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JustineMumsnet · 10/08/2006 23:41

So, as you've noticed we got a new bunch of people supplying us with ads on a kind of loop if we don't sell the space. Probably time for a discussion on what we can live with and what we can't. Especially as I'm at a wedding tomorrow and then on hols for 2 weeks and won't have to be involved .
So tell us who you a) dislike b) can't bear c) veto or you're off.

(Over to you Olivia!)

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suzywong · 22/09/2006 00:55

I can't see any ads at all apart from teh GLTco on to the right

Am I lucky or is it just cos I'm foreign now?

CarolinaMoon · 22/09/2006 00:50

just once eh?

oh go on then

Milge · 21/09/2006 23:26

As long as it only comes up once , but in these litigious days, take the money!

Twiglett · 21/09/2006 23:23

I find the University of Phoenix ad hilariously badly targeted

Pixiefish · 21/09/2006 23:04

take the money Justine.

We had one before for Disneyworld Paris didn't we? See advertisers- advertising on MN works

hunkermunker · 21/09/2006 23:02

I'm uneasy with pop-ups - but I love MN.

[torn]

JessaJam · 21/09/2006 23:01

Sod it, why not!?

I had spotted a couple of glaring new ads that made me pull a snooty-cow-face and mentally 'tsk' (think one was for something like bingo/lottery or online poker type dealy maybe?). Not bothered enough to kick off about it though...

bran · 21/09/2006 22:57

I'd be fine with it if it's lots of dosh and I only get it once, although I'd probably get it once a month as I clean up my desktop quite regularly including getting rid of cookies.

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JustineMumsnet · 21/09/2006 22:46

Oops sorry, flee

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Quootiepie · 21/09/2006 21:38

fine with lil' 'ol me... Take alot more than that to make me shift from mumsnet!

AChickleBorther · 21/09/2006 21:34

flea!

to the circus!

SueW · 21/09/2006 21:34

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NotAnOtter · 21/09/2006 21:34

as long as it did not bob up on the screen all the time....

ledodgyrobespierre · 21/09/2006 21:32

If it pays mn good money it's fine with me. BTW I keep trying to subscribe to CAT using my visa electron card and it won't let me..

AChickleBorther · 21/09/2006 21:32

flea! flea!

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JustineMumsnet · 21/09/2006 21:31

Hello everyone,
Can we run an ad proposition by you:
We have been asked if we'll host an overlay ad for a car company (not 4x4 honest). It will look something like this ie it pops up for a few seconds then disappears. They are frequency capped at 1 per user per lifetime - so unless you've disabled your cookies you'll only ever see it once. They are dangling lots of dosh in front of our noses.
So the question is... please may we say yes... or will you all flea if we do?
Mumsnet Towers

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twocatsonthebed · 17/08/2006 17:24

I am, though, quite bothered by the 'How do you rate your body' one which just came up, from some "Medical Aesthetics" company. Cosmetic surgery?!?? wtf?

cazzybabs · 12/08/2006 20:13

OHH I have the 4 by 4 one right now - never seen it before.

They don't bother me - I don't tend to use them (apart from Boden, White company and ebay) and I am capable of ignoring them or using google to track them down if I need to!

MerlinsBeard · 12/08/2006 20:07

i don't always get the ads )pop up blocker intermittant but) but have to say they don't bother me, some things will annoy people and some things not, no way to please everyone.

lucykate · 12/08/2006 11:50

the ads don't bother me at all. ads that pop up in seperate windows do bug me, but the ones on here are harmless.

handlemecarefully · 11/08/2006 18:00

The more 4x4 ads the better - of only to wind people up.

On a more serious note - I don't give a stuff what is advertised; as long as it is not illegal

PrettyCandles · 11/08/2006 15:56

OT one H I'd like to say 'no junk food ads', but OTOH it's we mums who are seeing the ads, not the chidlren, so it shouldn't be an issue.

Obviously carrying an ad doesn't mean that the website condones or supports what is being advertised, but that is just what it implies to many people. Otherwise why ban advertising formula milks? After all we do discuss the pros and cons of various brands, and mention them by name. And it's not just target audience that makes advertisers choose where to place their ads, but also the implicit link with the publication.

But please, definitely no FLASHING ads!

Uwila · 11/08/2006 15:45

I'm not bothered. Advertise whatever you like, so long as it brings in some cash flow.

I detest 4x4's not because I think they are environmentally unfriendly, but because they block my view and make the road less safe. But, if you need the money to stay a float then I don't mind you advertising them.

ProfYaffle · 11/08/2006 14:44

I sort of zone out the ads and don't really 'see' them at all ifyswim. Don't really care what's advertised or not so long as there are no stupid pop up things.

MissyCocker · 11/08/2006 14:41

has anyone dared to cliick on it yet?