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timethief on "Ads"

timethief — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:29:57 +0000

If this issue is not resolved then please take a screenshot of the ad, http://en.support.wordpress.com/make-a-screenshot/ upload it via Media -> Add New to your Media Library. Then return to this thread to post the file name to let Staff them know it's there for them to view.

treothe on "Ads"

treothe — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:23:29 +0000

Thank you - it was at the bottom of a picture linked to a post - when I went back it did not reappear - I was not signed in so I suspect in was a wordpress ad - have noticed that sometimes (randomly) the wrong picture shows up in pics with descriptions so it may be a scripting error of some kind....

timethief on "Ads"

timethief — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:15:21 +0000

Not all ads you see are placed by WordPress.com. Every day we experience bloggers here who are seeings ads that are adware contained in shareware ie. browser add-ons and the like.

If the ads you see are found at the end of blog posts then what you are seeing is WordPress.com generated advertising. Look for the About These Ads link to confirm. http://en.wordpress.com/about-these-ads/

WordPress.com does not use text enhance or text link ads or pop-up ads or links in comments. If you are seeing those then that's a browser-ad-on issue, or in some cases, it's embedded into free games and/or toolbars downloaded from the internet. See here: Bloggers: Beware of Adware. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

If what you are seeing whenever you save or update a post or page is an automatically added code/script block at the end of posts and pages that you can't delete then see here: Malware Targets Macs and Windows PCs http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/10/02/malware-targets-macs-and-windows-pcs/

If those don't address your issue, please take a screenshot of the ad, http://en.support.wordpress.com/make-a-screenshot/ upload it via Media -> Add New to your Media Library. Then return to this thread to post the file name to let Staff them know it's there for them to view.

treothe on "Ads"

treothe — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:10:10 +0000

I paid for a no add upgrade and adds are still appearing on my site a week or more later - why?!!!! How do I get this taken care of?

timethief on "Ad displays"

timethief — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:06:53 +0000

I did a lot of reading on Windows 8 and IE10 and the tablet style touch stuff didn't appeal to me at all. (According to my hubby that's what iPads are for ... lol :D) When I have the time to organize what's on this old XP OS I will do the transfer to the new tower.

P.S. Thanks so much for following my blog. :)

kheller66 on "Ad displays"

kheller66 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:01:56 +0000

My Windows 8 package came with IE 10. It sounds as though you should be ok. Windows 8 is over compensating into the social market, in my opinion. Good luck with your new system and consider yourself having another follower on your blog. :)

Ken

timethief on "Ad displays"

timethief — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:56:51 +0000

Thank you for updating us on this. I have a new computer I have yet to transfer my data too. I deliberately chose IE7 rather than IE8 and hope I don't run into this kind of adware trash on it too.

kheller66 on "Ad displays"

kheller66 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:47:21 +0000

Thanks again Timethief. It appears the offending extension was something called "Coupon Companion" which may have come prepackaged (I literally bought this computer two days ago and have had little time to do much to it, other than load Firefox). The extension can not be removed through IE, it has to be done through the control panel. I also removed "WamJam" and "Wecare."

timethief on "Ad displays"

timethief — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:42:53 +0000

Those are not ads being place by WordPress.com. They are text enhance type of ads that are coming from a browser add-on. See here to get rid of them > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

kheller66 on "Ad displays"

kheller66 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:37:40 +0000

Thanks for the quick response Timethief. I have recently upgraded to Win 8, which came prepackaged with IE 10 in which I see adds such as this: http://mediapsychology101.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=515

I just tried my page using Firefox and had the same add-free experience of WordPress that I've come to enjoy. This may be because of some of the extensions I have loaded in Firefox. But, I will point out that in the previous version of IE I had used on my Vista machine I did not have the same ad-laden experience. Could this be the result of a change in browsers? My site is pretty basic, so I haven't added any customization to it - just words and graphics.

Thanks

timethief on "Ad displays"

timethief — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:18:56 +0000

If those don't address your issue, please take a screenshot of the ad, upload it via Media -> Add New to your Media Library. Then return to this thread to post the file name to let Staff them know it's there for them to view.

timethief on "Ad displays"

timethief — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:17:25 +0000

Not all ads your see are placed by WordPress.com. Every day we experience bloggers here who are seeings ads that are adware contained in shareware ir. browser add-ons and the like.

kheller66 on "Ad displays"

kheller66 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:09:20 +0000

Hi - Your support page says: "we do not show ads to logged-in readers" and yet as a logged in user I'm seeing ads at the top and bottom of my page, and most recently, built into the text of my blogs (annoying). Is this what is supposed to happen? Thanks for your help.

timethief on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

timethief — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:45:03 +0000

You're welcome.

ladynyo on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

ladynyo — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:26:51 +0000

LOL!

It's a simple issue of being stupid here....I don't know how to get rid of it~

I'll have to ask a neighbor to do this. LOL!

And thank you, again.

Lady Nyo

timethief on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

timethief — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:04:02 +0000

I'm learning to live with it.

