I would've gone for the Hero tag. If I see another "one old rule: obey" or "discovered by a single mom" ad, I will weep silently. I figured the Acai berry thing was a scam when it hit every website like an avalanche - trying to get people to buy in before negative press could get out.

Play discreetly from your browser.

/Start your journey now, my Lord!

Good! I've recently installed Adblock & Flashblock, but those two ads mentioned in the article were the most annoying of the bunch when I could still see ads.

My biggest gripe with Google is not these scams, it's that they don't do enough to differentiate the text link ads from the site.

I was looking at a family member's Gmail page the other day and there was an ad for "Windows password recovery" software (which is obviously of no value) right below where Google was notifying her that she had not created an alternate email or phone number for password recovery...

To me it was all very obvious the difference between the ad and the message from Google, but to a novice or infrequent computer user, that stuff is terribly confusing.

What I'd really like to see is a sign from Google that they aren't just like every other ad company out there. That they aren't going to play "mission creep" with cramming ever more ads in their users faces. It's not looking very promising at the moment though.

how was this not a HERO tag?
seriously?!!

Bathia_Mapes: Good! I've recently installed Adblock & Flashblock, but those two ads mentioned in the article were the most annoying of the bunch when I could still see ads.

Indeed. I honestly don't understand how people survive on the internet without Adblock Plus. Flashblock is useful, but nearly all flash ads are blocked by Adblock as it is.

heypete: all flash ads are blocked by Adblock as it is.

True, most are. But there was one flash ad not too long ago for "Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show" that Adblock didn't stop. Damned flash ad was slowing page loads down to a crawl. I installed Flashblock, blocked the ad & page loads went back to normal.

heypete: Indeed. I honestly don't understand how people survive on the internet without Adblock Plus. Flashblock is useful, but nearly all flash ads are blocked by Adblock as it is.

Adblock and Noscript is my mix of choice. Yet to see anything that bypasses it.

I've used AdBlock for so long that I don't even remember what Google's ads looked like. People expect me to use Chrome and subject myself to this bullshiat again?

Occam's Chainsaw: heypete: Indeed. I honestly don't understand how people survive on the internet without Adblock Plus. Flashblock is useful, but nearly all flash ads are blocked by Adblock as it is.

Adblock and Noscript is my mix of choice. Yet to see anything that bypasses it.

That combination has kept me safe through many a porn site.

What ads are you talking about?

sort of like fark then, huh?

/oh, they're banning ads

Suckers.

Ed Finnerty: Suckers.

Bingo. If someone buys from any of those places, well, they deserve what they get. I've been installing ABP on all of our work PCs to reduce the ads people see. I've had ABP loaded for so long ads are sort of strange for me.

acronym: sort of like fark then, huh?

/oh, they're banning ads

Fark has ads?

I like the choice of ads on the article talking about teeth whitening scams.

OnmyojiOmn: I've used AdBlock for so long that I don't even remember what Google's ads looked like. People expect me to use Chrome and subject myself to this bullshiat again?

Umm, you know there is an adblock Chrome extension for the developer release right? I mean, I am an old fart and even I found that out (without my glasses).

in America, White is Right!!

This author does not understand what "salt of the earth" means. It's an endearing term, coming from a time where salt was super valuable, so anything (or anyone) who was very valuable was considered to be "salt of the earth."

Cytokine Storm: Play discreetly from your browser.

/Start your journey now, my Lord!

Came for this.

/leaving pissed off because I know I'll see another one any minute now

I was hopping they had special Google hit squads that would hunt down and kill scammers and spammers.

Kittypie070: WHEN WILL THEY BAN THOSE
%$#&@&$@#@eleventy!!1!
G*DS D*MNED
FR*KKING
EV*NY ADS!!??


/murder death chew fart stomp squish kill

what ads? since i started banning the advertisement websites from showing in my browser, i've not seen any.

At least the Evony adds resulted in this campaign:



s'hot

Good, maybe I won't have to waste so much time dealing with fraud claims against these people. I am sick of explaining to "defrauded" people that they are basically screwed if they gave their card information out willingly. Can't even ban the merchants, because these guys have twenty new visa merchant accounts a day.

/credit card fraud analyst

Xyphoid: This author does not understand what "salt of the earth" means. It's an endearing term, coming from a time where salt was super valuable, so anything (or anyone) who was very valuable was considered to be "salt of the earth."

