Ok. I know Sean does this for money but the advertisements are getting on my nerves. The video advertisements are the worst because, the noise scares the heck out of ya when you just want to check out someones MOC/Hompage. Maybe it wouldn't be bad if the sound was all the way down but I really don't care about Frebreze cleaner or whatever. I suggest cutting the sound at least.
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It's unfortunate that ads have to be on the site all of the time, but without them mocpages could not run or have money to upgrade systems (like how they're buying new hard drives now). On my mac, I have something called FlashFrozen, which allows you to kill flash plugins on a page, so if there's sound on an ad I'll use it. However, you probably shouldn't use ad blockers. They take away that money for mocpages.

Overall consensus: you basically have to live with them, and turn the volume down. It's unfortunate, but true.
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The ads aren't added by Sean, I think they are controlled by Google. The ads are different from country to country. I get ads for Swedish dating sites and ads for Lego you can buy on Swedish sites.

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Video ads? I thought those were not allowed on MOCpages.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't care for the video ads! I usually keep my vol. off, and I just did some updates, and left my vol. on 1 day. And...LO...Noisy ADs! Sure puts a damper on anyone who want's background/mood music for their creations! Also I think it probably is Google placing the ads...haven't gone back & checked...but I recall seeing some html code for them when I clicked on "view source". (I'm certainly not a html programmer, but I'm not stupid and I could swear I saw coding for them?!) Am I right, any of you techies out there?
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You made a very good point but don't they get money only if you click on them? Or is it just when it's on a page.
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MOCpages gets paid when you click on MOCpages and see an ad. If you use an adblocker then you're basically stealing from Sean.

My advice is to just have the sound off. Easy solution.
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One thing I've noticed recently is ads from Lego.com. However, at the bottom of every page, it says that the Lego Group does not sponsor, own, or endorse MOCpages. It's a minor thing, but if MOCpages is now sponsored by the Lego Group, the disclaimer should probably change.
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I haven't noticed the ads from Lego, but an ad is different than sponsorship. Just like any other advertiser, they pay for time and space (vs. a financial donation).

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Sponsor, as defined by Google's dictionary, means, "2.Pay some or all of the costs involved in staging (a sporting or artistic event) in return for advertising", but it also says that, "3.Pledge to donate a certain sum of money to (someone) after they have participated in a fund-raising event organized on behalf of a charity" (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&q=sponsor+definition&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7TSNA_enUS377#hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&rlz=1I7TSNA_enUS377&q=sponsor&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=JjBqTtf4FufUiAKopL2rDg&ved=0CBYQkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=2ea25270560d40fb&biw=1772&bih=806). So Lego does sponsor MOCpages by one definition, but not by another. I suppose I'll leave it up to Sean Kenney to interpret the definition of the word as he sees fit. Which will probably mean that he won't take the time to change the disclaimer as he's got more important things to do. Sorry if I've wasted anyone's time.
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Err, sorry to bring this thread back up, but I have a complaint about a certain add that has been coming up every other time I want to look at something. It's that "Mama" add. Quite frankly, I do not see how you can watch the COMMERCIAL without having nightmares, let alone the movie. If Sean, Mark, Phip, or SOMEBODY could get rid of that add, I would be grateful.
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Well, they have no control over what advertisements come up, for the most part. Unless you have an advertisement that pops up that you can close, or moves with you as you scroll, then there is a problem. If it is an embedded video that you can just change the sound on and play/pause, and it has the word advertisement right above it, there isn't anything they can do.

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I went to this page: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/352619 and when I did, I got an advertisement that literally said, "Congratulations!" through my speakers and was framed in a blinking blue and white frame. Uh... I'm pretty sure MOCpages is not supposed to be getting these kinds of advertisements, and I have screen captured three images depicting the situation and saved them on Flickr for the MOCpages staff to investigate. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mclegoboy/sets/72157632607984053/
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I've gotten that before too... I am also starting to get ads that cover about a third of my activity bar...
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Get screen captures of them if you can. The more of them we can get proof of at the moment, the more of an issue it is. I got another shortly after posting that last comment. But if you have adds covering the activity bar, that's just as bad, as these "Congratulations!" ones.
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ME TOO! Luckily I can still see what's going on in the activity bar but it's just so ANNOYING. I will get a screenshot next time it happens.

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I just got the same ad, it scared the heeby-jeebies out of me. :P
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:P I bout' peed my pants... Anyways, How do I put a link to screenshots? I got one of Mr.Scare the alphabet down my leg, but it won't let me copy et paste...

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I know that on PCs since 2007 that there is a little Snipping Icon that lets you select areas and save them as pictures. You can't just copy and paste stuff, it doesn't work like that. You have to get a capture of the thing, and then upload the picture somewhere that you can get a URL for people to go to.
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Any suggestions of where to upload it to? :)

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You can upload images to a large number of free image hosting sites. After uploading the site will give you one or more links for pasting onto other sites or forums.

Here's some of the better free ones:
http://imgur.com/
http://minus.com/
http://imgchili.com/
http://tinypic.com/
http://www.imagebam.com/
http://www.imagehaven.net/
http://www.imagesocket.com/
http://www.imagevenue.com/
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.photobucket.com/
(last two require accounts)


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Yeah, I just got it, too. I've got the screen capture of it. I'll let Sean know. Not as bad as the ones with full audio, but still might be something he wants to avoid.

Thanks for the heads up on that one.

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I get <> enlargement ads?
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I have no idea where they come from...
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Now that's new. I've not seen any of those yet. We have a filter for those types of advertisements, so somethings not working at the moment.
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Someone else said they come up randomly, and they did!
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Hi Mods

The Nivea YouTube advert (might be UK only so you may not see it cycling round) takes up half the side bar, blocking activity and top MOCs.

I think there might be an issue with the site structure as I've seen a few reported issues of different ads blocking content. Worth a call to Google probably.

Please pass this on to Sean if appropriate

Many thanks

Ape
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10-4, Ape - will do. Thanks for letting us know!

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Recently I've been getting an AT&T pop-up ad that covers a large portion of the screen. This makes many tasks, such as logging in and joining groups, quite difficult since it blocks the buttons...
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Me too! I've been getting ads for "Fashion Star'" and it pops up everytime I try open to something on here. The big problem is it won't let me get rid of it until the whole 1 minute ad is done which is very ANNOYING!!!!! Also, if I try to scroll down the page right as it starts so I don't have to watch it it follows me down the page or it sends me back to the top and I can't do anything about it! If somebody could get rid of these ads that would be great!
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Or muting your computer.... ... *dahut* ... I don't have any ads showing up anymore. I have an ad blocker. :P Look for them on the google chrome webstore.
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Or firefox, if you're cool.

I turn off adblock whenever I browse the pages, but it's easy to forget...
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Lego ads would be fine.
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