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Offline j_moose

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I had to laugh...
« on: March 30, 2007, 05:59:44 AM »
...when I typed "nintendoworldreport.com" into my address bar, pressed Enter, and was greeted by a pheromone advertisement, with the text that went something like "Nintendo World Report is brought to you today by Pheromone Reviews".  After a brief chuckle and realizing that today was, indeed, not April Fool's Day, I clicked "skip this ad" and arrived at the main page.

It was funny.
But are these types of ads here to stay?  I don't mind them personally, especially when they give me a laugh.
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2007, 09:00:39 AM »
Actually, I was surprised to see that today too.  
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2007, 09:21:11 AM »
Just block all ad servers in your host file and deny websites any advertising revenue they hope to get.
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2007, 12:00:02 PM »
Yeah, we just put in the interstitial ads today.  I know you guys are going to be annoyed by it, but it's a necessary evil.  We like being free, and we want to stay that way!
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2007, 12:26:10 PM »
Move off the expensive cold fusion servers for massive damage!
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RE:I had to laugh...
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2007, 06:45:13 PM »
More "True" pop ups, please.
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2007, 02:31:28 AM »
Ugh, I never get the cool ads. All I get are Vista and PayPal flash bars.
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2007, 09:30:01 AM »
I so far enjoy my no ADs experience after having to payoff PGC to leave me alone.
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RE:I had to laugh...
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2007, 06:16:35 PM »
So Im not the only one to see this.  Anyway, if anybody wants to see the text of the add (all except for the actual reviews), I posted it here in the funhouse because it was actually kinda funny.

Well at least you saw it before april fools day.  It could still be an early april fools day joke.
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2007, 08:06:16 AM »
Is their anyway to donate.  Like buying and NWR Window Cling.
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RE:I had to laugh...
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2007, 07:21:18 PM »
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Yeah, we just put in the interstitial ads today.  I know you guys are going to be annoyed by it, but it's a necessary evil.  We like being free, and we want to stay that way!


I got one for some sort of video sharing site.  I clicked through, and then got the one for SuperBlue DVD.

Two in a row is most lame.
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RE:I had to laugh...
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2007, 05:20:24 AM »
I don't know if anything can be done, but when I get these ads while headed for the forums it makes all topics marked as read. Very annoying as I've come accustomed to looking for the blue folders as indicators.
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2007, 02:01:51 PM »
Bustin, it's most likely just a silly cookie issue.  It's possible that you navigate to www.nintendoworldreport.com when you come here and the ad changes that to just nintendoworldreport.com or vice versa.

That could be why the browser loses the cookie.
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2007, 11:47:31 PM »
I acutally have grown fond of the interstitial ads!
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RE:I had to laugh...
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2007, 12:17:52 PM »
Funny story.

I saw this thread and thought "I haven't seen that before."  Now I see it every day!  
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RE: I had to laugh...
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2007, 05:45:07 PM »
I kept on thinking there were domain problems and I was landing at a domain squatter page.  At least use your logo and make it obvious that it is still the real NWR
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RE:I had to laugh...
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2007, 09:42:03 PM »
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I kept on thinking there were domain problems and I was landing at a domain squatter page.  At least use your logo and make it obvious that it is still the real NWR


Or how about you use some initiative and get a browser that isn't broken.

I've tried everything to see these intersital ads or even any ads on NWR, but no. Firefox + Adblock = peace and quiet. Highly recommended.
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