Pop-ups going away

[GameWinners.com]

As most of you are aware, we had to resort to pop-up ads to help pay for the forums when online advertising declined awhile back, as did other large message boards such as EZboard were forced to do. Fortunately, new types of advertising have grown recently, and have reached the point where we can significantly reduce the number of pop-ups you will see when browsing the forums.

Effective later today, all pop-ups will be removed from pages where you are reading posts or topics. You will still see a pop-up after posting a message, but I am hoping to eliminate, or at least severly limit these as well as advertising revenues continue to improve. Keep in mind that it costs $2,000.00 monthly to host our servers, and this is the only way to keep things going free without going to some sort of subscription plan.

In order to remove the pops, three changes are being made.

-Highlighted keywords. You've probably already seen these in various posts here, as well as on other large game sites such as IGN. Certain keywords, such as PS2, Pokemon, etc. may be double underlined in posts. We get paid a few pennies whenever someone highlights that word and clicks on the advertiser's link that appears. If you see something that you are interested in, please check it out, as it will help keep those pop-ups away.

-As also seen on big game sites such as IGN, I am replacing the standard "banner" ad at the top part of the pages with large square ads.

-Finally, as also featured on IGN and other big sites, you may see an "interstitial" ad when first accessing a forum page. An interstitial is basically a transition page that shows an ad before you click to continue to the forums. These are limited to only one appearance per day per user, and may not appear for visitors coming from outside the US or Canada.

I think everyone will agree that the changes are worth the effort to keep the site free, as well as a great first step to get rid of those pop-ups. No one, including myself, liked them, but were forced to live with them in order to keep things running. Once again, I'd like to thank everyone that weathered our "pop-up" crisis, and stuck with us. Thanks guys!

[Singin Hobo]

You rock the party that rocks my body, Al. :D

[The_Nameless]

DOWN WITH POPUpS!! AL, WHEN THE HELL ARE YOU GONNA GET RID OF POPUPS!???



....what? .....he got rid of them? Way to go Al!!!!


:D

[Ctp]

Better than pop-ups, I don't like the square ad thing though. Still much better without the large-assed number of pop-ups though, the green underlined thingies are barely noticeable.:D

[Stryfe]

Nice touch, the pop up werent doing much anyways since alot of people have Pop up blockers

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

You may want to stop complaining, this is a huge step.

[shortkut]

i think the site is much better this way. way to go Al :cool:

[Rancid]

Yeah, Al. This is awesome. Keep up the good work.:^:

P.S. I just realized that a pop-up ad usually comes up when you click the "get more" link on the "smilies" inset. Not really a big difference, just something I noticed.

[Stryfe]

Originally posted by Captain Jack Sparrow
You may want to stop complaining, this is a huge step.

Me? Complaining?

No, I was just saying that having the pop up didnt do much because alot of people on GW use pop up blockers

[Lateralus]

Originally posted by GameWinners.com
-As also seen on big game sites such as IGN, I am replacing the standard "banner" ad at the top part of the pages with large square ads.


Speaking of that, I'd just like to inform you, that the ad, only appears as a totally grey box for me. It might just be my computer or some program I have on it, but it never shows up.

[«THË ØFF§P®ÏNG»]

Man this is great news... i hated those pop-ups.

[Spike]

just as long as they dont take over my computer anymore and install crap on it anymore

[Vulpes]

Yeah, I get a grey box too.. right now it's white/blank.

[SmasherMaster]

I don't like the big boxes, oh well i'll have to deal with it, thanks anyway Al, popups are annoying. :D

[Wicked]

Those grey boxes should be disappearing, I haven't seen them at all today.

[cartman125]

This is great news, i hate pop-ups. Way to go Al!

[Teng]

Originally posted by SirAltair_the_Gr8
DOWN WITH POPUpS!! AL, WHEN THE HELL ARE YOU GONNA GET RID OF POPUPS!???



....what? .....he got rid of them? Way to go Al!!!!


:D

*Looks at Altair's sig*

Uh... Haha, I haven't seen a post of your's in a while. How long have you had that sig? :hmm:

And yay, I've been noticing the decrease in pop-ups, and just now noticed this thread. :D

[shortkut]

Originally posted by Ma Teng73
And yay, I've been noticing the decrease in pop-ups, and just now noticed this thread. :D

while you've been noticing the decrease in them, i've been noticing a total disappearence of them *knocks on wood*

[The Protomen]

Great news! Those pop up ads always messed up my computer...