Hi there,
I'm glad I helped you make sense of this. I don't know why you would choose to live with adware on your browser that displays ads when you can be shed of it but the choice is yours to make. You're welcome .

ladynyo on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

ladynyo — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:58:30 +0000

Thank you!

That all makes sense.

I'm learning to live with it. Am publishing another book this spring, and these issues are annoying, but not crucial to the work.

After paying the $30.00 to WordPress, there are no sitings of ads on my blog to my readers. Thankful for that!

Lady Nyo

timethief on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

timethief — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:32:14 +0000

@ladynyo
If the ads you see are found at the end of blog posts then what you are seeing is WordPress.com generated advertising. Look for the About These Ads link and click it to confirm that.
http://en.wordpress.com/about-these-ads/

WordPress.com does not use text enhance or text link ads or pop-up ads or links in comments. If you are seeing those then that’s a browser-ad-on issue, or in some cases, it’s from adware embedded into free games downloaded from the internet, or has been unwittingly picked up on an online shopping site. See here: Bloggers: Beware of Adware. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

If what you are seeing whenever you save or update a post or page is an automatically added code/script block at the end of posts and pages that you can’t delete then see here: Malware Targets Macs and Windows PCs http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/10/02/malware-targets-macs-and-windows-pcs/

ladynyo on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

ladynyo — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:02:33 +0000

Why would I put ads on my browser?

Thanks just stupid.

Lady Nyo

raincoaster on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

raincoaster — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:28:03 +0000

It's a little rich to blame WordPress for ads you've put on your own browser. Why not just disable the browser extension which is doing this?

Ads that are self-hosted obviously are not part of WordPress.com's ads, and need to be at WordPress.org.

ladynyo on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

ladynyo — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:22:52 +0000

Hi! I am so sorry you are having these ads appear. They do so on my blog...and they are hideous. Tummy fat, bad teeth! Quite the turnoff at breakfast!

I don't know what, if any, solution there is for this. wordpress says they are their spam collector? site stats generator? I can't remember....but wordpress is involved in this, and the solutions I am sent from wordpress are more time consuming than worth it. I don't have time or the expertise to do what they say just for them to get a gander at what I am complaining about. So....I am living with it.

Bless WordPress' little pointed heads....I am thankful for the blog and the snow on it. In the Deep South, we don't get much of that.

Lady Nyo....... http://ladynyo.wordpress.com

aalaaron on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

aalaaron — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:54:20 +0000

Hi, I am also having problems with ads. I don't know if they appear on my site, but my webpage is self-hosted and when I explore the site through dashboard, sometimes ads appear! As some content is against certain companies (e.g. tax avoiders) who appear as advertising at the bottom of the page, this seems hypocritical! Any suggestions please?

macmanx on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

macmanx — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:01:06 +0000

You're welcome!

ladynyo on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

ladynyo — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:59:14 +0000

oH! that sounds so much easier!

I'll try that tomorrow.

Thank you, Mac.

Lady Nyo

macmanx on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

macmanx — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:15:12 +0000

You need to save the image first, then go to Media -> Add New in your blog's Dashboard where you'll drag and drop the image file to upload it.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/media-add-new/

ladynyo on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

ladynyo — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:03:26 +0000

Mac....I think I have bigger problems with my computer than some tacky ads...LOL!. I tried to upload GIMP....and then couldn't access the site. I was able to take a picture of "Goodgame Big Farm" with Print Screen, but didn't have the ability to upload it to GIMP....

Soooo....I'm going to take my hard drive in to a shop and have them clean it out, whatever needs to be done.

I'm constantly getting some stupid message from Internet Explorer that it has to close....sorry....and it is every time I use this site, which is all the time.

So...I will just have to live with the tacky ads until I can get other things fixed on this 2007 program.

Thank you so much, all here..for your suggestions and help. I'm going to do this this week because it's driving me crazy--- the slowness and the issues.

Lady Nyo

macmanx on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

macmanx — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:44:43 +0000

You'r welcome!

ladynyo on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

ladynyo — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:58:17 +0000

Ok, I'll try. I'm pretty new to computers but I'll make a dash of it.

And thanks!

Lady Nyo

macmanx on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

macmanx — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:22:42 +0000

Quantcast is one of the services that we use to collect your stats.

Would you please take a screenshot of the ad in question and upload it via Media -> Add New in your blog's Dashboard so we can help you?

http://en.support.wordpress.com/make-a-screenshot/

ladynyo on "Paid for NO ADS on my site, yet they remain."

ladynyo — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:16:49 +0000

Ok...I think I have traced the problem down to something...some site called "Quantcast".

http://www.quantcast.com/how-we-do-it/consumer-choice/opt-out/status

I opted out and they said it was successful...but still the ads on the top (above my header) and also on the right side...remains.

I don't know what more to do except try again and bring this up with my readers. I am sure that they have encountered this crap before.

Thanks....I also tried the Tools, scroll down to INternet Options, etc....but it didn't work.

Lady Nyo