I understand the principal of adverts and the way the system picks up on a thread and places an ad that fits. The thing that really hacks me off is when the advert banner is so intrusive and big that it blocks subscribers' emails and prevents us from posting.It's how the forum meisters make money to keep the forum going. They sell advertising. Most large forums do it. If you use Firefox or Chrome you can install Ad Blocker and poof, they're gone.
I have pop-ups blocked as standard and I've signed up for AdBlock but it's a waste of time. Every time I sign off it seems to re-activate the adverts so I have to sign up again every time I log in. There's also a huge banner advertising Google mobile phones which is so big it blocks you from hitting the buttons to post and that doesn't go away even if I've invoked AdBlock. Damned nuisance, as the only way to get rid of it is to shut down DC on my machine and come back laterrollbones is right----- AdClick. But do we know if this forum signed up for AdClick? It seems to be a very good way to make some money.
I signed up for AdBlock long before I joined this forum. It's the best thing since sliced bread.
You can also block pop-ups. It works most of the time, but marketing guys are some of the smartest people in the world. lol
This tells how:
4 Ways to Stop Internet Popups - wikiHow
I have pop-ups blocked as standard and I've signed up for AdBlock but it's a waste of time. Every time I sign off it seems to re-activate the adverts so I have to sign up again every time I log in. There's also a huge banner advertising Google mobile phones which is so big it blocks you from hitting the buttons to post and that doesn't go away even if I've invoked AdBlock. Damned nuisance, as the only way to get rid of it is to shut down DC on my machine and come back later
AdBlock works great with my browser--- Chrome. I have Windows 7 on a Dell laptop.
I don't know much about the innards of computers but just enough to know that sometimes 'thingys' on one computer (and not on another) will contribute to the difference between how thingys work.
Thingys include apps among other thingys. Hope this helps! LOL