Little Green Words

kaycee · 26/10/12 - 23:21

No - not Halloween aliens (at least I don't think so) but in loads of posts on all the threads I've looked at, some words are in green, and if you hover cursor over them up pops an advert. Anyone else getting this problem?

[It's not a huge problem, but it is annoying].

Skyrah · 26/10/12 - 23:24

kaycee wrote: »

No - not Halloween aliens (at least I don't think so) but in loads of posts on all the threads I've looked at, some words are in green, and if you hover cursor over them up pops an advert. Anyone else getting this problem?

[It's not a huge problem, but it is annoying].

I'm getting them too, I'm using Chrome Browser, not sure if it's like that with ALL browsers .... still flipping annoying :mad:

[Deleted User] · 26/10/12 - 23:27

me too - only noticed it happening when I posted this afternoon - just annoying!

tortoiseperson · 26/10/12 - 23:27

I'm using Firefox with AdBlocker add-on, and I don't get them at all.

kaycee · 26/10/12 - 23:33

tortoiseperson wrote: »

I'm using Firefox with AdBlocker add-on, and I don't get them at all.

So am I.

Stockingfiller · 27/10/12 - 02:51

I posted elsewhere about an off the shoulder dress and an advert for lady shaving razors came up !

Pet Monkey · 27/10/12 - 03:38

What's going on and are they judging us??

My green word is 'man'

There. It's gone green.

Gill P · 27/10/12 - 07:12

It is happening in all forums! I use Firefox so will put the AdBlocker on - thanks for the info.

mimi dlc · 27/10/12 - 08:11

I'm getting a few using phone to browse.
Any tips?

fridgesoup · 27/10/12 - 10:42

I've been getting them on and off for a few days - really annoying - is this something DS have done, or is it my browser (Chrome)?

A bit wary of putting ad-blocker on my computer because I've been told it will slow it down...even more...

[Deleted User] · 27/10/12 - 11:00

That started on me yesterday. I'm using firefox. I think it is a particularly irritating and underhand form of advertising. I get that free sites need funding somehow but they have the bar and square at the top for ads and the bar that pops up on the bottom. To link to random words in posts is going a bit far to me.

Calibans Dream · 27/10/12 - 11:01

Yes everyone on most forums are complaining about the new advertising hijacking of their posts.

I, however am not seeing any ads at all

Mystical123 · 27/10/12 - 11:54

I've been getting that for a couple of days now, quite annoying!

StrictlyRed · 27/10/12 - 12:10

I've been getting them for a few weeks, and not just on these boards.:(

Skyrah · 27/10/12 - 12:27

Skyrah wrote: »

I'm getting them too, I'm using Chrome Browser, not sure if it's like that with ALL browsers .... still flipping annoying :mad:

Mmmmmm I changed back from Chrome to Firefox, worked fine yesterday, now I got a firefox upgrade this morning and now I am seeing these green words on this browser :mad:

[Deleted User] · 27/10/12 - 12:29

I get them at work where I have to use IE (:eek:), but I have an AdBlocker on Chrome at home and don't see them.

Cat.J · 27/10/12 - 12:33

I asked the Mods about it a few weeks ago. The words un-green once you log in!

StrictlyRed · 27/10/12 - 12:35

I still have some even though I'm logged in.

Cat.J · 27/10/12 - 12:37

StrictlyRed wrote: »

I still have some even though I'm logged in.

Oooh that's wierd. The Mods definately said the green should disappear when you log in...

EDIT: you're absolutely right, they are still there.

Skyrah · 27/10/12 - 12:44

Cat.J wrote: »

Oooh that's wierd. The Mods definately said the green should disappear when you log in...

Whether you are logged in or not you will still see the green words *sighs*

well I just did a few things on my firefox and now the green words are gone, not sure which worked.

1: Completely cleared our ALL my cookies manually ....

2: Went to Tools - Options - Privacy - Make sure the box under Tracking is checked.

3: Restarted Firefox and now I do not see the green words.

TerryM22 · 27/10/12 - 12:56

Mystical123 wrote: »

I've been getting that for a couple of days now, quite annoying!

Its quite strange.

[Deleted User] · 27/10/12 - 13:13

Skyrah wrote: »

Whether you are logged in or not you will still see the green words *sighs*

well I just did a few things on my firefox and now the green words are gone, not sure which worked.

1: Completely cleared our ALL my cookies manually ....

2: Went to Tools - Options - Privacy - Make sure the box under Tracking is checked.

3: Restarted Firefox and now I do not see the green words.

Thank you. I just did that too and it has worked as far as I can see. I had a shocking number of cookies on my system :eek:

[Deleted User] · 27/10/12 - 13:48

...and the green words are back. All working fine until I viewed youtube links

StrictlyRed · 27/10/12 - 14:35

Ballroom-B. wrote: »

...and the green words are back. All working fine until I viewed youtube links

I've noticed recently that practically every site I go on to has a message which says something like "by using this site you are agreeing to the use of cookies".

Could it be anything to do with that?

No idea really, as I'm not technically-minded.

Mystical123 · 27/10/12 - 15:40

StrictlyRed wrote: »

I've noticed recently that practically every site I go on to has a message which says something like "by using this site you are agreeing to the use of cookies".

Could it be anything to do with that?

No idea really, as I'm not technically-minded.

No, that's always been the case, there's just a new EU regulation that says we must be informed that websites use cookies, hence the messages on every site

StrictlyRed · 27/10/12 - 15:44

I see, thanks.:)

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