Is that ad in OT supposed to take up so much real estate?

[Viper GTS]

50% of my vertical real estate at 1400x1050?

Is that intentional?

Viper GTS

 

[jfall]

thank god for ad-block

 

[Gnurb]

Most of it is blue space too. If it is intentional, what the hell are they thinking!!

Edit: here's a screen shot (pdf) on 1024x768. completely awful.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
50% of my vertical real estate at 1400x1050?

Is that intentional?

Viper GTS

125x300px.

Imagine being stuck with monitors that only do 1024x768. :|

- M4H

 

[purbeast0]

anone hnave an adblock for Safari for macs?

 

[gigapet]

this ad size is out of hand.

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: gigapet
this ad size is out of hand.

agreed, its not so much the ads per se, but the size of them that bother me.

 

[Fausto]

So? What's the deal? That ad needs to go, pronto.

 

[Tremulant]

Agreed.

Look at this

 

[KLin]

why is it that every other forum has an extremely small AD, yet OT has an ad that takes up the whole screen? 😕

 

[MedicBob]

Originally posted by: KLin
why is it that every other forum has an extremely small AD, yet OT has an ad that takes up the whole screen? 😕

Most traffic?

They are a bit large.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: MedicBob

Originally posted by: KLin
why is it that every other forum has an extremely small AD, yet OT has an ad that takes up the whole screen? 😕

Most traffic?

They are a bit large.

Just a bit?

 

[RossMAN]

Thank you.

The huge ads seem to be gone (for now).

Spoke too soon, they seem to be rotating 🙁

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

It is just ridiculous. It sure as hell isn't going to generate any traffic for partypoker.com (though it may attract some nastygrams).

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Thank you.

The huge ads seem to be gone (for now).

Still there for me...

It almost looks like the one on the left was designed to go in the sidebar & got misplaced.

We can hope, at least.

Viper GTS

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
50% of my vertical real estate at 1400x1050?

Is that intentional?

Viper GTS

Here's a quick fvck you anandtech. God damnit, as if the horizontal ads weren't bad enough, now I have to scroll up and down like a mofo.

 

[SoylentGreen]

I've just been inspired by your crap site to put ad blocking back on. I don't know what kind of money you guys make from just views but I didn't mind supporting sites I frequent.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Horizontal ads I don't mind.

Ads for stuff I might buy I don't mind.

Ubersized vertical online gambling ads I do mind.

And WTF is that doing on a tech forum anyhow? If you've got to stoop to the level of spam, market to the demographic at least - get FleshLight to sponsor OT. I'm sure their sales would double every day for a month.

- M4H

 

[Gnurb]

i think the logical solution to this is a community effort to move all of ot to some other forum. how about politics and news... 🙂

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Gnurb
i think the logical solution to this is a community effort to move all of ot to some other forum. how about politics and news... 🙂

Sure P&N is useless anyways... 😀

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: KLin
why is it that every other forum has an extremely small AD, yet OT has an ad that takes up the whole screen? 😕

I think they might be trying to tell you something.

Time to turn ad blocking back on :|

 

[bandana163]

The banner + the Anandtech frame cover ~60-70% of my screen at 1024x768...

 

[Fausto]

OMGLETSPLAYPOKERBBQ!!1111!one!!!!1111!

:roll:

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Thank you.

The huge ads seem to be gone (for now).

Still there for me...

It almost looks like the one on the left was designed to go in the sidebar & got misplaced.

We can hope, at least.

Viper GTS

Yeah, I'm still getting it, even after a refresh.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Fausto
OMGLETSPLAYPOKERBBQ!!1111!one!!!!1111!

:roll:

I'll see your prime rib and raise you a 16oz New York. 😀

- M4H