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[Amsterhammer]

Just tested in the Cafe, no blue blobs there - returned here, blobs also gone. We were not hallucinating, Dim.

Summat's afoot.

 

[Anonymous]

Just tested in the Cafe, no blue blobs there - returned here, blobs also gone. We were not hallucinating, Dim.

Summat's afoot.

well they arent upgrading. just checked the software version and its still 3.8.1

think its just screwy

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

 

[Zam_Olyas]

win a shi1t small race thingy???

 

[Ferminal]

Its not as simple as traffic though. If that traffic visitor based, page view based, physically server traffic as in mb of bandwidth used.

For example, if its visitor based, a forum visitor may view many more pages and stay online for longer (and therefore see more adverts) than a user on the regular site. If its based on actual server load in mb then each page on the regular site will be a lot more bandwidth intensive than a page on the forum

That said, 5% is actually pretty high for a forum. That effectively means that for every twenty visitors who visit cycling news at least one visits and participates in the forum. Thats fairly high. Other thing to bear in mind is of the 20,000 members about 200 are responsible for 90% of the posts.

Yes, I guess the Alexa number refers to unique visitors, and not a combination of visitors/pageviews. You would expect the pageviews/user on the forum to be significantly higher than that of the main site (4-5x).

 

[mewmewmew13]

I also have firefox going with adblock and the page is pristine.

wow
what is oldborn going to think when he comes back?

 

[BroDeal]

is anybody else having weird things going on...

got a big blue blob in the quote section

That's the flip the bird button. Click it to send a nasty PM to the poster.

 

[Cobblestones]

After watching this trainwreck for a while, I have now installed adblock and added 'outbrain.com' specifically to the list of URLs from which I never want to hear ever again. Everything is fine now.

Let me add that I'm running Safari on a MacOS X 10.6. It took about 2 minutes to install & configure. I'm tempted to send the programmer some money for the adblock thingy.

 

[python]

Its not as simple as traffic though. If that traffic visitor based, page view based, physically server traffic as in mb of bandwidth used.

For example, if its visitor based, a forum visitor may view many more pages and stay online for longer (and therefore see more adverts) than a user on the regular site. If its based on actual server load in mb then each page on the regular site will be a lot more bandwidth intensive than a page on the forum

That said, 5% is actually pretty high for a forum. That effectively means that for every twenty visitors who visit cycling news at least one visits and participates in the forum. Thats fairly high. Other thing to bear in mind is of the 20,000 members about 200 are responsible for 90% of the posts.

the point you made could be spot on. i can see that you have lots of experience. but haven't you echoed my earlier point by referring to only 200 active posters ? btw, 200 sounds about right. i never counted or saw a relevant number but judging by how many people vote in various polls (about a 100) one can get an idea.

 

[boomcie]

is anybody else having weird things going on...

got a big blue blob in the quote section

and this>

is listed in the smilies

So my attempt at hacking did succeed after all. Awesome.

 

[Benotti69]

Looks like it is time to start surfing CN via firefox as CN/FP aint gonna do anything about these ads. It is a matter of a few clicks to move/remove them and it has not happened so firefox it will be.

 

[bicing]

Opt out from outbrain.crap

http://www.outbrain.com/privacy?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=whatsthis&utm_campaign=privacy

 

[Anonymous]

Opt out from outbrain.crap

http://www.outbrain.com/privacy?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=whatsthis&utm_campaign=privacy

it doesnt opt you out of seeing the ads, it just opts you out of them spying on you to see where you go and tailor the ads for you as a result.

 

[Benotti69]

ok browsing now on firefox with ad block and not seeing any ads except the f***ing ones after the 1st post.

what have i missed?

 

[Spare Tyre]

ok browsing now on firefox with ad block and not seeing any ads except the f***ing ones after the 1st post.

what have i missed?

I use Firefox with ad block and 'no script'. Works a treat.

 

[doolols]

ok browsing now on firefox with ad block and not seeing any ads except the f***ing ones after the 1st post. what have i missed?

I don't know if it's like Adblock on Chrome, but you have to click on those ads too, separately, to get Adblock to kill them. There's an "easy create filter" option on my Adblock - click that, and then click on the offending ads.

 

[Benotti69]

I use Firefox with ad block and 'no script'. Works a treat.

Bingo.....cheers

CN forum looks pleasantly clean now

 

[craig1985]

I've never heard of outbrain until recently, let alone have anything to do with them.

 

[Amsterhammer]

Bingo.....cheers

CN forum looks pleasantly clean now

Yup, it's a real treat to see ad-free pages. Long may it last!

 

[luckyboy]

Just realised how to block them on Chrome, took about 5 mouse-clicks

Also what was that velorooms forum about a few pages back? Did you just make that TSF?

 

[Anonymous]

Just realised how to block them on Chrome, took about 5 mouse-clicks

Also what was that velorooms forum about a few pages back? Did you just make that TSF?

veloroomsis currently a test showing just what can be achieved with a forum using "up to date" software. (and even more ridiculous, free software). Calendar that links to race threads, youtube videos embedded in threads (along with google maps, justinttv and gawd knows what else). Spoiler mode, live chat panels, user reputation, changeable usernames, decent moderation controls. Still exploring just what it can do.

Disclaimer: It is in no way intended to be a replacement for CN nor will it be attempting to steal posters from cn, however, there is potentially room for more than one cycling forum on the internet.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Disclaimer: It is in no way intended to be a replacement for CN nor will it be attempting to steal posters from cn, however, there is potentially room for more than one cycling forum on the internet.

There are already plenty cycling forums, even really great ones. Not in English language, of course.

 

[Anonymous]

There are already plenty cycling forums, even really great ones. Not in English language, of course.

yes, that is very true. I should have said English Language. I have a number bookmarked that i frequent but google translate isnt always entirely reliable.

 

[Cobblestoned]

veloroomsis currently a test showing just what can be achieved with a forum using "up to date" software. (and even more ridiculous, free software). Calendar that links to race threads, youtube videos embedded in threads (along with google maps, justinttv and gawd knows what else). Spoiler mode, live chat panels, user reputation, changeable usernames, decent moderation controls. Still exploring just what it can do.

Disclaimer: It is in no way intended to be a replacement for CN nor will it be attempting to steal posters from cn, however, there is potentially room for more than one cycling forum on the internet.

Oh really ?
Then my thoughts fooled me.

I just thought, because you are the undisputed top-poster in this thread, and you tend to missing out no chance to critizise the CN site, teh style, the layout, the forum and just everything.
Anyway, would have been a great idea to use this popular and well visited platform, to soak people up and lead them to one of your sites and forums, and make them leave this terrible ad-platform here.

 

[Cobblestoned]

yes, that is very true. I should have said English Language. I have a number bookmarked that i frequent but google translate isnt always entirely reliable.

Thats your chance to learn an other language, like Cymraeg or something.
You won't have any disadvantages from doing that.