Like I said, I'm trying a few things out, I will take the feedback on board
looks a lot neater with adblock re-enabled.
1st Jul 2019 1:16 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
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Absolutely detest adverts popping up on web pages I visit (particularly sad to now see them now here).
What's the best "ad blocker" to get?...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
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1st Jul 2019 3:03 pm
RRSTDV8
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Yeah, adverts are annoying and I usually run a blocker (and/or use the option built in to many browsers these days), on a site we all use quite a lot and that is otherwise free to use, I can live with them. Top and tail of a page is fine, too many on a page is likely to drive folk away totally or in to the blocker group.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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1st Jul 2019 3:25 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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ronp wrote:
Absolutely detest adverts popping up on web pages I visit (particularly sad to now see them now here). What's the best "ad blocker" to get?
iOS: 1AdBlocker X (one-time paid, there is a free offering too)
Desktop browsers: AdBlock Plus (ABP)
I, too, would rather pay than see silly ads on forums. Content-wise ads tend to be pretty scummy outside the google/Facebook ad networks. I would also assume most people run blockers or are capable of figuring out how to get and install one given enough incentive.
1st Jul 2019 3:45 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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All above feedback taken on board.
I don't want to paste ads all over the site either, many other forums are unusable now due to them and I'm not wanting to go down that route.
It's about finding a balance. Give me a day or two to try this out.06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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1st Jul 2019 4:46 pm
RDR
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Totally understand you need funding and if this is the way then so be it. This is a great site and I for one wouldn't bat an eyelid at paying an annual subscription to become a "premium" member and not get the adds.MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten
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1st Jul 2019 5:16 pm
rrhool
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Agreed, would happily pay a non-ad membership subscription.Richard
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1st Jul 2019 5:28 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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^ me too, would be good to have a poll on that....... always on the road less travelled 🚧
Totally understand you need funding and if this is the way then so be it. This is a great site and I for one wouldn't bat an eyelid at paying an annual subscription to become a "premium" member and not get the adds.
The problem there is that using adblock and other tools, I can just turn off the ads … so where is the incentive to pay for "premium" level membership ?
Question for Martin :
if you sell more advertising space AND people use ad block etc., does that get you less revenue than you'd get otherwise OR do advertisers look at how many members you have and assume a percentage of them are blocking the ads ?
1st Jul 2019 5:44 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
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A lot of sites now won't let you in if you run an adblocker. Don't know how it works, but it does. Try www.autocar.co.uk for example with your adblocker running and see the result.
I do run an adblocker most of the time but for some sites I disable it. For many sites that I might just stumble on whilst having a bimble around the place, I just close the page and bimble on.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
1st Jul 2019 6:34 pm
D&G
Member Since: 29 Jun 2017
Location: Charente 16480
Posts: 3483
Sea Raider wrote:
I would be happy to donate a few quid every year to the site as find it invaluable keeping my motor on the road.
Realise there is a donate button but its not a rolling over thing.
Is there any way that a donate type of thing could be done on a yearly basis and the adverts removed?
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1st Jul 2019 6:35 pm
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He's had to put the ad's on since we negotiated an inflation-busting 3 year deal on mod fees 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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