"Soliciting Buisness"

what adverts?

never seen any on here.  Firefox and add block plus.

just looked in IE and i guess the  pop up win a 1000 notes advert?

but they pay to advertise 

Phew!! cool your jets Hughes123

Whereby I agree in principle with your point, and being a subscriber to a couple of other Haymarket publications in the past I do agree that there are heaps of adverts.

I must add however that although these can be somewhat offputting on the screen I do actually read the adverts in the mag which I use to  compare prices.

It may be true in the present climate that these advertised prices are out of date by the time that they come to press but they do give you some kind of steer as to which sites to visit prior to making that purchase

I'm with you Nads. Ive never had any problems with ads on here either. I also use firefox. yes there are a few ads but none that pop up in front of any links well not that ive noticed anyway.

Hughes123:

I cannot see why we are not allowed to "solicit buisness" very simply on our signatures (you provide a miserly limit on the character count) when the site is littered with adverts!

Hughes123:

You seem to quite strongly dissaprove of people using this site to "solicit any buisness" and yet I find it quite ironic that there are adverts constantly popping up not only at the edge of the screen, but now actually on links I want to click. This is actually, and please refer to the ASA's guidelines on website's external material article, not allowed as I have no way of opting out of going to another site because they will pop up so suddenly just before I click on a link so that I have no choice whether I go on their sites or not.

Your magazine is full of adverts (far too many, as is the norm with Haymarket publications) and I'm dissapointed to see that this site contains too many also. It therefore leads me to believe that this site was created for one single purpose - not to promote the magazine, but to contain as many adverts per publication as possible.

And to be honest, there is no excuse for this. Rival publications such as Hi-Fi Choice, Hi-Fi World and Stereophile Magazine do not contain anywhere near as many advert either in their magazines or on their sites. Yes, it may be argued that Hi-Fi World and Hi-Fi Choice do not have a true forum, but Sterophile is a very comprehensive site (far more so that What Hi-Fi's site) and contains a huge forum also and yet their site does not have adverts that literally "pop up" infront of where I am viewing. Please do not also claim that this is a problem with my computer and/or its software as all of the computers I have used suffer the same problems.

I cannot see why we are not allowed to "solicit buisness" very simply on our signatures (you provide a miserly limit on the character count) when the site is littered with adverts! As a member of the What Hi-Fi forums who has made over 2,000 posts and a subscriber to the magazine, I feel I am being let down by adverts and often put off re-subscribing to the magazine because of the attitude of the moderators.

I do hope that my views will be considered and that they will not just be deleted so that others cannot view my opinion.

Regards,

Hughes123

Of course your views will be considered

Re advertising - we have to fund both the magazine and website! If not, the magazine( would cost a fortune and the website would incur a subscription fee - neither of which is a workable or desirable model.

Apologies if links are getting in the way - i'll pass that onto our commercial team, as it's certainly not our desire for them to do so.

Re your signature: our House Rules - which you agreed to when you registered - clearly state our policy on selling within messages/bios etc (rule no 9). So the moderators are only doing their jobs.

Hughes123:

You seem to quite strongly dissaprove of people using this site to "solicit any buisness" and yet I find it quite ironic that there are adverts constantly popping up not only at the edge of the screen, but now actually on links I want to click. This is actually, and please refer to the ASA's guidelines on website's external material article, not allowed as I have no way of opting out of going to another site because they will pop up so suddenly just before I click on a link so that I have no choice whether I go on their sites or not.

Your magazine is full of adverts (far too many, as is the norm with Haymarket publications) and I'm dissapointed to see that this site contains too many also. It therefore leads me to believe that this site was created for one single purpose - not to promote the magazine, but to contain as many adverts per publication as possible.

And to be honest, there is no excuse for this. Rival publications such as Hi-Fi Choice, Hi-Fi World and Stereophile Magazine do not contain anywhere near as many advert either in their magazines or on their sites. Yes, it may be argued that Hi-Fi World and Hi-Fi Choice do not have a true forum, but Sterophile is a very comprehensive site (far more so that What Hi-Fi's site) and contains a huge forum also and yet their site does not have adverts that literally "pop up" infront of where I am viewing. Please do not also claim that this is a problem with my computer and/or its software as all of the computers I have used suffer the same problems.

I cannot see why we are not allowed to "solicit buisness" very simply on our signatures (you provide a miserly limit on the character count) when the site is littered with adverts! As a member of the What Hi-Fi forums who has made over 2,000 posts and a subscriber to the magazine, I feel I am being let down by adverts and often put off re-subscribing to the magazine because of the attitude of the moderators.

I do hope that my views will be considered and that they will not just be deleted so that others cannot view my opinion.

Regards,

Hughes123

Bad day Hughes!! You're never usually this annoyed........

