Annoying ads

Question

For the first time ever, I have stumbled on to major impediment to internet use & I discovered it first on "SpanishDict" unfortunately. When one simply rolls the mouse over the upper 2x3 inch ad on the right side it activates the ad & begins playing LOUD background music. Do I now need to consciously move my cursor up & around the ad to get to my scroll bar? No other site (spanish or otherwise) has initiated this... yet. I HOPE it's not a sign of things to come. The 2 ads so far are for "Benefiber" & Bridgestone Tire (whom I am calling Tuesday morning about this... yes I'm upset)

• giving you a thumbs up to increase your rep to bring you one step closer to less ads. - rabbitwho Sep 4, 2011
• FeWeR ads, gosh! - rabbitwho Sep 4, 2011
• good luck on calling the company, you will make their day, jeje - Heidita Sep 4, 2011
• Dita, don't diss customer dissatisfaction. It works, don't you feel it? - Vikingo Sep 4, 2011
• Here's some more points and a badge (wear it honorably!), Rabbit! - territurtle Sep 4, 2011

Answer 1

No other site (spanish or otherwise) has initiated this

There is no other site, that I know of, where all content, both learning, flashcards, forum etc are absolutely FREE.

I don't see it at all so very clear and reasonable that you should be "angry" at ads, which keep this site going without you or anybody else paying anything at all for all the material you get.

This is like being invited to your friend's home for a nice meal , you don't like the meal and you complain about both the meal and the noise the children make! I mean....

I am all with Ray on this

And if you have reputation points you get rid of most ads.

• You're right Heidita. My wife was in my office last night looking upsomething else & the noise startled her; & then 1/2 hour later it started again. That's what triggered my comment. And I was Marketing Mgr for a major auto company! - t8805jg Sep 4, 2011
• ...and SD is always open when I'm studying spanish (lessons, dictionary &/ or Paralee's leccions. I still love all of you (& Lazarus)! - t8805jg Sep 4, 2011
• thanks t88, I am glad you like it here and we do think that this is the best site on the web which could not exist without those ads, annoying or not, thanks for understanding:-) - Heidita Sep 4, 2011

Answer 2

I have tried hard to activate the ad but it will not work for me , should I contact my

Psychiatrist and tell him that I am being ignored by ads now , or am I being

a tad paranoid . Oh and he does not answer my phone calls.

• jeje, made my day - Heidita Sep 4, 2011
• Ray, it 's good you are seeking help. You're the best. - heliotropema Sep 4, 2011

Answer 3

The content at SD is so interesting, that I hardly notice the adds.

• thanks, what a nice thing to say, jeje, I do notice them, but you will see that when you get to have more reputation points they will almost disappear, just stick with us, thanks for that positive comment:) - Heidita Sep 5, 2011

Answer 4

At least SpanishDict doesn't have ads in front of the site content.

Don't give them any ideas!

Has anyone forgotten the awful banner ads that we had here in recent months, that animated their spot so it would push down the full page content a few inches, and cause accidental missed clicks? Yuk! I wonder if they learned their lesson, or just paused for breath before unleashing the next generation of invasive advertising technology.

• I do remember. It was maddening. So...disconcerting. - webdunce Sep 5, 2011

Answer 5

When you get enough rep you don't get the top ads, and the side ones are easy to avoid and actually I'm enjoying them of late, there's a lot more variety than there used to be and a lot of the ads are in Spanish and even relevant to my interests sometimes!

• thanks rabbit - Heidita Sep 4, 2011

Answer 6

Firefox + ad blocker plugin will fix this for you.

However I use Chrome and see all the ads.

The one that autoplays for me if I accidentally roll my mouse over it is the Toshiba zombie apocalypse commercial, which I find absolutely hilarious and brought the whole family in to watch. We watched it over and over (you have to watch it a few times just to understand it, it moves so fast).

• That was a good one. I saw it on TV. - LaloLoco Sep 5, 2011

Answer 7

Photographic Ads are fine, I can ignore them or look as I choose, but as I already posted I find the musical ones very intrusive, to the extent I almost turned the site off. In the end I muted my speakers.

These ads are certainly a failure with me as I would go out of my to avoid buying anything which was marketed in such an intrusive way.

• I agree! But as Heidita noted, "spanishdict" is free... & it is a great site. And of course, the ads pay for all this so it remains free... guess we'll just have to get used to it & figure a way around it. - t8805jg Sep 4, 2011

Answer 8

These ads annoy me to no end. But calling the company in question will not yield positive results. Stay the course, I guess.

• Meh. Wrong. Make yourself heard. Is this outside of your reality, jeezzle? Really? - Vikingo Sep 4, 2011
• Choose your words wisely my friend, talking down to people is definitely not the way to go on a friendly site like this one. You can disagree but please don't disrespect. Contacting the company will yield poor results because they just won't care. - jeezzle Sep 4, 2011
• No disrespect was meant. As companies make their living from satisfied, returning customers, enough negative feedback often make them change strategies. - Vikingo Sep 5, 2011
• thanks jeezle - Heidita Sep 5, 2011

Answer 9

I don't have the same noisy ad that you are getting, but the little bookmark window that pops open every time you mouse over it es un sangrón.

Answer 10

A small inconvienence for a superb site,that's' Free '. Heck, I don't notice the ads until I think about it. Dang ads now that I think about . Now I 'm P.O.ed .

Answer 11

I get a Mobil 1 ad.

I never get sound that I don't want. My mute button is convenient, and I always mute when I don't need sound for something specific that I want.

SD is not the only site with sound issues, even though it may [for now] be the easiest one to trigger.

Answer 12

Have you ever heard the expression, "Don't bite the hand that feeds ya"?

• "that feeds _you_". And you're entitled to say stop when that hand is going places it shouldn't. - Vikingo Sep 4, 2011

Answer 13

You guys should install adblock. I have never seen this ad because of that. Hopefully someone sees this. It really will work.

Answer 14

I run Firefox with the add-on NoScript, and I don't even see the ads. Just remember to enable SpanishDict.

Answer 15

"that feeds you". And you're entitled to say stop when that hand is going places it shouldn't. - Vikingo

Oh, yes, of course you are entitled to say stop, dear, just go somewhere else, that is the easiest way. Of course, somewhere else you will have to pay for what you get, but for some that is worth is, not for many though, good for us

• Heidita, many sites which are getting the amount of traffic SD does now, offer ad free subscriptions. I'd pay! - territurtle Sep 4, 2011
• we even asked this on the site once and most people said they wouldnt, in any case, it does not concern me ....it is so easy not to get ads that this discussion is really obsolete - Heidita Sep 4, 2011