Re: [flasher] [OT] Macromedia's stupid banner ad policy

[Remik]

Fight the stupid banners and ads!  Here's what I have done about 2 years ago

and it works great.


I use a hardware based firewall/NAT/VPN/everything box, that allows me to

block content from certain domains from ever reaching my browser.  The

number 1 spam-master in this category is Doubleclick, which most companies

link to directly for the ads (right click on any of the ads to see where the

ad/image originates).  What you do is you add doubleclick.* (ie:

doubleclick.com, doubleclick.net, etc) to your filter list on the firewall,

and all content from those hosts gets filtered out and will not even be

downloaded, before the page is displayed in your browser.


Simple, effective, and stops those ultra-annoying refreshes, redirects to

other sites, and blinking content, not to mention doesn't put any money in

the pockets of those who carry these ads, since the ad never gets

downloaded/displayed in the first place.  I know one person (myself) won't

make or break MM's income from advertising, but I have shared this with many

people already and ultimately this will make a difference.  In the short

term, it stops the annoying ads and banners.


Over time when you see ads still popping up in your browser, see where they

come from (right click on the image), and block those domains as well.

After just couple weeks you'll have a nice list of ad-spammers, and be free

of all the junk and have a nicer, smoother browsing experience.


Enjoy!


Remik


PS:  This was done with a hardware firewall, but I'm pretty sure it can be

done with most software based firewalls as well.  Even if you are on

dial-up, I'd still recommend a decent firewall not only for your own

security, but to provide for features such as this one here...




----- Original Message -----

From: "JGL" <

infodesignthenet [dot] com

>

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 10:31 AM

Subject: [flasher] RE: [flasher][OT] Macromedia's stupid banner ad policy



> Shockwave I believe is seperate deal now from MM. Shockwave.com revenue is

> specifically ad based (again I believe). I can handle that. I don't go to

> shockwave.com anyway.

>

> What's really cheesy are the banner ads at macromedia.com. Especially

those

> stupid ones that look like they have a built in drop down menu and when

you

> click to drop it down, it takes to the sponsors site.

>

> Plus it's very annoying to have those ads refresh every 30-60 seconds.

> Doesn't make it resource that can be left running in the BG when I'm

working

> on something. I have to shut down MM page because of those stupid ad

> refreshes.

>

> macromedia.com should be about macromedia products and support. To me

seeing

> banner ads at macromedia.com shows mixed priorities. I'm not there to be

> exposed to advertising. Gambling sites, Life Insurance, etc. is not why I

> visit MM site.

>

> I'm surprised they don't see the distraction here. Banner ads are not

> appropriate there.

>

> jgl