Am I seeing things or not ?????

Submitted: Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 19:12
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Is everybody else getting adds within threads when opened ? I have only just noticed it.....or is my system playing up?
Seem to get one per thread amongst the replies.
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Reply By: Member - John - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 19:24

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 19:24
Yep, getting them too..............
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Reply By: Member - Toyocrusa (NSW) - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 19:58

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 19:58
Yep. Me too. Noticed it a couple of days ago. Pretty smart idea I guess. Will help to keep membership costs down a bit I hope, and pay the site bills. Bob.
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Reply By: Member - Allan B (QLD) - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 20:03

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 20:03
They seem to be inserted after the fourth reply.
At least they are not obtrusive.

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Reply By: Member - DW (NSW) - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 20:09

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 20:09
Members only can suppress by clicking in the box below the add.
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 20:38

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 20:38
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I think they mean the add below you. and I can't see how you can turn it off, I wish we members could turn all the dam adds off, those stupid fold out one's they are like junk mail....

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Follow Up By: Ozhumvee - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:32

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:32
Richard, you can stop all the "flash" ads by installing adblock and flashblock.
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 22:32

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 22:32
Thanks, Peter

just installed Toggle Flash and it works fine.

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Reply By: Crackles - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:23

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:23
I think it could very well be official. There is now more advertising on each page than there is useful information ;-) How much is too much????
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Reply By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:37

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:37
Yes, these were loaded last night - but they aren't ads in the sense that we earn any revenue from them being placed here (unfortunately), but they are our way of promoting the very large list of activities and tours from our ACTIVITIES section that can be booked via us. There's actually quite some incredible things there so this makes it a bit easier to show you (there are new ones being loaded all the time). Anyway, we thought we might try making them a bit more visible to our audience (ie. putting a filtered list of activities from your state) in the Forum - that's the "ad" you are seeing. Of course, if we get more bookings due to making these more visible to the Forum audience, then that will indeed help things tick along. Thanks for all your feedback, Michelle
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Follow Up By: Member - Duke (TAS) - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 22:55

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 22:55
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All the promo,s that come up on my Puter are about Tassie. Have not got a problem with that as i know its a top spot as i come from down there. Just curious.
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Follow Up By: Alan S (WA) - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 23:01

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 23:01
I think its great, we always wanted to do the horse and cart through the swan valley. And lo and behold theres the add so we booked. Wasn't as expensive as we thought as well.

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Follow Up By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 at 12:08

Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 at 12:08
Hi Duke - we have set the Activities/Things to Do promo box in the Forum to only show items from your state (this is based on what you have registered in your profile) to keep it more relevant. Many of the Activities/Tours/Things to Do are things that you'd probably do when staying around home, rather than when you're out touring so that was our train of thought in doing this. You can always go direct to Activities and browse by category or by state too of course if you are interested to see a greater range. Note - if you click any items shown in the box you will only go to another page on ExplorOz (Activities) and won't leave this site.
Hope this answers your question, Michelle
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 at 12:13

Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 at 12:13
HI Alan, I hope you enjoyed the horse and cart through the Swan Valley. My daughter Leah had her 9th birthday last week and she is currently going through that typical girly horsey stage so I bought her the "Pony for a Day" activity that was also in the Swan Valley. 2 other friends also booked. It was the most fantastic experience for them and I would have never known otherwise that you could do such a thing. It was unlike normal trial riding or riding lessons - the girls were each given a pony to keep for the day and the day included learning how to groom and get to know their pony, saddling up, mucking out, learning the names of all the body parts, and parts of the tack, then a private 1 on 1 lesson for 30mins each whilst the others did some worksheets in the classroom, then lunch (provided) then off for a 1.5hr trial ride, then back for a private lesson again and when I arrived to pick her up I saw Leah doing "rising trot" and was most impressed that she'd learned all that in her first day of holding the reins! Now she just wants to do it again!! LOL, Michelle
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Reply By: Member - lyndon NT - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:44

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:44
YeahI just got it to. Was like the page was frozen as I tried to scroll down, then up it poped! Something to do with bankwest I think? What a fantastic addition. Imagine the poor people with dial up! With all that happening I wonder just how long it would take them to D/L just one page?
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Follow Up By: Member - lyndon NT - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:46

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:46
Opp's it's the beer again. I do know how long it takes as I "burned" my limit last month and went back to dial up speeds. The site wouldn't even load!!!
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:49

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 21:49
Lyndon, you are actually talking about something else completely different. The discussion here refers to the Book Now - Activities promotion that we have inserted inbetween post replies. MM
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Follow Up By: Member - lyndon NT - Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 22:25

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 at 22:25
whoops, I did mention the beer :) But whats the go now, pop up adds?
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