[Justibackwardsn]

doesnt phase me much seeing how i have an awesome free popup stopper. But hey! link words work too... The onlything i cant stand is the stupid ad that comes on the screen and shows a big stop sign.... i cant stand those kinds...

[Morbid Angel]

You r0x0rz my b0x0rz Al. 'Bout time we got rid of those stupid pop-ups.

-Sam

[DeamonHunter]

I got very anoid at thos pop-ups, i come in here to read and post and some dum window pops up, and then i'm like:
DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE etc.......

anyway, Thanx Al

[Poop Dogg]

I hated those pop-ups, really slowed my computer A LOT.

Whose Al? I thought GameWinners.com did it.

[SmasherMaster]

Originally posted by cronoman
I hated those pop-ups, really slowed my computer A LOT.

Whose Al? I thought GameWinners.com did it.

Al is GameWinners.com.

[Bandage]

popups, what are these popups you speak of?

seriously though, you all need to catch up with this millenium and stop using crappy browsers that let popups through. Anything that's not IE or AOL will do the trick

[Lateralus]

Originally posted by infernoboy21
popups, what are these popups you speak of?

seriously though, you all need to catch up with this millenium and stop using crappy browsers that let popups through. Anything that's not NETSCAPE or AOL will do the trick


fixed.

[Bandage]

netscape has a popup blocker.... it's in options > preferences
IE dos not. Because it's inbred, like texas

[Absolute Zero]

Popup? Whats a popup? :p :D
*thanks Safari for its popup blocker*

[Bob Jolly]

Oh, thank you so very much, Al! I love you, man! I, like everyone else, I'm sure, was getting really annoyed having to close a pop-up every time I click somewhere...

[SCORPION25]

When I forst came here, I got bombarded with so many pop-ups it wasn't funny!!!!! A few months later, I found a way to block ALL pop-ups o my AOL. But it's a good thing because if I didnt find out how to block the pop-ups, my computer would crash so many times.......

[darkslider]

Originally posted by Heretic
Those grey boxes should be disappearing, I haven't seen them at all today.

lol.nice sig. This is great news,good move gamewinners.

[Lunar Kreskents]

I'm quite pleased to have never seen that blasted grey box I've heard so much of . :D
It is great being able to go on IE and not have popups bombarding me every few seconds and making my computer lag. gr.

[Absolute Zero]

Originally posted by Lunar Crescent
I'm quite pleased to have never seen that blasted grey box I've heard so much of . :D
It is great being able to go on IE and not have popups bombarding me every few seconds and making my computer lag. gr. IE? AAAIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! :D
I too never saw the grey box.
dude, you havent opened IE since Safari came out... lol.
popups are evill. popups should be banned from the internet... how about we all go kill every popup on the internet?:guns:

[Bandage]

I'm quite pleased to have never seen that blasted grey box I've heard so much of .

people still use IE? why would anyone do such a thing?

[DeamonHunter]

Originally posted by infernoboy21
people still use IE? why would anyone do such a thing?

Because IE is awesome

[SmasherMaster]

Originally posted by infernoboy21
people still use IE? why would anyone do such a thing?

Because some of us don't live in the cave that is AOL.

[Morbid Angel]

Originally posted by Smasher-Master
Because some of us don't live in the cave that is AOL.

And the smart people use Mozilla or Mozilla Firebird.

-Sam

[samusdude]

:cool: yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F*CK THE F*KC*NG POPUPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
::finger: :guns: :dead:
:Pacman: :eek: :eek: :eek:


:devil:

[SCORPION25]

Originally posted by samusdude
:cool: yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F*CK THE F*KC*NG POPUPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:finger: :guns: :dead:
:Pacman: :eek: :eek:


:devil:
Couldn't of put it better........

Because some of us don't live in the cave that is AOL. I do :( Then when my free minutes are up, I gotta use Compuserve.

[Kevin]

I realize how much this helps a ot of people, with the pop-ups messing up their computers a lot, so I'm glad this was done because I remember those pop-ups. [ad=aol]That was before I used the AOL Pop-Up Blocker!! It works fine, I havn't had a single pop-up since!! (with the exception of those damn messenger service ones)

Luckily I also havn't experienced the grey boxes, but that doesnt really relieve me because I've never seen their crappiness.

Anyways, I was wondering how you are supposed to make $2,000 a month if not many people like clicking the green links, and the few times they get clicked it only gives you a few pennies.

My school uses Mozilla, I don't find it all that great, it really doesn't block the pop-ups, but maybe thats because my school doesnt have a blocker set on?

