and so it begins!
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Joined: Oct 2011
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Re: and so it begins!
I"m really sorry that this damn opinion mart survey keeps popping up. It's not just CZ28, it's not even just automotive sites. Some chatter on the internet is pointing towards Google being the root cause of these pop ups with their adsense programs. Believe me when I say, that we are ALL pulling our hair out here, trying to figure out where they are coming from, and how on earth we can stop them.
We've tried turning off all our ad networks one by one, except for Google, as that is one we simply can't do away with. We thought we had them licked last week, but this week has humbled us, and shown otherwise.
Again, I apologize that these keep occurring, but we are doing everything we can to find, and eradicate them.
cheers,
robb
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Joined: Dec 1969
Posts: 27,727
From: Little Rock, AR
Re: and so it begins!
Glad to know it is being looked into. I don't know if it is causing the other slowness, but when I go from a closed window to this site, it takes about 30 seconds to load. Subsequent clicks to posts or other forums within the site are faster, but not as fast as in the past. I never used to notice loading messages on the bottom left of my Chrome browser screen.
Anyway, Opinion Mart does not really want my honest opinion right now.
Anyway, Opinion Mart does not really want my honest opinion right now.
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,688
From: Middle of Kansas
Re: and so it begins!
Board response time is pretty bad at times today. Overall, response time has been poor for a little while, now. I would say it coincides with the change over. This used to be one of the fastest and most reliable boards I would go to. Not anymore by a long shot. Most of the time it is waiting to load ads (and sometimes z28.com). I did not even know about the change of hands until I started investigating the slowness. I have to say I'm disappointed with the results of the change. 
I would not be surprised if it drove more people away. It seems board traffic (at least where I go) has been on the decline for a while (not talking about seasonal traffic).
Edit...I am now on my tablet and was just greeted by a screen covering pop up from Opinion Mart (whatever that is). It also took about thirty seconds for the page to load for the first time. The site has been terrible today, even on my PC.
I would not be surprised if it drove more people away. It seems board traffic (at least where I go) has been on the decline for a while (not talking about seasonal traffic).Edit...I am now on my tablet and was just greeted by a screen covering pop up from Opinion Mart (whatever that is). It also took about thirty seconds for the page to load for the first time. The site has been terrible today, even on my PC.
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Joined: Mar 1999
Posts: 433
From: Elsewhere
Re: and so it begins!
Another nice ad.
I poked around the site a bit and from what I can tell the Lounge seems to be the only sub-forum that's suffering from the extreme slowness. I can go into the tech forums and refresh the page in a couple of seconds. I go into the Lounge and it might take 2 minutes to refresh the page.
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 49
Re: and so it begins!
In regards to the ads that are blocking things, or breaking the page layout, that's definitely not good.
Can you guys try to lend a hand by letting me know what browser version and operating system you're running. Additionally, if you're able to right click on top of the problematic ads, and copy the destination URL, please share that as well, as it will enable us to find it much quicker.
cheers,
robb
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,688
From: Middle of Kansas
Re: and so it begins!
Now I am getting very frequent messages that Internet Explorer can not display the page and to check for connection problems. I have at least one other page open that is working just fine, but this one I have to F5 multiple times to get it to come up...
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Joined: Oct 2011
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Re: and so it begins!
Can you please let me know who your provider is, what your operating system is as well. Which version of IE to you use? Would you be able to try a different browser, Chrome, Safari, or Firefox and let me know if the problem continues please?
cheers,
robb
cheers,
robb