Clare Newsome:

Hughes123:

You seem to quite strongly dissaprove of people using this site to "solicit any buisness" and yet I find it quite ironic that there are adverts constantly popping up not only at the edge of the screen, but now actually on links I want to click. This is actually, and please refer to the ASA's guidelines on website's external material article, not allowed as I have no way of opting out of going to another site because they will pop up so suddenly just before I click on a link so that I have no choice whether I go on their sites or not.

Your magazine is full of adverts (far too many, as is the norm with Haymarket publications) and I'm dissapointed to see that this site contains too many also. It therefore leads me to believe that this site was created for one single purpose - not to promote the magazine, but to contain as many adverts per publication as possible.

And to be honest, there is no excuse for this. Rival publications such as Hi-Fi Choice, Hi-Fi World and Stereophile Magazine do not contain anywhere near as many advert either in their magazines or on their sites. Yes, it may be argued that Hi-Fi World and Hi-Fi Choice do not have a true forum, but Sterophile is a very comprehensive site (far more so that What Hi-Fi's site) and contains a huge forum also and yet their site does not have adverts that literally "pop up" infront of where I am viewing. Please do not also claim that this is a problem with my computer and/or its software as all of the computers I have used suffer the same problems.

I cannot see why we are not allowed to "solicit buisness" very simply on our signatures (you provide a miserly limit on the character count) when the site is littered with adverts! As a member of the What Hi-Fi forums who has made over 2,000 posts and a subscriber to the magazine, I feel I am being let down by adverts and often put off re-subscribing to the magazine because of the attitude of the moderators.

I do hope that my views will be considered and that they will not just be deleted so that others cannot view my opinion.

Regards,

Hughes123

Of course your views will be considered

Re advertising - we have to fund both the magazine and website! If not, the magazine( would cost a fortune and the website would incur a subscription fee - neither of which is a workable or desirable model.

Apologies if links are getting in the way - i'll pass that onto our commercial team, as it's certainly not our desire for them to do so.

Re your signature: our House Rules - which you agreed to when you registered - clearly state our policy on selling within messages/bios etc (rule no 9). So the moderators are only doing their jobs.

 

 

Thankyou Clare, I understand that the moderators are doing their job (although sometimes a particular moderator takes the role to silly heights) and that it's wrong to advertise in my signature, but I can't understand why something very simple isn't allowed. Rules are rules, I know, but I'm just saying that a simple advert isn't harming anyone...

And here's a picture of what happens often: I'm using Firefox 3.0.1 by the way. This is without clicking on any advert or anything...

Well that's a rollover - designed to only expand when your mouse hits it - but it shouldn't be spontaneous. Again, i'll report it to the ad team (the first we know of ads is when we see them on the site!)

Oh, and I just checked out Stereophile's site - no less than 9 adverts on the Home Page. That's many, many more than here 

The KURO ad only opens when you move the mouse over it. I can quite easily navigate around it and if i do pass over it its not that big when opens and soon closes. Just my opinion.

Clare Newsome:

Well that's a rollover - designed to only expand when your mouse hits it - but it shouldn't be spontaneous. Again, i'll report it to the ad team (the first we know of ads is when we see them on the site!)

Oh, and I just checked out Stereophile's site - no less than 9 adverts on the Home Page. That's many, many more than here 

I can guarantee that I don't roll of the Pioneer adverts and that some are little windows that just open up when I'm browsing the review/news/blogs etc.

When you log into Stereophile however, the adverts dissapear, something which doesn't happen here. The rollover is completly instant though and it would be perfectly acceptable if the mouse had to stay on them for a second for them to expand.

Anyway, I don't want to kick up a real fuss, but I want to tell you that it's a big dissapointment to an otherwise good site! And keep the videos up, they're good!

that kuro ad is way to sensitive, the cursor doesn't actually have to pass over it to trigger it. at least not on my pc with ie7 anyway

and, dont get me started on that "win a £1000" for participating in an on-line survey that appears in the middle of the screen for no apparent reason when trying to post/read posts.

understand the need for ads but that one is plain annoying

I don't have the ads switched off....but don't really notice them. However, on a subconscious level......

daveh75:

that kuro ad is way to sensitive, the cursor doesn't actually have to pass over it to trigger it. at least not on my pc with ie7 anyway

and, dont get me started on that "win a £1000" for participating in an on-line survey that appears in the middle of the screen for no apparent reason when trying to post/read posts.

understand the need for ads but that one is plain annoying

Hughes123:

Thankyou Clare, I understand that the moderators are doing their job (although sometimes a particular moderator takes the role to silly heights) and that it's wrong to advertise in my signature, but I can't understand why something very simple isn't allowed. Rules are rules, I know, but I'm just saying that a simple advert isn't harming anyone...

Abusing the moderators is a pretty pointless exercise, not to mention the fact that the house rules say you should not discuss moderation.

And yes 'rules are rules', and will be enforced. Even when it's you...

Mmmm- Hughes, thinking you know which moderator is moderating what,confessing to being ejected from a cinema, mispelling ,when your grammar is usually impeccable- have you discovered alcohol and teenage rebellion/paranoia.Discuss