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  1. 09-24-2007, 08:23 PM #1
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    PT-- have these ads always been here?

    I have this banner ad floating between the PT Header and the Thread header today... so, have ads always been there, am I just old & going blind? Or are ads on this site something new?
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  2. 09-24-2007, 08:40 PM #2
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    We are testing one banner ad at the top of the page. The last time we tested this, the company serving the ads had problems, they have said the problem is fixed and we are trying again. What ad do you see? Do you remember?
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  3. 09-24-2007, 11:39 PM #3
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    Cyber: Here's the old thread from when the Mayors tried before. http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=131517

    Karen: I've noticed the Eukanuba ads since i logged in. Think i only have a blank white space when i go to post replies. Not going to say how many hours I've been here typing away. *blush*

    Oooops... just went to check... guess it is all white now. Hmmm... earlier i was seeing the ads.

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  5. 09-25-2007, 07:11 AM #5
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    Karen, last night there were three ads - one from Kijiji (it was on there for most of the evening), then one that had banner with a lot of orange in it and a white circle on the right side, behind the type, (I think it was for dog food?) and I only saw the third one for a moment, didn't catch what it was about, but the background was white). Today it's just empty white space.
    The Kijiji ad was very colorful, and I noticed it because of the name - it reminded me of "Kiki"
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    Ads were there this morning but gone now. Also using the latest version of Firefox.
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    ***I removed the ads. With only one pet ad being shown occasionally it's definitely not worth the annoyance.

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  10. 09-28-2007, 11:36 PM #10
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    We are now testing running Yahoo text ads ... the system may take a day or so to finish targetting the ads, but it does let us choose a specific category for each forum if we want, so this will all be an experiment for the next little while.
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    Dear Mayor Karen, I would rather make a contribution toward keeping Pet Talk up and running instead of having ads by Yahoo on the page. But you're the Mayor, so if the ads are there to stay, then -- okay. (I'm trying to put in my two cents and also keep in mind the bigger picture.)

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  12. 10-02-2007, 08:08 PM #12
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    Yep, definatly seeing the Yahoo ads!

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    The thing that I don't like about these ads is that I cannot open them in a separate window, so it closes out of what I am doing on PT. I prefer Google's ads, for that reason.


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  14. 10-03-2007, 02:36 AM #14
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    My only problem with the ads are the non-pet/animal related ones such as "How Romantic Are You?"

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    They change all the time. I saw something called PetMed and Ferretstore.com, but right now its for mortgages and realarcade, a game website.
    I just ignore them- as I do on google And if they help finance the site I am fine. We all know that a contribution system wouldn't work probably. Content you have to pay for is a problem- although there are people on this site who would be happy to pay a little.
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