It's from Matthew 5:13. It's meant to convince the throngs listening to the sermon that, despite how they are viewed by others, they are, in fact, valuable and blessed. However, because of this quality, they also have a responsibility to stay that way, hence the turn of phrase.

"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men."

So, basically, yeah - valuable, but underrated.

Just a little something that sends me into a rage:

'Discovered by local mom!'

Who the FARK cares?

Like using the word 'mom' somehow gives it credibility.

I know people who think their moms were shiatty, dumb, alcoholic and/or downright evil...

Xyphoid: This author does not understand what "salt of the earth" means.

I had thought this as well.

Discovered by single, black, urban, handicapped, mentally retarded mom!

Got bored about three paragraphs in... will this get rid of the dancing skeletons/ zombies/ grim reapers/ random women/ etc who are selling mortgages? Those annoy me the most.

Cromar: Good, maybe I won't have to waste so much time dealing with fraud claims against these people. I am sick of explaining to "defrauded" people that they are basically screwed if they gave their card information out willingly. Can't even ban the merchants, because these guys have twenty new visa merchant accounts a day.

/credit card fraud analyst

I don't understand. If I give my card number to buy $10 worth of goods, they can't then charge me $1,000. This is the problem with several of these scam sites. For example, enzyte got in legal trouble several months ago for sending out "free sample kits" for shipping only, and then billing the receiver several hundred dollars for a "subscription" to receive a continuous supply of the product for a year, which is a big no-no.

Yes, some people don't read the small print, but some of these sites are simply fraudulent, as well.

Thank you to the Farkers for showing me AdBlock. Just installed it. It is like a brand new world.

OnmyojiOmn: I've used AdBlock for so long that I don't even remember what Google's ads looked like. People expect me to use Chrome and subject myself to this bullshiat again?

Huh?

You would install AdBlock on Firefox but strangely refuse to install AdSweep on Chrome?

Explain your logic.

AdBlock in Firefox works fundamentally different from AdBlock in Chrome.

In Firefox, it's a content blocker. Files matching the pattern are not downloaded to your PC. This gives a small, added defense from trojans and drive-by malware ads. Saves bandwidth, alleviates fears that kiddieporn ads might be in the browser cache when the gestapo siezes the computer, etc...

In Chrome, it's a content hider. You'll still get auto-play flash ads spewing their noise, with no interface to stop/pause/shut the damn thing up... Chrome really needs something like Privoxy to actually stop the crap from being downloaded.

I like chrome, but this is still a deal breaker for me.

WillFa: AdBlock in Firefox works fundamentally different from AdBlock in Chrome.

In Firefox, it's a content blocker. Files matching the pattern are not downloaded to your PC. This gives a small, added defense from trojans and drive-by malware ads. Saves bandwidth, alleviates fears that kiddieporn ads might be in the browser cache when the gestapo siezes the computer, etc...

In Chrome, it's a content hider. You'll still get auto-play flash ads spewing their noise, with no interface to stop/pause/shut the damn thing up... Chrome really needs something like Privoxy to actually stop the crap from being downloaded.

I like chrome, but this is still a deal breaker for me.

in opera, when I tell content not to load, i can block the server hosting it.

loonatic112358 (favorite: YAY SHUTTLES) 2009-11-21 10:28:41 AM
Kittypie070: WHEN WILL THEY BAN THOSE
%$#&@&$@#@eleventy!!1!
G*DS D*MNED
FR*KKING
EV*NY ADS!!??


/murder death chew fart stomp squish kill

what ads? since i started banning the advertisement websites from showing in my browser, i've not seen any.

Well OK then.

What do I do since I'm stuck with Firefox 3, and on FF3
I cannot make the ad-blocking add-ons work??

Kittypie070: What do I do since I'm stuck with Firefox 3, and on FF3
I cannot make the ad-blocking add-ons work??

www.opera.com (new window)

w00t!!

Must try Opera!!

Thankee, loonatic112358, you're a champ!

bummer here is if you run an affiliate program. Say your top earners are using honest ads for your product but not for others, they got booted you lose out because they cant send traffic to your product just because they had a scammy landing page for someone else's.

Cytokine Storm: Play discreetly from your browser.

/Start your journey now, my Lord!

WTF is Evony? What does it consist of? What's the premise? I've seen the ads about a million times- always curious, as they're comically lame.

