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Nov 29, 2007 | 11:58 am

IluvSQ

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Problem with Monster.ca Ad

Is anyone else getting as frustrated as I am over this Monster.Ca ad
that pops up on random links in FT? It takes forever to load ( and yes, I am
on a high speed connection), and the button to " skip ad" is the last part
of the page to load.

Nov 29, 2007 | 12:00 pm

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Originally Posted by IluvSQ

Move to FireFox as a brower and use the AdBlockPlus plug-in ... I have not seen an ad here in over a year.

Nov 29, 2007 | 12:00 pm

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Enjoy our free site!

Nov 29, 2007 | 12:20 pm

The Lev

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I think it is just Monstrous.

(and a bit irritating, but welcome to the new reality of maximizing revenue from the Internet as "our site goes commercial.)

Nov 29, 2007 | 12:25 pm

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Unless people are prepared to pay for the premium ad-free version, the site and the web generally will become like television and radio: "Free Media"!

Nov 29, 2007 | 1:23 pm

shore9

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I do find it annoying, however at least the site is free. If we were paying to use FT, I would have a major issue with it.

Nov 29, 2007 | 1:37 pm

willflyforfood

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Ad rage...

I agree that the new Monster.ca pop-up sucks...loaded the firefox browser, and that fixed that, but I still get the bar ads along the top and side (AMEX ads). Are those impossible to get rid of, or is my new browser configured incorrectly?
Thanks in advance.

Nov 29, 2007 | 1:43 pm

ylwae

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Clicking the refresh button on the browser will also abort the loading of the ad. Not as good as blocking it altogether, but another option.

Nov 29, 2007 | 2:14 pm

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I love having dual monitors and tabbed browsing.^

Nov 29, 2007 | 2:19 pm

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Going to move this to the Tech Issues forum. The IB admins should be able to help with this troublesome ad.

Thanks

Sean
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Nov 29, 2007 | 2:31 pm

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YVR Cockroach

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Not only do you need ....... Plus but the ....... Filterset.G Updater to have a ready-made set of filters added in. bear in mind it may make displaying some icons/link/s/buttons impossible.

You can also use NoScript (stops unwanted JavaScript from running)