ATi ads are teh SUCK - EDIT: FIXED NOW, THANKS.

[Beau]

yeah, my subscriber account ran up, and I haven't had the money to renew yet. The ATi ads on the left look horrible (in the forums).

Edit-
All's good now, thanks

 

[Drakkon]

I agree...they are like banner ads only horizontal...wtf is up with thaT??? makes the page scroll a full page down...

 

[Beau]

What I'm seeing

 

[RichieZ]

ati is teh suck

 

[Azraele]

I'm getting those too. They're a tad extreme.

 

[udonoogen]

i was just about to post in here about this ... =) you guys are on top of things

 

[TourGuide]

I understand the point, that being that they are GOING to be IN YOUR FACE but sheesh.

Those kind of adds really only end up doing one thing, pissing people off.

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: TourGuide
I understand the point, that being that they are GOING to be IN YOUR FACE but sheesh.

Those kind of adds really only end up doing one thing, pissing people off.

They make me want to buy an nVidia.

 

[TourGuide]

They make me want to buy an nVidia.

Good one!

 

[SSP]

Is this done purposely? Or is it another mistake by the ad company?? (Like those pop ups)

 

[docmanhattan]

umm... yeah...

this whole vertically placed ad thing is not cool... not when i have to scroll down an entire page just to see something BESIDES ads.

sheesh.

 

[TourGuide]

Is this done purposely?

I would certainly think it was on purpose. It would seem to me to be the next evolution of strategy from the Ad companies as most people have some form of pop-up blocking and have learned to tune out the "normal" ads.

It's kind of like how the grocery store rotates their shelves around so you HAVE to browse the stocked shelves in order to find what you're looking for. For some reason I find this to be much more offensive though.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: TourGuide

Is this done purposely?

I would certainly think it was on purpose. It would seem to me to be the next evolution of strategy from the Ad companies as most people have some form of pop-up blocking and have learned to tune out the "normal" ads.

It's kind of like how the grocery store rotates their shelves around so you HAVE to browse the stocked shelves in order to find what you're looking for. For some reason I find this to be much more offensive though.

No, what I mean is:

Is this done by Anandtech knowing that the banner size will change the forum, but still continuing to do so, cause we dont pay? OR, its an honest mistake or a mistake by the ad company like the pop up ads.

 

[masterxfob]

hehe, i doubt i'll ever buy an ATI card

 

[udonoogen]

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: TourGuide

Is this done purposely?

I would certainly think it was on purpose. It would seem to me to be the next evolution of strategy from the Ad companies as most people have some form of pop-up blocking and have learned to tune out the "normal" ads.

It's kind of like how the grocery store rotates their shelves around so you HAVE to browse the stocked shelves in order to find what you're looking for. For some reason I find this to be much more offensive though.

No, what I mean is:

Is this done by Anandtech knowing that the banner size will change the forum, but still continuing to do so, cause we dont pay? OR, its an honest mistake or a mistake by the ad company like the pop up ads.

most likely not done on purpose.

 

[TourGuide]

most likely not done on purpose.

You don't think that it might be a way to "encourage" more users to become subscribers?

 

[adlep]

I agree... It sucks

 

[docmanhattan]

Originally posted by: TourGuide

most likely not done on purpose.

You don't think that it might be a way to "encourage" more users to become subscribers?

if it is, it's oh-so-subtle....

 

[MedicBob]

It is rather annoying. I doubt Anand/Zuni did it on purpose.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: TourGuide

most likely not done on purpose.

You don't think that it might be a way to "encourage" more users to become subscribers?

No, because Anandtech does not serve the ads. Well sorta. An outside company provides them. I seem to remember that one of the "upgrading AT's Servers" articles listed an "ad server" but I swear it has been said many times that AT does not control the ads. AFAIK the ads come from outside without AT control. I am sure Anand will fix this.

 

[nagger]

mmm, yeah suck they do sir :disgust:

even tried blocking them with NIS 2002 but it didn't work since they load in a IFrame :disgust:

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<iframe src="http://view.atdmt.com/CIB/iview/nndtcati00100003cib/direct/01?click=#747703#" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" width="125" height="600">

sure seems that fusetalk know's its supposed to be 600 px tall, so it cant just be that they slipped in some rogue 600px tall images.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
<iframe src="http://view.atdmt.com/CIB/iview/nndtcati00100003cib/direct/01?click=#747703#" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" width="125" height="600">

sure seems that fusetalk know's its supposed to be 600 px tall, so it cant just be that they slipped in some rogue 600px tall images.

Fusetalk may be reading the size specs from the ad company's server, so I wouldn't blame Anand right away. However, I'd like to know if there's any way to get Mozilla to ignore IFRAMEs; the regular ads I can put up with, but these flash ads are just rediculous. I thought that was an IE-only thing, anyway.

 

[CTho9305]

gotta love one of those ads meant to be part of a vertical sidebar displayed in place of a horizontal banner :disgust:

 

[sash1]

maybe ATi paid a lot of money to have the ATF have large, annoying ads.

Either way, I'd have to agree "They make me want to buy an nVidia. "