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  1. #51
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    did anyone notice the extra ad bar at the top

    did anyone notice the extra ad bar at the top

    it has been displaying site5 ads

    unbelievable.

    is this place REALLY not making enough money?
    if you haven't considered chapter 7 bankruptcy, maybe you should.
    eliminate your debt, keep the property you want, most people qualify.
    contrary to popular belief - no attorney is necessary!
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    Paused our campaign until the "elephant man" bar is removed.
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  3. #53
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    No, I didn't notice it. My localhost proxy blocks it. But there's an interesting discussion taking place in the Announcements/Feedback forum about this that's worth a look!
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    Since I've never really looked in this forum before, are iNet likely to take any notice?
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  5. #55
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    How could you Not notice it. In fact this is the first add I really have notice ..

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    heh nice banner, can't miss it
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    Before I use to bother to look at the top adds...

    Now knowing that site5 is always on the top, I dont even bother looking at the other add.. I just scroll down :p

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    Horrible looking banner and another sad day in WHT history.
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  9. #59
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    Originally posted by KI-ChrisE
    Since I've never really looked in this forum before, are iNet likely to take any notice?
    Basically No.

    I was thinking they probably could get another 8 to ten adds across the top. That of course would leave no room for the actual forum but hey, business is business.

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    Lol. Ok then. Well - we should just keep letting people fill this thread... they may realise eventually - especially if we all change the host file to block it?
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    Originally posted by UH-Matt
    Ive asked for our banners to be paused until they are genuine "top" banners again
    well GOOD for you! and you should have that right! i can not believe inet is doing this. i really honestly cant.

    site5 will soon become the most hated hosting company on wht

    btw 1024x768 WITH a scroll bar.

    i had seriously considered advertising here, but it seems to me that no matter what you do, something like this always happens. for the prices charged here i can do some serious offline marketing and do some serious mailings as well. im not interested in "branding opportunities" im interested in sales.

    id really like to "confidentially" get some ctr and conversion numbers from some people here though, as i may be very very wrong...
    if you haven't considered chapter 7 bankruptcy, maybe you should.
    eliminate your debt, keep the property you want, most people qualify.
    contrary to popular belief - no attorney is necessary!
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    Originally posted by KI-ChrisE
    Lol. Ok then. Well - we should just keep letting people fill this thread... they may realise eventually - especially if we all change the host file to block it?
    That won't work since past has proven they will just close a thread they are tiered of hearing about or start handing out warning points because you make a comment against them.
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    Ah, I see.

    But surely Site5 won't pay for it if they're getting no impressions.
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    Just a quick note for those with the scrolling problem. I am using the new OPera 8 and I can shrink the browser down so it is only half the width of the screen and I still don't have horizontal screen.

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    You have to admit. It's good marketing. I wonder who suggested it and what iNET charged for it.

    I don't see the top banner anymore. My eyes are drawn to the site5 bar. Very smart.

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    I'm pretty upset about paying for banners on the top spot and not receiving them. Had I known this was going to be there I would have never purchased them! I'm seriously considering creating a banner that says "What is Neuralgia?" Than "Who cares that's why we sell Hosting and not dictionaries!"
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    Well, I have never blocked WHT ads before, but am now, this is insane, whats next using dhtml to make it stay on the top while reading the forum, ala geocities?
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    It was so annoying that I had to use the block feature as well.
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    Like a "watermark?" I've seen that used on a car mboard where a logo stayed in the corner all the time. The ad at issue is actually 2 small images and blocking them gives this red line going across the type.

    Originally posted by JodoHost(Stephen)
    Well, I have never blocked WHT ads before, but am now, this is insane, whats next using dhtml to make it stay on the top while reading the forum, ala geocities?
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    Loaded up WHT today, thought someone used my pc (work) and somehow had gotten a damn toolbar on my browser (firefox). Then I realized its a damn AD!

    It's an eyesore. It's overkill. It's just plain ugly. Never thought I'd be one to say it, but Bye Bye WHT ads.


    --Edit -- Sorry to those of you that pay for "top banner" adverts.
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    Originally posted by KimmiKat
    Like a "watermark?" I've seen that used on a car mboard where a logo stayed in the corner all the time. The ad at issue is actually 2 small images and blocking them gives this red line going across the type.
    No red lines for me. I attached a picture of what I see at all time (I've only ever seen the iNet logo a few times in my life, only when they're doing maintenance on the servers). I undocked and shrunk the window so the image wouldn't be too big - notice blocking the bar = no horizontal scroll

    Well, I have never blocked WHT ads before, but am now, this is insane, whats next using dhtml to make it stay on the top while reading the forum, ala geocities?
    Those ain't gonna work on my computer either. As far as I'm concerned, go for it!
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    Originally posted by the_pm
    No red lines for me. I attached a picture of what I see at all time (I've only ever seen the iNet logo a few times in my life, only when they're doing maintenance on the servers). I undocked and shrunk the window so the image wouldn't be too big - notice blocking the bar = no horizontal scroll

    Those ain't gonna work on my computer either. As far as I'm concerned, go for it!
    I see your using Opera, how did you set it to block the ads. I can't seem to figure it out.

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    I actually posted this earlier in the thread, but I imagine it got lost in the mix. No matter

    www.proxomitron.info - let's you set up customer UA Strings too. I've been known to surf the Web as a toaster oven from time to time I use it to get past browser-sniffing scripts.
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    Originally posted by the_pm
    I actually posted this earlier in the thread, but I imagine it got lost in the mix. No matter

    www.proxomitron.info - let's you set up customer UA Strings too. I've been known to surf the Web as a toaster oven from time to time I use it to get past browser-sniffing scripts.
    Thank you very much for that. I have it up and running, now all I need to do is work out how to replace the adds with photo of "The Doctor" and everthing will be fine. I do remeber you posting about that program before and I had gone to the site and read the intro and couldn't understand a word. However the download pages and help pages are great.

    Now back to the subject at hand.

    I personally don't advertise here, or for that matter anywhere else, so I haven't been taking notice of the adds, now consequently I have been more or less forced too, which has led me to permanetly banning adds, I assume there will be a number of other doing similar. What use are all the adds if people ban them anyway. I would be thinking seriously about spending my advertising dollar else where

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  25. #75
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    I guess I don't understand what the noise is.

    One click of my mouse wheel and it's no longer there.

    Is it really that obtrusive?
    There is no best host. There is only the host that's best for you.
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