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Re: [Digital BW] Re: OT - Yahoo Adv.

2002-02-09 by SKID Photography

If the ads are really bothersome, why not change your preferences (in Yahoo) to
'plain text' (no HTML) only?

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC

Michael Kravit wrote:

>  Jee Tom, I just love those little camera ads with the good looking women....
>
> Seriously, that is why I switched to emails only, the "continue" stuff is
> really annoying.
>
> Mike
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: tomoc
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:52 PM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: OT - Yahoo Adv.
>
>
>   Right on!
>
>   I am definitely an EX-YAHOO FAN. I'm playing around in other lists to
>   see how they run and I can tell you, Yahoo is the worst. I've sent
>   emails to a couple of list managers suggesting they email Antonis and
>   try to lure him away from Yahoo... Antonis, have they reached you?
>
>   The popup + click through is so obnoxious I can't deal with it.
>
>   I've installed Symantec Internet Security software and turned on ad
>   blocking and also use a popup ad filter. Between the 2 of them they
>   seem to stop about 75% of the images at least... Yahoo is so
>   obnoxious you still get a blank page to click through, but at least
>   you miss most of the dumb yahoo ads and the page loads faster.
>
>   Tom O'Connell
>
>
>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "lyonscox" <lyonscox@m...>
>   wrote:
>   > Ok,
>   >
>   > I understand Advertising keeps this stuff (I do some myself as a
>   job)
>   > up for free but tonight I'm a bit annoyed when I click to continue
>   to
>   > the message and it gives me a SECOND AD.  Can't tell me I'm
>   Clicking
>   > to get to the message, then Mr. Yahoo, not give it too me...you
>   have
>   > to change the click-through label :-|D (sticking my tongue out ;-)
>   >
>   > Cleavis
>
>





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