Teamliquid is one of the few sites I turn off adblock for.

I mean, the banner is tiny, it's not like some sites that have massive annoying side banners or something.

Pangolin

United States1035 Posts

January 10 2011 02:04 GMT

#122

I had my adblock turned off on this site until I started watching user streams. I hate having the ads pop up while I'm watching the videos embedded from streaming sites. The worst part is Teamliquid doesn't even get money from those ads (as I understand it). I think my solution will be to have adblock turned off here, and rather than watching the embedded streams, just click the link to watch it on the streaming site itself, where I have adblock enabled.

dmans

Sweden358 Posts

January 10 2011 02:22 GMT

#123

turned off adblock for tl now.

AJMcSpiffy

United States1154 Posts

January 10 2011 03:06 GMT

#124

My confusion is, does TL make money just for having the ads load, or only when the ads are clicked? Because honestly my brain is so wired to not click on popups/advertisements that I pretty much ignore them now :/ I mean if it will help you guys to have the ads just there, then by all means I'll gladly leave AdBlock off. I just don't understand how the whole advertisement banner system works.

FlowerbedOfDreams

Canada126 Posts

January 10 2011 03:21 GMT

#125

And someone pointed out that the horsie is so cute it gives a reason to block ads. Could we ad-observing users get a little message of appreciation from the horsie next to the ads? PLEASE???

Noxie

United States2227 Posts

January 10 2011 03:23 GMT

#126

As long as TL doesnt Sell out and turns into some ad HAVEN

I think I can deal with the amount of advertising there is now

Hot_Bid

Braavos36379 Posts

January 10 2011 03:30 GMT

#127

On January 10 2011 12:06 AJMcSpiffy wrote:
My confusion is, does TL make money just for having the ads load, or only when the ads are clicked? Because honestly my brain is so wired to not click on popups/advertisements that I pretty much ignore them now :/ I mean if it will help you guys to have the ads just there, then by all means I'll gladly leave AdBlock off. I just don't understand how the whole advertisement banner system works.

On January 10 2011 09:54 R1CH wrote:
TL has a mix of ads, some pay per click, some pay per view. This is why even if you never click on ads, disabling adblock still helps to support sites with ads.

Moved this thread to website feedback.

ithree

443 Posts

January 10 2011 04:21 GMT

#128

I'm not sure if youve just switched it to always show or it's my iPad but all I'm getting now is the AddBlock banner. Maybe it's the lack of flash support or just the plain weird connection string, but safari (mobile or otherwise) isn't that odd so it can't really be jscript.

So just a heads up that your missing out on views from the iPod/one/ad line. Every little but counts ! And don't want to put everyones good faith to waste by blocking a whole user base

eLiE

Canada1039 Posts

January 10 2011 04:58 GMT

#129

I didn't even realize that ad blocker was blocking those funny ads till I saw the horses. Unblocked! Now to to look into some deals on spas/salons :D

R1CH

Netherlands10341 Posts

January 10 2011 05:02 GMT

#130

On January 10 2011 13:21 ithree wrote:
I'm not sure if youve just switched it to always show or it's my iPad but all I'm getting now is the AddBlock banner. Maybe it's the lack of flash support or just the plain weird connection string, but safari (mobile or otherwise) isn't that odd so it can't really be jscript.

So just a heads up that your missing out on views from the iPod/one/ad line. Every little but counts ! And don't want to put everyones good faith to waste by blocking a whole user base

Some ads are flash based, but they usually do browser detection to check for that. The horse banner is always shown if no ad loads, it doesn't specifically try to target adblock users.

jalstar

United States8198 Posts

January 11 2011 03:23 GMT

#131

I used to block TL because I watched streams here, then I realized I could watch streams on livestream or ustream and block those sites instead. Not that they don't deserve to make money, but their ads are really intrusive and annoying.

Although I do still get the horse banner.