Worst Ads Ever! (SkepticOverlord's Ad Hitlist)

vlad the impaler was a prince/warrior in the order of the red dragon the same dragon that will deatoy the earth 4 million years from now why do you nedd to know who posted the cartoon add of this person is a prolem i would delete them for you

Originally posted by Marto_Bagg
PLEASE!! for the love of all thats good and holy .....

GET RID OF THIS ADD!!!

[edit on 18-7-2006 by Marto_Bagg]

This add has caused more people to seek a emergency psych wards that any add on the face of the planet !!!!! ARRRRGGHHH !!!!

I'm getting that a few times each day.

Another one.



Started playing a video. Couldn't figure out where the noise was coming from.

Video ads, pop ups, and getting a Google page because an ad never loads....this is getting pretty annoying.

Yes, yes, yes. I just got this one too and came right to this thread. It's youtube video that automatically launches and plays video/audio.

I get this one ad. I dunno which one it is though. I only get it when i'm browsing ATS but it beeps like the error sound on Win XP. Now I know your thinking is it not just your computer? lol. Well i'm pretty sure its on this website somewhere (although not all the time) and it just repeats the same noise over and over... Anyone else get it?

Sorry if its already been mentioned...

reply to post by Lee_K


Yes, I just made a thread about that but got directed here. I don't know what ad it is, but it is definitely not from the computer because as soon as I turn down my volume or close my browser it stops.

It is very annoying if your trying to listen to music.

Its just annoying full stop! lol. Especially at first! I'm checking the desktop and alsorts for errors! lol.

There are two lately that are driving me nuts.

the circuit city ad that can usually be found and the top of the page. if you run your mouse over it, it expands and you have to close it out to click on what you were actually aiming for.

The other is an ad for some survey thing. It comes from the left side of the screen and drags right to the middle . its annoying as hell.

I feel like their forcing me to look at their ad.

please dont allow those types of ads in the future.

I hate the current ones, that make a pop-up if you accidently bring your mouse across it. Pisses Me off when I'm going up to the "Members Area" or any other area right close to that, as the last thing I want is a Circuit City ad popping up and getting in the way, as well as it takes a few seconds to fully materialize.

Another questionmarket survey pop-up -- yes, I'm sure it came from ATS:

var prpx4882=new Image(1,1);prpx4882_='http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/
N4854.no_url_specifiedOX2530/B2987834;sz=1x1;ord=0.8041086132440322';
var s="";s=s+"";s=s+'';
document.write(s);document.write("");

Looks like questionmarket is getting trickier with the pop-ups:

http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d441101/10/451642/randm.js

Is a little script that waits until the page is loaded, then waits until it is closed before making the popup appear.


[edit on 26-7-2008 by Ian McLean]

The pop-ups are really friggin starting to tick me off!

Some of the other ads could be a bit annoying at times, but several times tonight I went to click on something ATS related and just as I was clicking, a Circuit City popped up right under the cursor, just in time to kick me off ATS and send me over there. I had even closed the ad once or twice beforehand.

Doesn't make much sense to have so many ads that it's becoming difficult to even navigate the host website, and even being RE-DIRECTED RIGHT OFF!

Man, this new "Mirrors" ad that is running on the side and the top of the page is pretty terrible. I have seen this woman try to rip her head off about 1000 times tonight. I would say that this would be possibly my #1 worst ad ever.

Yeah I think it's pretty creepy. Especially if you're busy reading the paranormal forum at night.

Originally posted by Karlhungis
Man, this new "Mirrors" ad that is running on the side and the top of the page is pretty terrible.

It has strobe effects and I can't block it for some reason. I have a seizure condition and every time it comes up, my eyes start to go weird. I have to scroll it real fast...

I reeeally hope it goes away.

I hate to be a complainer but the "Play the Match Game" ad is Freezing my computer. My processor just goes to 99% and I can't do ANYTHING. The mouse moves, but I can't even close the window.

Maybe this is a sign...

I guess I'll just go do something else.

Originally posted by Karlhungis
Man, this new "Mirrors" ad that is running on the side and the top of the page is pretty terrible. I have seen this woman try to rip her head off about 1000 times tonight. I would say that this would be possibly my #1 worst ad ever.

was just seeing if anyone else had mentioned that ad, or if i was just being a big wuss. it IS creepy, considering this is a site that invites kids too. And it is on almost everytime i load a page.

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic

Originally posted by Karlhungis
Man, this new "Mirrors" ad that is running on the side and the top of the page is pretty terrible.

It has strobe effects and I can't block it for some reason. I have a seizure condition and every time it comes up, my eyes start to go weird. I have to scroll it real fast...

I reeeally hope it goes away.

Im pretty sure if you suffer seizures that this could affect it, and adverts/programs like this need to have a warning beforehand that anyone with Epilepsy to turn over.

It happend on an advert of the 2012 olympics news.bbc.co.uk...

Throw in my vote to get rid of the Mirrors ad.

Didn't realize this thread existed and I made one about it only to find my way to this thread thanks to a Mod who sent me this way.

Looks like a few of you have already addressed the issue on 7/31!

It really creeps me out and has a negative effect on my feelings.