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View Poll Results: what should happen with the ads on the right ov screen ??
they dont bother me , leave them be ........
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blatant waste of the page - shold be removed completely
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at least reposition them to make the page more useable ,
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should the ads on the right of the page stay

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Old 13-02-2009, 12:15 AM
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Default should the ads on the right of the page stay

please add your input to the poll,

all helps is we stick together on this ,

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Old 13-02-2009, 12:16 AM
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Errr Beef, where's the poll???


But no, get rid of them!!!!!!!
Old 13-02-2009, 12:16 AM
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What poll...


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Old 13-02-2009, 12:20 AM
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should be there now

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Old 13-02-2009, 12:22 AM
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removed

dont need shite ads no one is interested in, everyone has google at there finger tips, so they can just use google home page or search bar and look for what they want not have these shitty ads everywhere ruining the site

pf is going down hill very very fast
Old 13-02-2009, 12:23 AM
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voted, they have to go!!!

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Old 13-02-2009, 12:27 AM
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come on lads ,

ill be stood outside me local corus plant tomorrow with a big banner saying

" no more fucking ads "!!!


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Old 13-02-2009, 12:58 AM
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Don't like it either...

Voted
Old 13-02-2009, 01:05 AM
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I get the feeling a big reasoning for us going to this new bulletin board was to incorporate the advertisements. I am probably wrong though. I don't like them myself.

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Old 13-02-2009, 01:15 AM
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why do we need ads at side as well as top and bottom?? is pf really that broke financially??
Old 13-02-2009, 01:27 AM
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Just zoom your screen to 125% if they are making your shit itch...job done
Old 13-02-2009, 01:33 AM
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Doesn't work.
Old 13-02-2009, 01:51 AM
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doneblatant waste of the page - shold be removed completely
Old 13-02-2009, 06:29 AM
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get them removed
Old 13-02-2009, 06:34 AM
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As i don't pay towards the site its unfair of me to ask for them to be removed, but they do pi$$ me off.

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Old 13-02-2009, 06:39 AM
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it's great if you've got a widescreen moniter

but otherwise it's shit, anyone who's got a 15" moniter will stop using the site as a thrid of the page will be adverts
Old 13-02-2009, 06:42 AM
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thats me then im now viewing in matchbox size
Old 13-02-2009, 06:54 AM
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^^^ same here

But as 4i fella says.....I aint paid for the site so i'll put up with it.
Old 13-02-2009, 07:03 AM
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done,but do you honestley think it will make a difference
Old 13-02-2009, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by warrenpenalver
why do we need ads at side as well as top and bottom?? is pf really that broke financially??
You are silly enough to think this place was bought out by IB for its income of gold membership and trade fees are you

This place ( and all other websites ) are becoming an online advertising banner with a third of the page being an internet site for whatever floats ya boat

this is the way EVERY website will be in the next 12 months , well every website that has a decent amount of traffic
Old 13-02-2009, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Rs500 Registrar
You are silly enough to think this place was bought out by IB for its income of gold membership and trade fees are you

This place ( and all other websites ) are becoming an online advertising banner with a third of the page being an internet site for whatever floats ya boat

this is the way EVERY website will be in the next 12 months , well every website that has a decent amount of traffic
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Old 13-02-2009, 07:23 AM
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TBH I don't care. If they help PF in a way let them be.
Old 13-02-2009, 07:23 AM
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Advertising on here is getting stupid!
Old 13-02-2009, 07:27 AM
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Ps , I have voted , just to reposition the adverts

I accept they need to be here , but do agree they arnt well placed
Old 13-02-2009, 07:35 AM
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Annoying things site is getting worse
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Originally Posted by Rs500 Registrar
You are silly enough to think this place was bought out by IB for its income of gold membership and trade fees are you

This place ( and all other websites ) are becoming an online advertising banner with a third of the page being an internet site for whatever floats ya boat

this is the way EVERY website will be in the next 12 months , well every website that has a decent amount of traffic
if they don't move the ads i can see the traffic resembling outer mongolia in 12 months
Old 13-02-2009, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Rs500 Registrar
You are silly enough to think this place was bought out by IB for its income of gold membership and trade fees are you

This place ( and all other websites ) are becoming an online advertising banner with a third of the page being an internet site for whatever floats ya boat

this is the way EVERY website will be in the next 12 months , well every website that has a decent amount of traffic
Spot on.. People do not understand the costs involved with running a high bandwidth dedicated server, they can be extensive.
At the end of the day IB is a business and needs to generate revenue.

Online Advertising is a massive market google's income proves this
Old 13-02-2009, 08:12 AM
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Be nice if they went, but that wont happen, so at least put them in a decent place
Old 13-02-2009, 08:16 AM
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that is downright annoying, its driving me mad on the first post tbh
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Out of curiosity, all the people who are against the adds, what alternative revenue streams do you wish to replace them with ?
Old 13-02-2009, 08:30 AM
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Hmmmm let me think:
forum 1. Crashes all the time and can never actually get onto, but doesnt have a few adverts.
Forum 2. Very very rarely crashes and you have a few adverts dotted around the place.
Old 13-02-2009, 08:34 AM
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I can't imagine anyone is going to vote to have adverts, they aren't there to make you happy, they are there to make money!
Old 13-02-2009, 08:36 AM
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I understand the reasoning behind the adverts, but the shitty Google ones are in one of the most annoying places possible, making reading threads and using this forum very awkward imo!

Why not just make do with the other 3 or 4 adverts which are located at the top and bottom of each page?
Old 13-02-2009, 08:42 AM
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enough is enough , get rid
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Who really looks at them anyway ? all this bollocks of moving to america to make the site quicker i havent noticed a bit of a difference.Only ads i take notice of are the banners at the top to do with msd ect.
Old 13-02-2009, 08:48 AM
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oh and on top of all this talk about new servers/hosts/adverts etc... the site has just been down
Old 13-02-2009, 08:56 AM
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using mozilla so dont see adverts, but just leaves a blank block down the side of the screen and looks like the sites buggered.. voted to reposition them

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Old 13-02-2009, 09:02 AM
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What's the big deal? It's what IB do - own big websites and sell ads on those websites.

Can't see the issue with them, it's not like PF is the only place on the internet with ads!! If they were pop-ups or those stupid ones that say "yahooo" then I'd complain, but I don't even notice them now.
Old 13-02-2009, 09:08 AM
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IB are always going to need to advertise.... thats how they make their money from the site and theres absolutely nothing we will ever be able to do about that!!

But..... i dont think this should be at the expense of the site layout... i have therefore voted for them to be repositioned somehow as i believe this is the only realistic option!!
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Do Gold Members have to put up with the adverts too ?

I might sign up if I can get rid and speed up my browsing


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