriate to the topic, and now it's a visual mess. The site didn't used to be this bad. And just be clear, I don't mind ads from other small businesses, in fact I have bought and sold with some of those small businesses because of this site.

If I wanted to buy a car, I'd go to a car buying site. All of this additional noise makes it very hard to justify continuing as a sponsor and paying an annual member access fee.

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jblnut said:
Again I ask - where is AK Management on this issue ? Why are you not weighing in here ? The recent plague of pop up ads is driving away members and nothing seems to be changing.

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The admins are aware and not ignoring this. @Advally is handling all advertising and looking to addressing the concerns. Please, a little more patience.
 
I just got off the phone with representatives from Advally, regarding your complaints.

If you are logged in, and getting pop-ups, please report that in this thread

The bottom 'sticky' ad was to appear only for guests, i.e. not logged in. Since some users have been seeing that, depending on OS/browser configuration, that banner has been removed.

Political ads are showing up in a "bait & switch" scheme. Register for one thing, and the link provides different content. This is like the spammers we used to have, who used a hotlinked image of a period, instead of a period. Later, the file would be replaced by whatever spam content they wished.

Looking at the screenshots about ad content, I notice that all the ones I saw displayed the screen without the user having logged in. The left vertical banner, in particular, disappears, once the user logs in. This is evidenced by the posted photos.

The bottom ads are not going away, but they are at the bottom of the page.

Please make sure to log in, to eliminate most of the ads.

@Advally Jenny will be monitoring this thread.
 
Are the top ads above the “AudioKarma” title block supposed to be there?

ironically, it’s currently an ad for an ad blocker.
 
Like the scene in the original movie Men in Black
"All is Lost" by the CIVALIZATION IN THE LOCKER AT THE STATION" !
LOL !!
 
baco99 said:
Are the top ads above the “AudioKarma” title block supposed to be there?

ironically, it’s currently an ad for an ad blocker.
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I have an ad below the toolbar, and another, an AK sponsor banner, just above the forum index. Without a screenshot, it's difficult for me to know exactly to what you refer.
 
chazix said:
posting that you don't have a problem is not helpful?
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Being a life long technician I 100% disagree. Knowing that is is “intermittent” (Not everyone having a problem) is absolutely part of symptom recognition while TS’ing.

:beerchug:

Edit: Being a technician that has to go on operators descriptions of problems (lol). Try to keep your emotions out of it, “popping up and flashing all over the place” if they really are not is not helpful. Not saying they are not doing that, just give measured, accurate descriptions :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
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I have an ad below the toolbar, and another, an AK sponsor banner, just above the forum index. Without a screenshot, it's difficult for me to know exactly to what you refer.
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This one. Ad above Audiokarma banner is a clickbait ad. Ad below Audiokarma is for an awesome site sponsor.

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baco99 said:
This one. Ad above Audiokarma banner is a clickbait ad. Ad below Audiokarma is for an awesome site sponsor.

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I have had the upper ad from day one on here. It is also obviously tied to my browsing history as I typically only get ads for stuff I have been to.
 
GChief said:
I have had the upper ad from day one on here. It is also obviously tied to my browsing history as I typically only get ads for stuff I have been to.
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I have never seen that one above the logo before. Below it, yes, above it, no. It's possible in 12 or 14 years I may have not noticed it before??? maybe all this other mess is making me hyper sensitive.
 
I have had that one on all my devices including laptop since joining 4 yrs ago :dunno:

The technician geek in me is wondering why It is different for people :idea:. It seems to be working as planned for me from the descriptions given. I am following along because I am curious :thumbsup:

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baco99 said:
And this whole mess is supposed to be at the bottom of every page? Flashing and blinking?

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I don't see any blinking and flashing in the 'below the fold' adverts but they're here to stay per Luvinvinyl in post 550. I'm learning to not scroll down to them.

On an Acer laptop, Win10 factory browser Edge
 
bobabode said:
I don't see any blinking and flashing in the 'below the fold' adverts but they're here to stay per Luvinvinyl in post 550. I'm learning to not scroll down to them.

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Same here, no flashing they are just there.
 
bobabode said:
I don't see any blinking and flashing in the 'below the fold' adverts but they're here to stay per Luvinvinyl in post 550. I'm learning to not scroll down to them.

On an Acer laptop, Win10 factory browser Edge
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Well, if we are behaviorally training ourselves to not scroll to those ads, then they serve no purpose. If they were audio related, maybe we'd have a reason to scroll down to them an help AK generate some income. Again, if I wanted to buy a beat up Bronco, I'd go to a beat up Bronco site.
 
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