It's Freaking Me Out ...

BillyMac

For the past few days an advertisement banner for Google has been appearing on top of the Official Basketball Forum page. It looks like a regular Google search engine page, until the words, "justin bieber", and, "glee", start typing themselves in. It's freaking me out man. Like a bad acid trip back in the sixties.

Please make it stop. It's creepy.

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

BillyMac wrote
For the past few days an advertisement banner for Goggle has been appearing on top of the Official Basketball Forum page. It looks like a regular Goggle search engine page, until the words, "justin bieber", and, "glee", start typing themselves in. It's freaking me out man. Like a bad acid trip back in the sixties.

Moderators: Please make it stop. It's creepy.

I was watching a documentary on hallucintory drugs, and come to think of it, that is the best way to watch a documentary, 😛.

MTD, Sr.

P.S. If you can remember the 1960's, you weren't there, 😀.

Jurassic Referee

BillyMac wrote
Moderators: Please make it stop. It's creepy.

The only one that can make it stop is the owner of the site, Brad. And since those ads pay the rent for our playpen, methinks you ain't about to see 'em stopped, William.

Afaik the mods can't do a thing about ads except delete any posts in which they appear.

grunewar

BillyMac wrote
Like a bad acid trip back in the sixties.

Please to be explaining.......... 😉

mbyron

BillyMac wrote
Moderators: Please make it stop. It's creepy.

You can do it yourself. Two steps:

1. Install Firefox or Chrome.
2. Install Adblock Plus.

Jurassic Referee

mbyron wrote
You can do it yourself. Two steps:

1. Install Firefox or Chrome.
2. Install Adblock Plus.

I didn't know that. I've got Firefox and IEX, and I usually use IEX from force of habit. Of course, I just ignore the banner ads anyway so they don't really bother me.

mbyron

Jurassic Referee wrote
I didn't know that. I've got Firefox and IEX, and I usually use IEX from force of habit. Of course, I just ignore the banner ads anyway so they don't really bother me.

I don't mean to sound half my own age, but Adblock Plus rules. 😎

Adam

mbyron wrote
I don't mean to sound half my own age, but Adblock Plus rules. :cool:

werd

stiffler3492

mbyron wrote
I don't mean to sound half my own age, but Adblock Plus rules. :cool:

So does Knibb High Football

Back In The Saddle

San Dimas high school football rules!

BillyMac

Jurassic Referee wrote
The only one that can make it stop is the owner of the site.

I don't mind the banner ads. I don't even mind this sponsor. I just don't like this particular banner ad. It feels like my computer has a mind of its own. A mind that does it's own typing and wants to know more about Justin Beiber, and Glee, than I really want to know.

chseagle

What is this 80s night?

Back In The Saddle wrote
San Dimas high school football rules! Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

26 Year Gap

BillyMac wrote
For the past few days an advertisement banner for Goggle has been appearing on top of the Official Basketball Forum page. It looks like a regular Goggle search engine page, until the words, "justin bieber", and, "glee", start typing themselves in. It's freaking me out man. Like a bad acid trip back in the sixties.

Please make it stop. It's creepy.

TimTaylor

Flashblock should work as well - had to install this when google was doing the Pacman banner - that thing would really drive you nuts.

BillyMac

26 Year Gap wrote
Did the ad look like this?

Stupid spell check.

Adam

BillyMac wrote
Stupid spell check.

That's what you get for using Bill Gates' spell checker.