Hey Buzz! More @#$%&*! SPAM Off Topic Discuss Hey Buzz! More @#$%&*! SPAM in the OTHER forums; Some motorcycles business, such as S&S, provide forums without SPAM. Others simply as for a small donation, which is far more acceptable that listening to a voice shouting "YOU ARE ...

[Chris Haynes]

Some motorcycles business, such as S&S, provide forums without SPAM. Others simply as for a small donation, which is far more acceptable that listening to a voice shouting "YOU ARE A WINNER" and having other advertising cover what you are trying to read.
FLATHEADPOWER.COM-TECH TALK • Index page
AMCA Forum
The Board - The Jockey Journal Board

[jmanjeff]

If you use firefox get adblock plus

[Buzz_Kanter]

Wish I knew more about spam and how to block it so I could share. I do not get hardky any spam on my computer from this site. Sorry about it but don't know what to recommend for you on this one.

[Paps]

Don't feel bad Buzz. Keeping the not wanted out, is a never ending job. S&S's webmaster is always buzy booting them out. His job is a tough one. He is exceptionally good at it though. That is his job....keeping S&S websites clean and free of spammers etc.. He understands computer language and code. I'm a novice. I need to view it as I see it now. On the other hand, he can read the dots/dashes/numbers/symbols and letters, in any sequence they are programed. Wish I had his skill. Then again...he wishes he also had others folks skills. Paps

[CAI-admin]

Originally Posted by Chris Haynes

Some motorcycles business, such as S&S, provide forums without SPAM. Others simply as for a small donation, which is far more acceptable that listening to a voice shouting "YOU ARE A WINNER" and having other advertising cover what you are trying to read.

What you are talking about is not really SPAM. The Google AdSense ads are set up to supposedly be relevant to our interests. Unfortunately, Google hasn't mastered this aspect very well yet. I constantly battle the SPAMmers to keep them off of the site, and with other people's help and vigilance, I think I have done a pretty good job of things. We are doing our level best to keep the site from being a pay-as-you-go situation. The sites that do charge are welcome to. I think we have a very good system going here. As for ads covering up what you are trying to read, you need to turn on the pop-up blocker in your web browser.

[CAI-admin]

Originally Posted by Buzz_Kanter

Wish I knew more about spam and how to block it so I could share. I do not get hardky any spam on my computer from this site. Sorry about it but don't know what to recommend for you on this one.

Buzz:
Unfortunately the answer is to turn off the AdSense ads -- then there would be no SPAM at all. Actually AdSense isn't really SPAM either, but it is just not well executed by Google, and it is the only source for these ads people complain about. We control the rest, and they are our own ads, or ads provided by our advertisers within our company guidelines.

[MeanGene]

Originally Posted by CAI-admin

Buzz:
Unfortunately the answer is to turn off the AdSense ads -- then there would be no SPAM at all.

There ya go- that's what we've been saying all along. You can have your personal definition of SPAM, but to most folks, it's ANY kind of unwanted advertising that's forced on you- like those frikken' banner ads. Unfortunately, there are a lot of unscrupulous folks out there, and love to piggyback their crap on those ads. Do you really think Google is unaware of it? The almighty dollar seems to cancel out a lot of integrity- been to epay lately? I didn't even click on anything, and my laptop's toast, from this site- I've got no use whatsoever for those ads, and will never purposely never buy anything from them, will NOT support any company that tries to force-feed me stuff.

[CAI-admin]

Originally Posted by MeanGene

There ya go- that's what we've been saying all along. You can have your personal definition of SPAM, but to most folks, it's ANY kind of unwanted advertising that's forced on you- like those frikken' banner ads. Unfortunately, there are a lot of unscrupulous folks out there, and love to piggyback their crap on those ads. Do you really think Google is unaware of it? The almighty dollar seems to cancel out a lot of integrity- been to epay lately? I didn't even click on anything, and my laptop's toast, from this site- I've got no use whatsoever for those ads, and will never purposely never buy anything from them, will NOT support any company that tries to force-feed me stuff.

There ya go defining SPAM your way. I like to think of banner ads and the like as being useful to our members. According to Google the ads are supposed to be relevant to our reader's interests. Unfortunately they frequently miss the mark, but when they are on, there is a lot of good resource information there. SPAM, on the other hand, is useless advertising for irrelevant items like purses, running shoes, on-line gambling sites, viagra, and all the other crap that is advertised these days. We try our level best to keep that out of this site. MeanGene, Chirs Haynes, and the other very vocal complainers have yet to give us a URL to their personal business sites so we can see for ourselves how the internet is supposed to be run. Put up or shut up! It is too easy for you to Monday morning quarterback.

[Chris Haynes]

Originally Posted by CAI-admin

There ya go defining SPAM your way. I like to think of banner ads and the like as being useful to our members. According to Google the ads are supposed to be relevant to our reader's interests. Unfortunately they frequently miss the mark, but when they are on, there is a lot of good resource information there. SPAM, on the other hand, is useless advertising for irrelevant items like purses, running shoes, on-line gambling sites, viagra, and all the other crap that is advertised these days. We try our level best to keep that out of this site. MeanGene, Chirs Haynes, and the other very vocal complainers have yet to give us a URL to their personal business sites so we can see for ourselves how the internet is supposed to be run. Put up or shut up! It is too easy for you to Monday morning quarterback.

SPAM is unwanted advertising. I have no advertising of any kind on my web site. I pay for it out of my pocket, with no write off, simply to give people free information.

[Bigincher]

Originally Posted by Chris Haynes

SPAM is unwanted advertising. I have no advertising of any kind on my web site. I pay for it out of my pocket, with no write off, simply to give people free information.

I think it's past due for a public "Thank-you" for that, Chris. Your site is full of valuable photos and documents, and I appreciate it.