New ads possibly in the works?
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:03 pm
I visit the shop of offers every day, and recently I've been seeing some new ads there that have me worried....ads that look a bit out of place, designed to be placed on the SIDE of the screen.
A few examples of what I mean:
http://images.neopets.com/sponsors/nop/ring/120x600.jpg
http://m3.doubleclick.net/684431/120x600_cannonball.gif
Is there any plans to be adding another advertisement on that big blank area to the side of neopets pages along with the top banner and the newly added bottom advertisement? I really don't remember seeing these oddly shaped ads before...I'm worried they might be testing them there in the shop of offers to use as side banners opposite the yellow sidebar in the future.
Anyone have more info on this?
A few examples of what I mean:
http://images.neopets.com/sponsors/nop/ring/120x600.jpg
http://m3.doubleclick.net/684431/120x600_cannonball.gif
Is there any plans to be adding another advertisement on that big blank area to the side of neopets pages along with the top banner and the newly added bottom advertisement? I really don't remember seeing these oddly shaped ads before...I'm worried they might be testing them there in the shop of offers to use as side banners opposite the yellow sidebar in the future.
Anyone have more info on this?
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:07 pm
That is pretty scary. I have no problems with the top or bottom ads (I like the random Neopets ads at the top, and I never see the bottom ones anyway) but side adds would just be too much.
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:10 pm
If TNT is planning on walling in their pages with ads on all sides, I would be quitting much sooner than expected.
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:16 pm
That kind of ad has been on the shop of offer for a while. It kind of normal, as that page is meant to have ads. I don't think they are planning for side ads yet.
Last edited by Blue Wolf on Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:19 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:17 pm
I expect a "McGelert" soon... or a "Ringtone Lupe" -_-"
If they really put it, adblock will still block it
If they really put it, adblock will still block it
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:20 pm
It's like I said before, They should change their name to keyhole pets instead of neopets. If they keep craming adds to the top, bottom, and sides of the screen, it will be like looking through a key hole...
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:22 pm
Blue Wolf wrote:That kind of ad has been on the shop of offer for a while. It kind of normal, as that page is meant to have ads. I don't think they are planning for side ads yet.
It has? Hmm...that's odd, because I don't remember seeing them until about a week ago.
Maybe it was just me, or my location or something?
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:26 pm
valerielundberg wrote:Blue Wolf wrote:That kind of ad has been on the shop of offer for a while. It kind of normal, as that page is meant to have ads. I don't think they are planning for side ads yet.
It has? Hmm...that's odd, because I don't remember seeing them until about a week ago.
I don't know, but I remember seeing an ad similar to that in the shop of offer months ago...unless my brain is failing me. >_<
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:33 pm
The day Neopets puts a banner on the side like that will be the day I quit Neopets.
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:45 pm
This reminds me of something posted on the PP petition:
I thought it was funny at the time. *begins to sob*
Rachel Rose wrote:Ads above me, ads below me, ads on my left. How much longer before an addition add is put on the the right side of the page "just to even things out"?
I thought it was funny at the time. *begins to sob*
Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:03 pm
There isn't an ad that Firefox can't block 
Ah. . .It's nice using neopets ad-free. And no, i'm not gonna buy their merchandise until they start doing things right around neopets. It's rediculous how much money they make and so little thought they put into the game.
Ah. . .It's nice using neopets ad-free. And no, i'm not gonna buy their merchandise until they start doing things right around neopets. It's rediculous how much money they make and so little thought they put into the game.
Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:04 pm
Naniwai wrote:This reminds me of something posted on the PP petition:Rachel Rose wrote:Ads above me, ads below me, ads on my left. How much longer before an addition add is put on the the right side of the page "just to even things out"?
I thought it was funny at the time. *begins to sob*
*sobs right along with you* It was me who said that. But I never though anyone would DO it! They've never listened to my REAL suggestions!
Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:44 pm
Rachiroo wrote:Naniwai wrote:This reminds me of something posted on the PP petition:Rachel Rose wrote:Ads above me, ads below me, ads on my left. How much longer before an addition add is put on the the right side of the page "just to even things out"?
I thought it was funny at the time. *begins to sob*
*sobs right along with you* It was me who said that. But I never though anyone would DO it! They've never listened to my REAL suggestions!
But they're just ads from just the shops of offers page... right?
Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:56 pm
vivian58 wrote:But they're just ads from just the shops of offers page... right?
Right....no need for alarm or anything, I was just scouting for any info...
Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:16 pm
Blue Wolf wrote:valerielundberg wrote:Blue Wolf wrote:That kind of ad has been on the shop of offer for a while. It kind of normal, as that page is meant to have ads. I don't think they are planning for side ads yet.
It has? Hmm...that's odd, because I don't remember seeing them until about a week ago.
I don't know, but I remember seeing an ad similar to that in the shop of offer months ago...unless my brain is failing me. >_<
Yes, they have always been in there, from the time the Shop of Offers was created
They do, however, randomize the ads and such in there. Hence why you might have not noticed them before