//:Penguin:

[Bruteforce123]

I know a good pop-up blocker you just go to www.google.com and download their pop-up blocker it's free and it adds another toolbar and if you need to search for anything you can type what you want to search for and it will take you to their website with the results of what you want.:cool: :cool:

[InTeRcOoLeR]

Those double-underlined words are hilarious...now even in THE POSTS we have to see this ****...at least Pop Ups could be stopped with a Pop-Up stopper...is there something such as a double-underlined word-stopper :cool: ?

[Wicked]

Originally posted by InTeRcOoLeR
Those double-underlined words are hilarious...now even in THE POSTS we have to see this ****...at least Pop Ups could be stopped with a Pop-Up stopper...is there something such as a double-underlined word-stopper :cool: ?

Nope, there's nothing that can stop them, and even if there was, you think I'd tell you? :p

[Neo Matrix]

Why would you want to stop them anyway? Are they slowing down your loading times or something? I haven't noticed any slow-down when they appear.

[SmasherMaster]

Originally posted by Neo Matrix
Why would you want to stop them anyway? Are they slowing down your loading times or something? I haven't noticed any slow-down when they appear.

No, they were just plain annoying. But I don't care, because I can live with popups as long as I can see the site. ;)

Originally posted by Heretic
Nope, there's nothing that can stop them, and even if there was, you think I'd tell you? :p

No, of course not. :p

[Fire_Starter]

You rock Al.

[shortkut]

Originally posted by Smasher-Master
No, they were just plain annoying. But I don't care, because I can live with popups as long as I can see the site.

so are you saying that those green underlined words stop you from seeing the site?

[Sephiroth Strife]

please refrain if u can from tthe pop ups that u close then 2 more come up (ex do u want to download this) click no or the X) then that same one comes up and another says Oops u forgot to clikc yes. I do not think those are worth the mony unless tehey pay u a much larger amount

[Sephiroth Strife]

thank u for deleating most pop ups. I must complain that one in a certin one i close it 3 more come up close one 2 more ocme up i can close tehm eventually but i would like them limited to one (no oops u forgot to click yes $#@% or the same comeing up again ora nother add or whatever)

[Squall]

Popup ads are so 1999.

[ViCeCitYPlAyEr5]

i dont know else where to psot this question, but will there ever be a forum for True crime: Streets of LA?

[SmasherMaster]

Go to the Index, click on Experimentation, then click on the first forum in that list (Suggestions) And look around in there.

[scizor2120]

Are the highlites gone ? PS2 X-Box ... Pokemon ... Video games ... . Game ... internet ... price ... Save ... money

[A Lucid Mind]

Hmm Dont know if its been said but on that Freddy Vs. Jason one...has anyone ever had that problem where it says to click off but you click that but it just goes into that site...kind of annoying...I dont care if its paying the bills but it pops up right there in the middle after you post and sometimes you click it just by mistake.

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

I actually like the Freddy vs Jason advertisements; GW is finally being sponsored by something I'm actually interested in.

[fool #8]

this is awsome. other sites ive been to always have pop ups. TYHANK YOU AL!! this is the first time i ever posted on a pop up free place. thanx! :-D

[fool #8]

I JUST GOT A POP UP!!!! YIOU STUPIDM LOIAR BURN IN HELL!!!!!:mad: :hot:

WHO DOD YOU THINK YOU ARE? LIENING TO PEOPLE!!! IM GOING TO TELL THE PERSON WHO RUNS THIS SITE ON YOU!!!!1

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

I hope you realize this thread was started by the owner of the site...

[fool #8]

omG cap'n jak spar0w oMg I kant beieev u!!1!
al I got wAs a pawp up and I WaS MAYD an u liek FREEKD OUT!1!!@!!

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

You may want to go back and check who freaked out...

Anyway, I won't be saying anymore about this; I really don't want to get into a SPAM arguement.

[Havoc51]

Much better wihtout the Pop-up

[Phoenixphire7]

Woohoo!

P.S. Fool #8, I can't understand you. Plus, they aren't ENTIRELY gone, just cut down.

[SCORPION25]

Oh look, the BOS has joined us..... Someone ban Josh now.

