A Better Class Of Ad Is Required.

[gen2]

Dear Ed 1, 2, or 3.

I know we have to have adverts in order to keep the site free for us but please subscribe to a better class of product. Texting and tweeting (or twittering) are already destroying our language - and now this!

I am particularly complaining of a grammar/spelling error in one such prominent advert.

It was headlined "BETTER THEN A FACELIFT"

If they can't do better then (sic) that then they don't deserve my custom (not that I'm needing a facelift anyway).

This was the ad:
http://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=CmbYsaqgFUd_eK4KC-waZo4CgCuG6rNIC-aW84DbJt5jPlwEQASAAUIDH4cQEYLvWyoPcCoIBF2NhLXB1Yi0xNjAwOTkyNjA1OTYzNTE0yAEJqAMBqgSjAU_QOM7YbkP2SyYMcaVxxaW1BHkttNRkb64Z9KvOjCAbvuikJFexqbh8ZpQkGa6yJ0O4OykWSDO2WwoSzDuH_IYHyG-7EwssO8JYenURgOHHei7oyM-uUYiIzAoyFxi6BwQtpk_swbhUXu52Qsq6Ijf4NbKUyijiEXW6ZlHvtMOyoqMgruwuKGczmFHkTH-uokvoJFhR-ztcaEAeQxjpGMQhhXeABq2FnvPWhMmhWQ&num=1&sig=AOD64_0gJHWNOE314SNCIMg2pNvNZ4LOAQ&client=ca-pub-1600992605963514&adurl=http%3A%2F%2Fclickserv.sitescout.com%2Fclk%2Fc2f611cae6c165dc%2F9459d7d8d75e16bc%2F8-83091%2F1%2Fwww.theanswerbank.co.uk%252FQuizzes-and-Puzzles%252FQuestion1211346.html%2523answer-7686860%2F%2FcidentRTg0MDRGMjJGRkJFMDFGMjM2QzBGMTMyOEM0RTJBRDkvLy8v%2Fcbuster1828805940

[craft1948]

I'm just admiring the catheter advert..............

[jno]

now what could have given them the idea that ABers respond to bad spelling...?

[woofgang]

Can't imagine......

[AB Editor]

Hi gen2, we're trying to get rid of these crap ads, but our advertising partner is being a bit difficult.

[mrs_overall]

The one that irritates the hell out of me is the flashing one that tells me I have won and IPad/Iphone

[boxtops]

That's that annoying advert which pretends to know where you live - when I look at it the "Mum" comes from Sandhurst, other people have commented on an earlier thread that the location changes to be "near" to where they are.

[AB Editor]

Yep, its head is on the chopping block.

[boxtops]

I'd rather have that one than the violent flashing one which assaulted me the other night, Ed...

[jno]

flashers are advertising on AB, boxy? They'd need to know your location quite precisely, I suppose

[craft1948]

I don't use a mad docker.................

[ChillDoubt]

Sssh craft, we're not allowed to mention them(unless you're a mod of course).

[craft1948]

But I am :-(

[ChillDoubt]

Then you're obviously not one of the mods I was refering to!

[jno]

AB isn't a democracy, it's a website. It's free to use, so users can't claim to be stakeholders. But the boss sets the rules.

[AB Editor]

Afternoon Gen2 - we should have a better class of ad going forward. We've had a little shake-up.

[Tuvok]

I must admit I never look at the adverts.

I'm usually on my ipad, so if ever the adverts star to get annoying, I'll switch to another browser that doesn't show ads.

On my computers I use Firefox and use AdBlock plus.