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I never see Julie, just bookmark the forums and go straight to them Or do the same with some other page. And yes the red banner is rather annoying. If it would remain a tab once you clicked the x would help but popping back up each time you go to a new page is a little much. Advertising is only a good thing when it works not when it annoys.
danthewolf00
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get rid of the red pop up banner 
i use firefox and get no banners or pop ups...
Possibly, but then again, I don't help supply their freight.Maybe shippers can find a way for you to haul their freight for free!
When advertising provides information, it's quite useful. Information is a good thing to get, no question. I like getting information - but -
when advertising competes for attention with other content one is attempting to absorb, it becomes counterproductive.
Ad designers are going to ever more intrusive ways [flashing, moving objects, speaking voices, etc] to draw our attention, and ignoring the inconvenient fact that most of the target audience does NOT appreciate such tactics.
If it has to be shouted, the message gets doubted, IMO.
when advertising competes for attention with other content one is attempting to absorb, it becomes counterproductive.
Ad designers are going to ever more intrusive ways [flashing, moving objects, speaking voices, etc] to draw our attention, and ignoring the inconvenient fact that most of the target audience does NOT appreciate such tactics.
If it has to be shouted, the message gets doubted, IMO.
RLENT
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I guess I don't understand - if I don't plan on ever clicking on any ads on EO, what would be the difference whether I blocked them or not ?
Additionally, most of the original content here on EO - at least most of the content that I look at - are member contributions that are supplied gratis, with no expectation of anything in exchange ..... save for being able to use the forum .....
Not to take anything away from the OTM staff, but in my estimation, it is, to a very large degree, these very contributions that makes the site what it is - a destination for folks seeking info on this industry ....
If EO were a site where there was no member-supplied content, and only contained content supplied by OTM staff, it's not hard to imagine how much different of a place it would be .....
To suggest that EO members have some sort of obligation to view ads would seem to discount the contributions that EO members make, often on a daily basis ..... (for which they receive no remuneration, other than being able to use the forum for no monetary fee)
One can talk about ad-blocking as "bandwidth theft" as much one wants, but unless one is also willing to look at the above user contributions in terms of providing a (essentially) free resource which someone can then leverage and exploit to generate revenue, one is only looking at half the equation ....
If an individual has any doubt as to the truth of the above, I would suggest that OTM management simply shut off the forums as far as posting is concerned for about a month or so ..... and see what effect that has on EO as far as being "The Expedited Freight Information Center" ......
Personally, I don't block any of the ads ...... but the slow load times when I'm on the road and have limited bandwidth can be, and are, at times, very annoying ....
Little piece of advice: if you want advertising to be well tolerated, then avoid making it annoying ....
Additionally, most of the original content here on EO - at least most of the content that I look at - are member contributions that are supplied gratis, with no expectation of anything in exchange ..... save for being able to use the forum .....
Not to take anything away from the OTM staff, but in my estimation, it is, to a very large degree, these very contributions that makes the site what it is - a destination for folks seeking info on this industry ....
If EO were a site where there was no member-supplied content, and only contained content supplied by OTM staff, it's not hard to imagine how much different of a place it would be .....
To suggest that EO members have some sort of obligation to view ads would seem to discount the contributions that EO members make, often on a daily basis ..... (for which they receive no remuneration, other than being able to use the forum for no monetary fee)
One can talk about ad-blocking as "bandwidth theft" as much one wants, but unless one is also willing to look at the above user contributions in terms of providing a (essentially) free resource which someone can then leverage and exploit to generate revenue, one is only looking at half the equation ....
If an individual has any doubt as to the truth of the above, I would suggest that OTM management simply shut off the forums as far as posting is concerned for about a month or so ..... and see what effect that has on EO as far as being "The Expedited Freight Information Center" ......
Personally, I don't block any of the ads ...... but the slow load times when I'm on the road and have limited bandwidth can be, and are, at times, very annoying ....
Little piece of advice: if you want advertising to be well tolerated, then avoid making it annoying ....
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aileron
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I have no problem stealing some bandwidth.
I did not block adds for a long time, but it got really annoying seeing and hearing Mark all the time. No more.
It is no problem at home, but on the road, when the connections are slow, it is just unbearable. And like RLENT said, I never care about the adds anyway, the advertisers dont lose anything by my blocking them. Long live adblock +.
I did not block adds for a long time, but it got really annoying seeing and hearing Mark all the time. No more.
It is no problem at home, but on the road, when the connections are slow, it is just unbearable. And like RLENT said, I never care about the adds anyway, the advertisers dont lose anything by my blocking them. Long live adblock +.
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greg334
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Lawrence, what are those assumptions?
I would like to know.
I don't think there is anything wrong with blocking ads by users who are regulars, and understand you derive your income by those ads but sometimes it makes no sense why some regulars can't turn off these ads with a level of participation. Isn't it the participation that makes this site attractive?
Bandwidth stealing?
Really?!? Who came up with that?
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