New ads on this website ruin browsing experience

[ps49556n]

This is directed at Chris who maintains this site. I am creating this thread to see if others are having similar results.

I had not been on everythingiPhone.com on my iPhone for a while...a few hours ago i went to the site and started looking at threads.... I noticed pages taking substantially longer to load and function properly...the culprit are these new ads...i understand the need to produce some income but the new ads really are aggrevating. Look at google, when i use google products on my iPhone namely search, there are zero advertisements, why not employ this method?

Any others feel this way?

 

[greenmymac]

I second this!

 

[seb481]

I second this!

I third this ;-)

 

[uPhone559]

yup, not likin it

 

[thesaint]

Agreed. Its slow now.

 

[The Apple]

Let Chris make money! Just be patient

 

[The Apple]

Thats a solution to the majority of the posters here. Flash would not load on the phone. But then what's the point of the advertising? If you want this site to prosper you will have to deal with more and more advertising as the site becomes more and more popular.

 

[ColsTiger]

I have broadband so I don't even really notice the difference. Those 56k modems are really slow though.

 

[The Toddfather]

Maintaining this site can't be cheap, let the man earn a buck.

 

[ps49556n]

Maintaining this site can't be cheap, let the man earn a buck.

Like I said, just take them off for iPhone viewers, Google does this and it works great. I am willing to bet that most visitors are viewing from a PC or Mac and are curious but do not yet own an iPhone, so he could still get some money from the site.

And no this was on very fast wifi, after this I don't think I would even bother using the site on edge.

 

[jjvaldez]

i agree this bugs me to.. the store this there.. if people want to buy stuff then they will go to the EIP store..

 

[ciaran00]

Before I flame lemme try it on my iPhone firrst!

 

[sunshineprincess]

Before I flame lemme try it on my iPhone firrst!

i don't really have a problem on my iPhone but sometimes its slow. not on everythingiPhone, more like other sites.

 

[Maaz]

i don't like it BUT I SUPPORT IT, and he should do it businesss wise, keep it chris

 

[Redfor]

don't like it, but can deal with it... He's gotta pay for the bandwidth one way or another. Either that or start charging membership fees...

Keep up the good job Chris!

 

[chris]

This site has remained ad-free for quite some time and unfortunately I must introduce some type of advertising. The amount and design still pales in comparison to other forums. My goal was to create ads that didn't overwhelm the interface (which is contrary to what most ads do). I've also removed a few banners from the left hand navigation, so that you're seeing less, keeping the focus on the content.

The EIP server is top of the line and I've even go as far as to license special software to further optimize the experience here at Everything iPhone. The ads should have absolutely zero effect on your experience here and load times. When selecting the server, absolutely no expense was spared.

Taking all of that into consideration, I do not want my iPhone users to experience slow load times (thanks EDGE). I'll work on this today and should have a resolution.

Thanks for your continued support and feedback.

-Chris

 

[chris]

BTW, ads have been removed until I sort this out.

 

[aggieman]

I haven't really had any issues with them and understand the necessity as well.

 

[Michael Baturin]

Your the man.

 

[420greg]

BTW, ads have been removed until I sort this out.

You can do this with a javascript 'screendoor' on the home page that detects the user is on an iPhone.

If browser = iPhone then hide iframe (iframe name with the adds)

I can write this for you if you want to try this approach.

Greg