Hey I noticed the green text has gone away, what happened

[SmoT-PoKeR]

ok that is cool because(and i have to explain this)
im useing 550access browser its an awsome browser way way better then IE but the pop up blocker it has also blocks the "get more smiles" window

and it could be the browzer but there was one pop up not the add kind but the kind that wants to install some lame crappy crap on your computer and when ever i said no(and i always did) it would CLOSE the window and that sucked

so i say thanx a TRILLION KABILLION EXFIKINZILLION for scrapping those popups

and when i get rich ill donate to gw mounthly

[Wicked]

Originally posted by SmoT-PoKeR
ok that is cool because(and i have to explain this)
im useing 550access browser its an awsome browser way way better then IE but the pop up blocker it has also blocks the "get more smiles" window

That's because it's not an actual ad blocker. They label it as an ad blocker, but, in reality, it just blocks the Javascript code that makes popup windows. Real ad blockers block ad servers.

[King Tigity]

One of the few good things about AOLis that it has a popup blocker so the popups never bothered me...

...But I'll still smoke to that! :D

[SmasherMaster]

Originally posted by King Tigity
One of the few good things about AOLis that it has a popup blocker so the popups never bothered me...

...But I'll still smoke to that! :D

Smoking is bad for your health ;)

[King Tigity]

Originally posted by Smasher-Master
Smoking is bad for your health ;)

That's just what they wan't you to believe...:Paranoid:

[King Ducky]

no it reely is bad for j00!

[Zelden]

hmm...so some of the smaller ads are gone and they have just been replaced by the freaking ads that take up the whole screen??....i freaking hate those more than the others...slows down my computer....gah....

[fyrebolt]

Ok

[DeamonHunter]

Originally posted by fyrebolt
Ok

hmm, 1 post, looks like he just signed up to reply to this thread, ohh ya and thanx again al. I havent had one pop-up on this site since.... i forget.

[wildkid56]

well, looks like this user...*coff*fool #8*coff* was banned.

BTW THIS KICKS ASS!!!!! :cool: :rock:

oh, and IE is the most kick-ass browser known to this man! :rock:


BTWX2 who thinks this guy looks like he flips the finger? :wave:

[annihilation]

or you could download the google tool bar that has a pop-up blocker in it like i did:p

[MATHGOD]

Originally posted by King Tigity
That's just what they wan't you to believe...:Paranoid:
Perhaps you'll believe what they say. . . after you get lung cancer. I'm telling you, quit now!


As for the popups, both my computer processor (133 MHz) and my internet connection (56K dialup) are downright pathetic. Needless to say, the abolishment of the popups is a HUGE relief. :)

[Invisible]

Yes, the pop-ups getting cut down was a huge relief. Thanks, Al!:wave:

[madviking2007]

hey you all you should check out my message board it is pretty cool. come to it and if you like it sigh up and we can talk video games or just whatever. me(madviking2007) and my friend(xraider) made the message board.

[SCORPION25]

Originally posted by madviking2007
hey you all you should check out my message board it is pretty cool. come to it and if you like it sigh up and we can talk video games or just whatever. me(madviking2007) and my friend(xraider) made the message board.


You should be warned. Not only does this have anything to do with the topic... but your talking about your website. You should post it in the advertising forum (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=74) for all to see.

About the pop-ups... I came on and got one for pop-up blocker... do you know about this anybody? I know it was only one, but I just wanted to point it out.

[Fuzzball]

I get a popup every time I click on a link...
They're for Ebay and stuff like that!

[Kevin]

This is totally off topic but there's no other thread. What's with some members having a Custom Title that has color, fonts, and other html/vB code elements. Also, I've seen an avatar. I checked my user profile, and I can't do that. Iv'e also only seen mods have this. Is this some new moderator privelege and we should forget about it, but if its not, how do make html/vB affect it.

//:Penguin:

[Tempest EB]

I know this is a little off subject, but who and how do I contact if i want to put a link on the main page of this website? I recently made a proboard website dealing with games of all sorts, and I want it more public, I have 0 members:cry: that is why I want a link.

[SCORPION25]

Originally posted by evilpenguin937
This is totally off topic but there's no other thread. What's with some members having a Custom Title that has color, fonts, and other html/vB code elements. Also, I've seen an avatar. I checked my user profile, and I can't do that. Iv'e also only seen mods have this. Is this some new moderator privelege and we should forget about it, but if its not, how do make html/vB affect it.

//:Penguin:
Thats right. Mods and admins can make there posts color and move. And it looks like admins can have icons.

And there is a place to put it. The questions forum. I wont supply a link because I'm lazy.

[kayti4]

what do you press L3 or R3 on playstation?

[kayti4]

i dont know what to press!

[JACK SMACK]

YES!!! AWESOME!!!

:guns:POPUPS

[spectical danzo]

woohoo!

[spectical danzo]

No popups

[Dark Disciple]

I haven't been posting long, but the lesser amount of popups is noticeable .