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Horn and laughter
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:42 pm
by DRam
What's with the horn and laugh track that pops up at random when cruising through the site? It pops up, I shut the site down and restart. Annoying. Or do i get a prize for having it pop up on my computer?
Re: Horn and laughter
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:14 am
by totalmotorcycle
DRam wrote:What's with the horn and laugh track that pops up at random when cruising through the site? It pops up, I shut the site down and restart. Annoying. Or do i get a prize for having it pop up on my computer?
If and when the popup appears again for you, can you take a screen shot of it for me? and if possible right click on it and let me know the URL. I'll do what I can do get rid of it if I can indentify it.
Thanks so much,
Mike.
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:04 am
by dieziege
It's one of the banner ads... a the horn is a clown nose IIRC.
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:13 am
by sharpmagna
oh gawd that thing is annoying!!! I've been hitting back to get to the previous page and sometimes it follows me. EVIL CLOWN. EVIL CLOWN!!
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:38 am
by NorthernPete
I have yet to see this..knock wood.
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:20 am
by totalmotorcycle
sharpmagna wrote:oh gawd that thing is annoying!!! I've been hitting back to get to the previous page and sometimes it follows me. EVIL CLOWN. EVIL CLOWN!!
I haven't seen this ad at all myself, but your experience does sound quite funny with it! LOL.
Anyone know what it is advertising? (buy clown noses at a discount?)
Mike
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:21 am
by scan
totalmotorcycle wrote:sharpmagna wrote:oh gawd that thing is annoying!!! I've been hitting back to get to the previous page and sometimes it follows me. EVIL CLOWN. EVIL CLOWN!!
I haven't seen this ad at all myself, but your experience does sound quite funny with it! LOL.
Anyone know what it is advertising? (buy clown noses at a discount?)
Mike
For me the add comes up , but I cannot click on it. I tried, so I could investigate, but clicking did not work. It says to hit the clown but you cannot read the whole add - it doesn't fit in the frame??? I can't even tell what they are selling. Worse yet, the sound for that add comes up sometimes when the add is not there???
If I right click all get is a Macromedia properties choice so I can't even give you info about he source. Looks like one only you'll be able to find. None of us can see the whole add or click on it - and yes it is very annoying. Enough that I turn my sound off for this site now.
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:32 am
by totalmotorcycle
It might take me sometime to find that ad, but I will and when I do, I'll kill it.
I created this page to identify ads and where they are coming from. Can you see it here?
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/paidads/
If so, let me know what it falls under.
Mike.
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:55 am
by scan
"Hit the Clown! Get a ringtone at no charge"
It and another one with a cat meowing loop and continue to run until you leave the page.
They link to this URL -
http://offers.dada-mobile.net/?offer_id ... 16067-1015
Very annoying. I think we should only have ads that are activated by touching the given add. That one is so loud.
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:20 am
by totalmotorcycle
I'm on it and doing my best. It's hard to find as they don't need to call it something obvious...
Does it look like this:
or
or
does the popunder look like this?
I see from your URL that its from DadaMobile, but these are the only ones showing on TMW and they didn't make any sound for me.
I agree with you, those types of ads like that are very annoying and as soon as I find them I'll get rid of them. As this ad looks like it is not targeting Canada (where I am) I cannot see it.
Mike.