Chicago Wine Geek 
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7096
 | | 09-09-2004 12:25 AM |
| I just noticed that tonight there are google public service ads on the site....
What's up with that? | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
VinoCellar.com Extraordinaire
Posts: 30915
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 349
| | 09-09-2004 12:30 AM |
| Its interesting the CWG posted on Forum Ideas and Suggestions, while others posted in "Problems with Vinocellar Board"!!
If this helps defray costs, why not? Doesn't bother me.
vtyro | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13773
| | 09-09-2004 01:48 AM |
| D'oh, I just posted about this in Random thoughts. D'oh!
I have no problem with this either, the things usually are below my field of vision and are not really bugging me at all. | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 09-09-2004 12:51 PM |
| Agreed. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1907
| | 09-09-2004 12:53 PM |
| No problem here. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13773
| | 03-03-2006 01:53 PM |
| I noticed that there is a new more prominent space for google ads now at the top of every page, pushing down the amount of forums space that appears on my screen. Just a bunch of extra scolling that is annoying, but I guess I should not complain, this site is free after all. | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts: 11249
| | 03-03-2006 02:16 PM |
| As posted on another thread -
The Google ad at the top of the page this morning is incredibly distracting and takes up too much browser space. Bleh. | | | |
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Sacred Cow
Wine Thief
Posts: 2764
| | 03-03-2006 02:25 PM |
| Firefox + AdBlock = no issue for me.
Mike | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts: 11249
| | 03-03-2006 02:31 PM |
| Good point Mike - I forgot about the ad blocker. Thanks. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts: 11169
| | 03-03-2006 02:33 PM |
| Sure. It could prevent the need for more donations to keep this place running. Fine with me. | | | |
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Randy Sloan
St. Helena
Wine Drinker
Posts: 4017
| | 03-03-2006 04:34 PM |
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Fine with me.
Me too, except this morning I've already signed up for three promotional emails, set up an appointment with a plastic surgeon in New Jersey, and bought a giant, scrolling LED display sign for the vineyard.
If we hit the "back" button after visiting an ad, does Brad owe them money?
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Match Vineyards | |
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Bradley Molzen
VinoCellar.com Admin
Bayonne, NJ
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5071
| | 03-03-2006 05:36 PM |
| Hey! No Back Buttons! lol | | | If you drink wine, you get smarter.... | |
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skwid
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5452
| | 03-04-2006 01:21 AM |
| I've gotta say that the placement of the ads is really intrusive and annoying. It isn't encouraging me to visit Vinocellar often. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13773
| | 03-04-2006 02:42 AM |
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I've gotta say that the placement of the ads is really intrusive and annoying. It isn't encouraging me to visit Vinocellar often.
Just use Firefox with the Adblocker extension like mbansek suggested. It works like a charm! | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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cmsyrah
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 516
| | 03-04-2006 02:53 AM |
| Quote:
Quote:
Fine with me.
Me too, except this morning I've already signed up for three promotional emails, set up an appointment with a plastic surgeon in New Jersey, and bought a giant, scrolling LED display sign for the vineyard.
If we hit the "back" button after visiting an ad, does Brad owe them money?
Oh, that is very very funny!
er...uh....my appointment in New Jersey is the 16th of March. Randy, I'll be the one in very large sunglasses and veiled hat. | | | |
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Randy Sloan
St. Helena
Wine Drinker
Posts: 4017
| | 03-04-2006 03:07 PM |
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I'll be the one in very large sunglasses and veiled hat.
Hey, I think I saw you the last time I had some work done.
Seriously, Brad. I don't care about the ads, but I do have one minor pet-peeve: The Vinocellar masthead, then the ad, then the rest of the page is visually annoying. Sort of a wide, narrow, wide thing. Is it possible to start with the narrow ad, then have the masthead and webpage? Ah, never mind. Maybe I should go take my meds. | | Randy Sloan
Match Vineyards | |
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skwid
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5452
| | 03-05-2006 07:21 PM |
| I'm with babnik here. Visually the google ads totally break things up on the top of the page. The color is significantly different and stands out and is an eyesore. If this were a site which was put out by a company I ran (as opposed to the labor of love it is now) I'd fire the person who was responsible for this. At least center the add so that it isn't right next to the top menu bar and further away for the lower menubar. | | | |
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Bradley Molzen
VinoCellar.com Admin
Bayonne, NJ
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5071
| | 03-05-2006 07:43 PM |
| Just experimenting... I appreciate your feedback. I'll blend it in better. | | | If you drink wine, you get smarter.... | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
VinoCellar.com Extraordinaire
Posts: 30915
| | 03-07-2006 11:47 PM |
| No big deal.
Although I guess it does take me an extra .00000000002583 minutes to get passed it. | | | |
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