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[GrandOldTeam]

Folks,

We've recently improved our statistic monitoring and have become aware that nearly 27% of last months traffic had a version of 'adblock' installed. In Layman's terms, nearly 30% of you exclude any of our adverts.

Now, our sponsors have trackers on their adverts to see how many times their adverts are being loaded, which they evaluate careful prior considering any sponsorship renewal - so you can see the problem we have.

Our adverts are not intrusive, and clearly, we rely on them to help keep this place maintainable. GOT is by some margin my biggest expense and the long and short of it is, if our sponsors dont renew and I can't secure an alternative - GrandOldTeam dies.

Play the game - if you have adblock, make the two clicks required to add us to your safe/whitelist.

Instructions
(Instructions may vary depending on the adblock software and version you run, please reply if you're unsure)

1. Click on the Adblock Icon (Usually top right of your browser)

2. Click 'Don't run on pages on this domain' (Or, 'Add to Whitelist' or 'Exclude Adblock on this domain)

3. Finally, confirm your option

 

[Deleted member 28206]

@AaronTheBlue Want me to hold yer coat lad.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I have no self entitlement it's a great forum with a great service, but you offer the forum free of charge so you can't go, 'oh i could do this i could do that', that in it's self is a sense of self entitlement. I have removed the ad-block because it's detrimental to the forum, which i clearly wouldn't do if i didn't think it provided a good service.

Don't try to make threats on something that IS free service.

Eh? The mind boggles.

The threat is there...

Read the first post.

 

[Ring master]

So GOT if you see any kind of AD-which i can,does that mean you have ad blocker off-,if i even have it as i get my dad to sort cp out as i only want it for footy/films etc [or does it have to be a certain ad],so no clue if i have it or not lol

 

[Brennan]

I have no self entitlement it's a great forum with a great service, but you offer the forum free of charge so you can't go, 'oh i could do this i could do that', that in it's self is a sense of self entitlement. I have removed the ad-block because it's detrimental to the forum, which i clearly wouldn't do if i didn't think it provided a good service.

Don't try to make threats on something that IS free service.

lol

It's a free service which the owner of the site pays for and makes no money from, he has every right to tell you what he can and can't do. It would be a totally different ball game if Dan was making a profit from this site, he's absolutely not, not even close i imagine.

 

[nigelcoyb]

Took adblocker off some time ago as it seemed to be causing more problems than it was worth plus it really ain't fair to decent free sites like this.

 

[Minimeister]

So GOT if you see any kind of AD-which i can,does that mean you have ad blocker off-,if i even have it as i get my dad to sort cp out as i only want it for footy/films etc [or does it have to be a certain ad],so no clue if i have it or not lol

hahaha this, but I didn't want to be the first to admit it.

 

[Brownie]

The ads are fine anyway, they do a good job of not having nonsense. Animated ones can go tho. Ban animated ads please GOT.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

So GOT if you see any kind of AD-which i can,does that mean you have ad blocker off-,if i even have it as i get my dad to sort cp out as i only want it for footy/films etc [or does it have to be a certain ad],so no clue if i have it or not lol

You'll see a notification around the forum having a moan if you have adblock on pal

 

[GrandOldTeam]

The ads are fine anyway, they do a good job of not having nonsense. Animated ones can go tho. Ban animated ads please GOT.

Thing is Browns, we don't select the adverts.

Google display them based on your browsing activity - we ban categories (i've banned religious/dating) and specific websites (Liverpool/Man Utd).

Our priority is to ensure there's no annoying auto play video/audio adverts, please always shout if that ever happens. It shouldn't.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Just on 40% of our traffic use adblock.

If that 40% stopped, we'd have a ridiculously good server and *mugs would be free.


















*or 10% cheaper

 

[Ring master]

You'll see a notification around the forum having a moan if you have adblock on pal

Thanks mate,these phone adverts and the meet and greet 12,000 chinese women,are they trying to tell me something lol,or than i would be tired lol

 

[Deloodid]

Is this the option i need to press to keep it off permanently?

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Do you consider the hover popup ones auto adverts...those annoy sometimes, particularly if you're a mid-screen scroller. No biggie, though.

 

[Brownie]

Thing is Browns, we don't select the adverts.

Google display them based on your browsing activity - we ban categories (i've banned religious/dating) and specific websites (Liverpool/Man Utd).

Our priority is to ensure there's no annoying auto play video/audio adverts, please always shout if that ever happens. It shouldn't.

Really? Gott damn. Apparently I want to search, chat and meet over 45s and need four ways to avoid running out of money during retirement. Problems there.

 

[griffla]

Please, please, please don't ever have those animated pop ups that take forever to close before you can read whats behind them.
they're hateful.