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  • #61
    Pop-up Killers...

    MarkG,

    I don't ever see pop-ups on Apolyton because I use an ad-killer (I was surprised to learn there were pop-up ads on Apolyton in the first place) and I was wondering about your general thoughts on the matter. Obviously the ad revenue keeps apolyton going strong but I hardly ever click on ad banners under any circumstances and make a special point to never to respond to pop-ups. I find pop-ups like Orbitz and X-10 ads to be particulalry rude in how they force me to repsond ON MY PERSONAL SYSTEM to a change in my software. F-em all... Do you any thoughs on Ad-killers?
    A penny saved today is a penny spent tomorrow. - MFDII

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    • #62
      my thoughts?

      Ad-killes are Site-killers

      pop-ups pay based on the views. you dont have to click in order for us to get something. if you kill pop-ups you're passing on our cost to provide you this site for free to the other visitors...

      clear enough?
      Co-Founder, Apolyton Civilization Site
      Co-Owner/Webmaster, Top40-Charts.com | CTO, Apogee Information Systems
      giannopoulos.info: my non-mobile non-photo news & articles blog

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      • #63
        Markos,

        who uses Mozilla to kill pop-ups?
        "Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - Solver

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        • #64
          Originally posted by Rasbelin
          Markos,

          who uses Mozilla to kill pop-ups?
          Not to speak for Markos...

          I asked about his thoughts on ad-killers. I use Opera 6.0.3 for my browser and an ad-killer I won't mention by name. I don't use Mozilla though I would be interested in hearing comments on people who use it and have experience with Opera. After switching from IE 6.x I won't go back. Opera is so much nicer in how it handles multiple open "windows". I also love the fact taht I can easily do a Google search by simply typing a "g" in the address bar followed by my search querry and go right to Google... Anyway...

          As a follow-up to Markos' reply, I disabled my ad-killer and played around with verious forum styles. I didn't get any pop-ups until I switched to Light-Ultra Special-Civ 3. I tried all of the Civ-3 special styles and a few others to see what the differences were in appearance and encountered no pop-ups except for the one noted above. I have no idea if that is good or bad as far as Apolyton is concerned but in consideration of the hard work and outstanding content that Markos and everyone else at Apolyton provides, I excluded Apolyton.com in my ad-killer so whatever pop-ups there are will not be blocked. Keep up the great work Markos!
          A penny saved today is a penny spent tomorrow. - MFDII

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          • #65
            Kindbud,

            thanks for killing your ad-killer

            you got a single pop-up cause we're not a warez or a porno site or one of those other gaming sites.

            With the ultra-special styles you will get the grand total of 1 pop-up every 6 hours
            Co-Founder, Apolyton Civilization Site
            Co-Owner/Webmaster, Top40-Charts.com | CTO, Apogee Information Systems
            giannopoulos.info: my non-mobile non-photo news & articles blog

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            • #66
              Originally posted by MarkG
              my thoughts?

              Ad-killes are Site-killers

              pop-ups pay based on the views. you dont have to click in order for us to get something. if you kill pop-ups you're passing on our cost to provide you this site for free to the other visitors...

              clear enough?
              This means if just the pop up is loaded you get paid, even if I close it before its loading has finished. WOW

              Originally posted by MarkG
              you got a single pop-up cause we're not a warez or a porno site or one of those other gaming sites.
              That's good. If there were to many I would use one. But to be honest I would miss the banners.

              Originally posted by MarkG
              With the ultra-special styles you will get the grand total of 1 pop-up every 6 hours
              From my experience only if you use cookies (actual I didn't test this) and if you are logged in.

              -Martin
              Civ2 military advisor: "No complaints, Sir!"

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              • #67
                From my experience only if you use cookies (actual I didn't test this) and if you are logged in.
                well that's the benefits of registering an account: to store your settings
                Co-Founder, Apolyton Civilization Site
                Co-Owner/Webmaster, Top40-Charts.com | CTO, Apogee Information Systems
                giannopoulos.info: my non-mobile non-photo news & articles blog

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                • #68
                  kindbud, i wasn't aware you needed an adkiller in opera.

                  i use opera when i'm at home, and there is an option:

                  file--- >quick preferences--- >refuse pop-up windows

                  that takes care of all popup advertisements, leaving just the banner ads around. so i'm wondering-- markg, which one tends to be more profitable to your site? would it hurt your site financially if everyone, say, just saw the banner ads instead of the popups/popunders? or are the banner ads just click-through?

                  and as for searching with google in ie or mozilla: if you go to google.com and look under "tools", you'll find utilities/plugins that you can install that do the same thing. or, you can go to windows, download tweakUI, and play around with the default search keys.
                  B♭3

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                  • #69
                    the pop ups on the default style are awful.

                    Basically it's the same things over and over, and they run minimized so all of a sudden you look down and there are 7 ads running that you have to close

                    Do I really have to change my style to not see them?
                    "Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
                    You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez

                    "I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui

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                    • #70
                      case in point
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                      "Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
                      You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez

                      "I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui

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                      • #71
                        oh it gets better...as I posted the last post...(and subsequently, as I loaded this page...)
                        Attached Files
                        "Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
                        You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez

                        "I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui

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                        • #72
                          as you can see...it just keeps getting worse...
                          Attached Files
                          "Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
                          You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez

                          "I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui

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                          • #73
                            I have Mozilla and used to use Opera. Opera seemed to load pages like ESPN and other IE featured sites poorly. They looked bad. Not to mention Mozilla's built in script popup killer as well as other features that make it supperior in my opinion. Plus, I never liked Opera's ad at the top.
                            About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. With a simple click daily at the Hunger Site you can provide food for those who need it.

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                            • #74
                              Opera's not free. that's the big thing. you get a free download with the banner, or you pay and get it without.

                              Opera also has rendering issues with certain sites, either because a) the designer was lazy and didn't conform to HTML 4.01 Strict or b) Opera's rendering engine renders some tags differently.

                              that's why.

                              and besides, all of Mozilla's new features, they ripped from Opera.
                              B♭3

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                              • #75
                                so will the special-default have as many pop ups as the default view does?

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