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    Old 03-21-2016, 04:15 AM
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    Hi Quilters,
    Is it just me or does this type of advertising turning you off this website too?



    Shouldn't advertising be related to why we are here in the first place... to learn about new techniques and products, see inspiring ideas. Doesn't the board have any say about what the ads are going to be before they sell the space?
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    Old 03-21-2016, 04:21 AM
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    I have never seen that ad but I just ignore any small ads on the side bar. Ads are how we have a free site but I do use ad blockers.
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    Old 03-21-2016, 04:24 AM
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    I suggest you use an ad blocker.
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    Old 03-21-2016, 04:34 AM
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    Yes it does and thank you for posting. I find the health related ads on this site to be inappropriate.
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    Old 03-21-2016, 05:08 AM
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    Advertising is what pays for the free board. If you don't want to see ads, use an ad blocker. I don't see any health related ads, mine are based on recent browsing history, so connecting threads and fabric.com come up a lot! I'm very good at just ignoring them. I have a slow connection so the ones that bother me are the animated ones. Take a long time to load.
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    Old 03-21-2016, 05:09 AM
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    How do you use an ad blocker? I would love to do that.
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    Old 03-21-2016, 05:14 AM
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    Originally Posted by DebraK
    I suggest you use an ad blocker.
    There is an expense with running a website but many of us use ad blocker. I haven't seen any of those annoying moving ads.
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    Old 03-21-2016, 05:22 AM
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    I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser. To get an ad blocker, go to "Tools"---"Add Ons"---in search bar, type in "ad blocker", and a number will come up for you to install. I use "AdBlock Ultimate". That should stop the ads.
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    Old 03-21-2016, 06:43 AM
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    Originally Posted by carlaklop
    Hi Quilters,
    Is it just me or does this type of advertising turning you off this website too?



    Shouldn't advertising be related to why we are here in the first place... to learn about new techniques and products, see inspiring ideas. Doesn't the board have any say about what the ads are going to be before they sell the space?
    Search for AdBlock Plus for Chrome if you use Chrome browser.
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    Old 03-21-2016, 07:24 AM
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    thanks everyone, that worked! But now I don't see any ads on QuiltingBoard. Wouldn't mind the quilt related ads.
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