Problems with website Ad.

The smilie ad makes browsing this forum a pain in the ass. I use Firefox, and if I attempt to open more than 2-3 tabs it stops responding. I know its the ad because every page its not on is smooth as a baby's butt. Can it be replaced/removed please ?

Every ad was giving me problems last night and all day today until just now. Made me want to smack my computer.

Thanks Fallot, I'll make sure that the server admin is informed.

I'm now having severe problems with the ads. If a thread's over one page, it stalls out when trying to load the other pages. When I come to the forum, I'm able to load several threads in their own tabs, but trying to get any thread on the second page of, for example, Riverside (can't remember the rest of the name becaue I'm distraught), to load is a lost cause. Pretty much, I'm good for a few threads of one page, then I'm lagged out, get annoyed, and go elsewhere. This has been going on for 3 or 4 days. Someone help me. *sob*

I'm even forced to use IE to type this out. I'm a die hard Mozilla user, if that makes a difference.

Edit: Evil smilie ad returns.

Well, at nearly 12:30 at night, it's working perfectly. Maybe I should visit then instead of during the day. lol

All of my problems have returned, worse than ever. Sorry for bringing this up again, but it really does affect me a lot.

ad related issue again:

The Strayer University ad is causing the page to stall on it most of the time for me.

ive never had troubles with any ads but then i use the much hate IE

The last couple of days I've noticed an unusually slow load on the Auction site homepage (mainly). Usually states "Read 'insert ad site here'". Or "Loading" or "Transferring data from " or "Waiting for", typically non-GWG domain names ... Often seems to delay the page by an extra 10-15 seconds at times. I just counted about 5 or so sites involved in loading the homepage (status bar at the bottom).

I'm using FF, latest version. I haven't tried IE, so don't know if it is browser-dependent. Sure look forward to faster service on the Auction site. It's been very useful, but getting difficult to use.

But it is hard to complain much about a free service, staffed by volunteers (who do a great job considering) ... I guess I'll go click some more ad links for them.

Thanks Mercury, I'll check into it.

Stalling on the banners again
All of the mortgage ones (there are at least 2 variations, maybe a third), but also one of the smaller ads that appears on the create-a-post screen, though I can't remember it.

Though, this could also relate to the rash of database errors I've been getting, which could in turn relate to dropped packets. I know I can't access imageshack, while a friend can, and that seems to indicate a downed hop somewhere along the way, if I understand it correctly.