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mjk45 said:
binary solo said:
Ads are the way websites that provide a free service pay for themselves and allow the owner and employees to do what they do. So I don't begrudge ads in principle, they are necessary and so I don't block them.

But in practice websites that do not want to be conduits for malware really need to be more discerning about what arrangements they make for advertising content.

I totaly agree, I remember bringing up this topic many years ago ,after I noticed an ad on the site that had an Australian federal police warning put out about it ,, i reported it but didn't get a reply ,sometime later on a thread about the site , I and some one else mentioned these ads , and where told by ioi that we didn't understand how advertising on web sites worked and  they where paid to host a package of ads from a 3rd party, and being in the early stages of growing the site beggars can't be choosers , but  building up time would allow them to be less dependent on those type of ads.

What do you think has it changed much.

You'd think that with the site having been around for a decent amount of time now with a pretty stable rate of monthly visits ioi would be in a position to engage a more reputable ad provider, or start to make demandds about ad quality of the current provider. At some point the advertising agreement must come up for review and there is an opportunity to make life less shit for the users.



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Cloudman said:
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It does, but if the site is unusable without it then the site is being hurt far worse by the ads.

I don't think that justifies using adblock, but if it is really that bad, then the staff should try to do something about that problem.

This issue has been brought up countless times since I started using the site and I've not been here too long. Every time we've seen absolutely nothing come from the site admins. With all due respect (read: don't ban me for saying this) they don't deserve ad revenue from us if they're not only going to give us months-long gaps in the charts (the reason for the site existing) but also ruining this site for mobile users outright and hammering worse and worse ads on every user. I'm not gonna be at all surprised when somebody gets a virus due to VGC if this keeps up. 

 

Again, I don't mean any disrespect to anybody here, but if we as users aren't being respected why should we pay the bills?



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Tmfwang said:

Man, the ads on this site is starting to annoy me, please change them....

 

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I got none of that, problem on your side my friend.

Check your browser im sure problem coming from there, and use addblocker.

Good luck



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ioi really needs to sit down with the ad companies he works with and lay down some ground rules on how to not be massive pieces of shit that ruin websites.



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d21lewis said:
We need a a Vgchartz Red. A paid version with no ads.

There is actually something in the works along those lines. It's going to be more than just about removing the ads but it's part of it. Development is going along well and it should be ready in March.



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The ads on this site prevent it from functioning correctly. On mobile, it feels like your being sexually assaulted by ads. They cover content. You click on a page and you are rerouted to malicious apps, ads, and other content that loops over and over.  The ads on this site can do damage to your device and route you to install suspicious software.  
This site has the worst implementation of ads I have ever seen. Its almost offensive. No matter how much we complain it only gets worse. The management of this site obviously doesn't give a fuck about the user experience. This is unfortunate.



d21lewis said:
We need a a Vgchartz Red. A paid version with no ads.

Would you pay for it? Funny, I never had a problem with the ads before. Maybe it's because I only use this site on my PC. I never use the mobile version. @TruckOSaurus, I hope no currently-free feature will be moved to the premium version of the site? I don't mind paying for a suite of new features, but I'd be bummed if I can't access something I used to access before for free



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Mr_No said:
ReimTime said:
No word of a lie, a few days ago I was continuously redirected to a site that claimed I had won a free iPad, no matter what portion of the site I clicked on. That isn't the part that bothers me though - I'm just chapped that I haven't received the iPad yet! I gave them my credit card and everything

But I assume you have less money on your bank account, right?

If there was any in there to begin with that would probably be the case

TruckOSaurus said:
d21lewis said:
We need a a Vgchartz Red. A paid version with no ads.

There is actually something in the works along those lines. It's going to be more than just about removing the ads but it's part of it. Development is going along well and it should be ready in March.

Hmmmm interesting. I wonder what else would come with it :o



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