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[Kimmikat]

There's a banner in rotation here that nearly gave me an siezure with it's rapid flashing. It's for webtraffictalk.com and it's high speed flashing graphics is hard on the eyes.

[sightz]

Seizure-banners have been discussed here before.

The last time, when we all made it clear we would be firewalling WHT's ad server, iNet made a committment to implement and enforce an advertising standards policy.

Report it.

[anon-e-mouse]

Yeah I saw that and tried to copy the link, but it was flash which I thought they weren't accepting anymore. If I can remember who the ad was for, I will notify iNet. I just need to look at a couple of pages in OO&R to find who it was

[John D]

I haven't seen that one yet but aren't iNet checking the ads before they go live?
A flashing and flash banner in rotation...that's the two things that weren't meant to be shown

[snickn]

AdMuncher is your friend

As soon as iNET convinces me they are monitoring the banners better, I'll look at them again.

[Knogle]

nick, just wondering if you've registered your copy of Ad Muncher?

[John D]

When people block the ads, does it still use an impression that the advertiser bought?

[JKLIVIN]

I didn't and still don't think that banner was beyond what should and is acceptable for WHT. With that being said, I am having Sheldon at p3rpl3xity.com do some tweaks of the banner.

[Knogle]

John, it depends on how the blocker works I suppose. Ad Muncher removes the HTML code when it matches a filter. There will be an impression on the page, but not on the banner (since it was never loaded at the first place).

[John D]

Thanks a lot Knogle, appreciate the answer

[Kimmikat]

The banner was for webtraffictalk.com. I tried to copy the link to, but with Flash it's not easy to do. What's interesting it slipped through my ad blocker. I now put iNet's adserver on full block in the mean time.

Originally posted by anon-e-mouse 7
Yeah I saw that and tried to copy the link, but it was flash which I thought they weren't accepting anymore. If I can remember who the ad was for, I will notify iNet. I just need to look at a couple of pages in OO&R to find who it was

[sightz]

Originally posted by KimmiKat
...I now put iNet's adserver on full block in the mean time.

It's happening again, iNet.

WHT members are an esthetically-sensitive bunch!

Enforce your 'advertising standards policy' or suffer the consequences.

Hint: Google has started to accept banner ads and they allow absolutely NO animation. I wonder why that is?

[Fatty]

I have to say I don't like banners that do anything more than once...but I would never use a banner blocker.

I know on our own site it is the only way we can draw income to support it. If everyone used one it would kill off the thing they were coming to visit.

I won't go off on a rant about people expecting everything for free :-)

But I think I do recall a banner on here the other day as I thought it was a bit like something that would give an epiletic an attack.

[Kimmikat]

I normally only block banners from free email sites since their standards are a lot lower and have those rapid flashing "you won" banners. This is the 2nd time I had to block banners from iNet. The last time when the awful Yaxey one was in rotation. Most of the other banners here are fine and I even clicked on a few.

[HG-Owen]

Originally posted by JKLIVIN
I didn't and still don't think that banner was beyond what should and is acceptable for WHT. With that being said, I am having Sheldon at p3rpl3xity.com do some tweaks of the banner.

Wasnt it Gabe who said no Flash/ Flashy banners? (Flashy as in moving arround, changing colours etc)