New, Annoying, "Flash Popup" Ads?

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

As of a few minutes ago, I've noticed GWGuru having different ads. These are the annoying flash ones that pop up in a new "window" (without actually opening in a new window), and you need to click "close".

Is GWGuru in need of more money, is this temporary, or what? Every time I go to another page, one of these annoying flash popup ads appears. If you don't know what I mean, I mean the ads like this:

extra bacon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Sydney, Australia

Spank [Me]

never had any such ads before. ever.

was thinking maybe it was one of the features of guru subscription, but then noticed that i haven't actually disabled ads yet.
(better go do that now ...)

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

These should only pop up if you are not logged in.

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

No, it's there when you're logged in. It's a flash ad that rolls down. Not technically a "pop up" but yes they can get annoying. I'll see if I can pull it up with the URL and get it removed. Thanks for the heads up.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

I'm leet I don't see ads

divinechancellor

divinechancellor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

Limited Liability Company [LLC]

E/

But ads are an important part of keeping the internet "free" so as long as it doesnt suck up half your brandwith its fine

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

I haven't seen these, but I do get "operation timed out while waiting for (what ever it's called)". I open mulitple threads using tabs and it is very annoying.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

Thanks, Inde. They seem to be gone now.