In Text ads - please don't shout at us...

[JustineMumsnet]

Morning Mumsnetters,

We are planning today (12pm is eta) to introduce a new type of advertising format, which will mean that you will notice the odd double underlined green link on some posts on some threads, which if you click on will result in a boxed ad appearing.

As you know we fund MN through advertising but we are very conscious of not spoiling "the Mumsnetting experience" with over-intrusive and annoying ad formats. For that reason we don't allow pop-ups and pop-unders and have strict rules on expandable ads.

We are hopeful that you can live with this format, once you've got used to it at least, and that the links don't make you cross with us (or at least any crosser than our existing advertising banners do). As said, though, this is very much a trial, so please do let us know what you think and we promise to go back to the drawing board if you all absolutely hate them.

Many thanks,
M Towers

That kids word in your post took me to a Persil ad

I don't like this at all

My security program stops them though. Just had to pause it to see what you were all going on about and got punched by a boxing glove

Let me practice

pregnant

or lots of baby add on the ttc board, the hut of gloom would go crazy.

OK, so what security have you got Soups? Protowall won't even let me on here so I have to turn it off to get on here

I thought my DS1 had downloaded some spyware.. was going to have a moan at him when he got home thank god i saw this

Justine you realise we will all be typing a la Cod , as presumably an ad won't attach itself to a mis-spelt word?

Or competing to see who can get the most ads into their post

I'm sure I'll get used to them

raincoat with hood

no? oh come on surely there's some mileage in that

What happens if you type

fuck

Why can't I see any of them?

what have the catholics copyrighted jesus? its a whole new world.

stylish cardi

jumper dress

I really think you need to do some deals with marks or boden

this is a huge missed opportunity

lol at cappo, if only someone would like to a effing decent raincoat with a hood or at least an explanation why no one can look glam in an anorak.

I've got Kaspersky, WWW.

I am a moaning very old minny and I hate them
although I can see there could be some amusement in the short term I think long term, no, yuk.
and actually, someone typed child abuse further down and the word 'child' sparked an ad

fruitshoot

crap parenting books (tons of options there)

I've got that too, turned it off as it won't let me go anywhere, hang on, will put it on again and see what happens

oh I can have such fun with this

oh dp's credit card may take a bashing

hee hee

cunting sainsburys

let's see what it does with that

I now have an almost uncontrollable urge to type random words, even though I can't see the ads.

breasts
knockers