About a year ago, I had an img saved of an ad- before and after shot, "I lost 43 pounds in two weeks!" O rlly? 43 lbs?

AngryTimmy: Xyphoid: This author does not understand what "salt of the earth" means.

I had thought this as well.


Looked like pretty straightforward sarcasm to me.

loonatic112358: WillFa: AdBlock in Firefox works fundamentally different from AdBlock in Chrome.

In Firefox, it's a content blocker. Files matching the pattern are not downloaded to your PC. This gives a small, added defense from trojans and drive-by malware ads. Saves bandwidth, alleviates fears that kiddieporn ads might be in the browser cache when the gestapo siezes the computer, etc...

In Chrome, it's a content hider. You'll still get auto-play flash ads spewing their noise, with no interface to stop/pause/shut the damn thing up... Chrome really needs something like Privoxy to actually stop the crap from being downloaded.

I like chrome, but this is still a deal breaker for me.

in opera, when I tell content not to load, i can block the server hosting it.

Can you please explain..? I've been using Opera for years, but have not really done any foolin around with settings or anything.

Kittypie070: loonatic112358 (favorite: YAY SHUTTLES) 2009-11-21 10:28:41 AM
Kittypie070: WHEN WILL THEY BAN THOSE
%$#&@&$@#@eleventy!!1!
G*DS D*MNED
FR*KKING
EV*NY ADS!!??


/murder death chew fart stomp squish kill

what ads? since i started banning the advertisement websites from showing in my browser, i've not seen any.

Well OK then.

What do I do since I'm stuck with Firefox 3, and on FF3
I cannot make the ad-blocking add-ons work??

I don't know what your problem is/was, but I'm on the latest version of firefox, and even though a lot of the plug-ins haven't caught up yet, the ad and flash blockers do work.

Kittypie070: What do I do since I'm stuck with Firefox 3, and on FF3
I cannot make the ad-blocking add-ons work??

WTF are you doing?

FF 3.0.15 here, Adblock Plus works fine.

Foxxinnia: Discovered by single, black, urban, handicapped, mentally retarded mom!

Lol.

You mean you guys aren't making $50,000 every few months working from home yet? Hell, I've made $5K just today while I've been farking! I really have to share the trick with you- I'll send you the kit and instructions, I just have to ask for the money to ship it out. Just PM me with your CC number and home address and I'll get you set up!

Guys, I don't know why but none of the plug-ins or add-ons I installed in my FF3 ever worked.

There were no plug-in conflicts and they were all the correct versions for the version of FF I have!

I couldn't find how out how the hell to turn them ON!!

Either that or when I tried to turn them on CORRECTLY, FF3 FROZE!!

Holy crap do I have to write a dissertation?

Make Money Posting Links On Google is a SCAM!!
Posted on April 10th, 2009 in MMO Product Reviews
http://www.prosperly.com/2009/make-money-posting-links-on-google-is-a-scam/ (pops)

// I tried to email GOOGLE about the "ScottsMoneyBlog" scam, there were no links for this on GOOGLE's homepage so I emailed the Better Business Bureau.

ScottsMoneyBlog.Com's Get-Rich-Click Scheme
http://workbench.cadenhead.org/news/3501/scottsmoneyblogcoms-get-rich-click-sc he me (pops)

// Looks like someone finally got off their lazy asses and did something since the fake blog is no longer online at the www.scottsmoneyblog.com website. I occasionally see the same adverts pop up at the MEGAVIDEO website before I block that website.

Kittypie070: Guys, I don't know why but none of the plug-ins or add-ons I installed in my FF3 ever worked.

There were no plug-in conflicts and they were all the correct versions for the version of FF I have!

I couldn't find how out how the hell to turn them ON!!

Either that or when I tried to turn them on CORRECTLY, FF3 FROZE!!

Holy crap do I have to write a dissertation?

Back up your bookmarks then kill the profile directory and reinstall addins.

At the risk of being labled a Concern Troll... Am I the only one concerned about letting one company with that much market power dictate what products may be marketed online and what products may not?

If I'm selling teeth whiteners or herbal weight-loss plans, and I fairly and successfully bid for ad space, why is it right for them to "deem" me a scammer and pull the rug out from under my small business?

Today it's snake oil salesmen, sure, but who tomorrow? Troubling to say the least.