I can't take this.

[DTCwordfan]

Ads all over AB are one thing and I largely mentally blank them out.

However, I have just been "bombarded" by the National Geo vid and this is something that I could definitely do without........

Please spare us from this format, Ed!

[AB Editor]

Morning DT. Sadly there's nothing in the system (as far as I can see) to filter out ads which make noise. I assume you do have to roll over the ad to make it play though? They usually have a countdown timer which tells you when the sound will play? I've not seen it myself.

Also, stop banging on about "ads all over ab" there's the same number of adverts!

[AB Editor]

(We will remove the noisy ad once spotted in the wild)

[boxtops]

I'm not on a tablet, and I haven't been attacked by the adverts - I don't like the big one next to Best Answer, it takes up too much room on the page IMO, so you can't see i anyone's already answered - but if it keeps the site alive,I guess we have to put up with it.

[EDDIE51]

I renewed my car insurance 2 weeks ago, now on AB I keep getting adverts for car insurance and they are for my exact model of car so it must be a form of personal advertising.

[TheOtherHalf]

I agree with Eddie on that point. I find whatever Ive just googling, tends to come up on this site

[boxtops]

when we were on about the ice the other night, I had a whole row of ads come up trying to sell me a gritting machine :-)

[AB Editor]

Eddie: http://www.theanswerb.../Question1101857.html have a read here for a recent discussion.

[EDDIE51]

I think I have a way to get this advert thing to work to my advantage, I am going to Google 'Free Beer' and see what comes up !

[starone]

Oh for goodness sake, don't you realise the ads pay for this FREE site. You don't have to look at them, although I bought some of the lovely Forbidden Rose perfume which is advertised. Most of the time I ignore them unless I spot something I am interested in.

[AB Editor]

"Most of the time I ignore them unless I spot something I am interested in."

We hope everyone does this! Advertisers aren't actually evil, sometimes they've got a good product which you'd really like.

"I think I have a way to get this advert thing to work to my advantage, I am going to Google 'Free Beer' and see what comes up!"

Good luck! Please report back with your findings!

[rowanwitch]

I am going to google chocolate samples and cakes will report back this evening...

[Arksided]

vorsprung durch technik

[EDDIE51]

I don't actually mind them just commented that they are personal tailored ads which I had not seen before.
No offers of free beer so far but I'll let you know.

[AB Editor]

In an attempt to get the national geographic ad to appear for me I've had a peruse of their site. First thing I thought when i saw this is how tasty it looked:

http://news.nationalg...1_news_shrimp20120208

The comment by a user called "skyheart" is exactly how my thought process went, i.e. "creature discovered >> Can I eat it? >> Maybe with chilli and garlic and a bit of soy sauce"

[mccfluff]

i'm with hillcrest

[AB Editor]

Hillcrest doesn't know good eatin' when he/she sees it.

[mccfluff]

you can not serioulsy tell me you look at the aneamic looking thing and think "yum"

i think arghhhhhhgrossgerritoffmethroughitbackwhereit
camefrom


not yum

[China Doll]

Oooh yeah... I'd eat that shrimp for sure!

[rowanwitch]

get the sweet chilli dippin sauce out....