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27 November 2016
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I’ve been getting these pop-up ads today – first time I’ve seen them here. Anybody else having ads pop up that you have to close?
edit: on PC as well as mobile, I should add.
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Offline Yep. I’ve only got one today and I already hate them. 
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6 May 2018
Offline The Hole Got Fixed said
I’ve been getting these pop-up ads today – first time I’ve seen them here. Anybody else having ads pop up that you have to close?
edit: on PC as well as mobile, I should add.
I got one (for the first time) a few minutes ago – on PC.
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Offline This Hello Goodbye themed ad played several times during the Super Bowl. It features lots of hand clapping. 
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8.12am
31 March 2008
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The Hole Got Fixed said
I’ve been getting these pop-up ads today – first time I’ve seen them here. Anybody else having ads pop up that you have to close?
edit: on PC as well as mobile, I should add.
Sorry – this is the last thing I want. I’ll see if I can block popup ads altogether.
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7.20am
31 March 2008
Offline OK, it seems that Google was running an experiment on my site, targeting a percentage of visitors and showing them popups in-between occasional page loads.
I’ve turned off the experiments so hopefully it won’t happen again (at least until Google decides to auto-enrol me again).
It did increase my revenue, which was obviously welcome, but I generally dislike popup ads (known as vignettes) so I disabled them. Ads are a bit of a necessary evil to keep this site going, so many thanks to everyone not using an ad-blocker.
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Offline Not going to lie, I have ad blocker as I detest being forced to see ads for garbage I have no interest in, so many also pop up and leave boxes open which I’m not wanting. @Joe, I would happily pay a few quid a month to go premium or whatever it’s called and pay you directly to not have ads if that became an option (some forums do have that option).
Is the Amazon link one I can bookmark and use as my normal route or do I have to come on here, find a link and then click on it?
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20 August 2013
Offline I have the link bookmarked, @meanmistermustard.
I moved your post from the meta thread to this one.
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9.08am
31 March 2008
Offline I don’t think it’s viable to set up an ad-free version of the site (though if I won the jackpot on the National Lottery or Euromillions I would remove all ads immediately). It’s a nice idea but I don’t think keeping two versions of the site in sync is possible (WordPress uses MySQL databases and I’d have to use the same one for two installations, which would cause numerous headaches).
If everyone used adblockers I’d have to close the site, but at the moment enough people don’t, so that keeps the site afloat. Thank you all. I know ads are a nightmare, and *nobody* likes them.
@meanmistermustard you’ve helped me more than enough over the years, so don’t sweat it. 
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10.45pm
26 January 2017
Offline I’ve got adblocker disabled, and just saw an ad for the guitar that I own, and a guitar I’ll never be able to afford. not the best ad.
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31 March 2008
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5.56pm
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27 November 2016
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5.55am
31 March 2008
Offline Hi, quick announcement. With regret, I’ve added vignette ads to the site. They’re the ones that appear between page loads, basically pop-unders.
I tried to avoid adding them because I don’t really like them, but I’ve got a tax bill looming which I’m struggling to pay. If my site traffic rises, or ad rates go up, I’ll remove the ads again.
My earnings are still way down as a result of Covid. A lot of companies slashed their marketing/ad budgets when it looked like the world might be ending, and my income halved overnight. Although the ad rates have gone up a little since, they’re still way lower than they were pre-2020. It sucks, but there we are. The world doesn’t owe me a living, and I’m lucky to write about music full time. But I do need to monetise all of this to feed my kids and pay my mortgage (I’m a single parent nowadays, but let’s not go into that now), and frankly it’d be nice to not worry about money all the time. So please accept my apologies and thanks.
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6.12am
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27 November 2016
Offline Joe – I can cope having to take 0.5 seconds out of my day to close an ad if it means it’s a better source of income for you. 
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8.18am
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20 August 2013
Offline I can’t wait to see what ads I’ll get. I’ve figured out this VPN magic so now I get UK ads. Maybe I’ll change countries every so often to see how the ads change.
And, remember to use the Amazon and iTunes links that help Joe and the kiddos out.
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7.39am
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27 November 2016
Offline Particularly well targeted one this evening…
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8.32am
6 May 2018
Offline Joe said
Hi, quick announcement. With regret, I’ve added vignette ads to the site. They’re the ones that appear between page loads, basically pop-unders.I tried to avoid adding them because I don’t really like them, but I’ve got a tax bill looming which I’m struggling to pay. If my site traffic rises, or ad rates go up, I’ll remove the ads again.
My earnings are still way down as a result of Covid. A lot of companies slashed their marketing/ad budgets when it looked like the world might be ending, and my income halved overnight. Although the ad rates have gone up a little since, they’re still way lower than they were pre-2020. It sucks, but there we are. The world doesn’t owe me a living, and I’m lucky to write about music full time. But I do need to monetise all of this to feed my kids and pay my mortgage (I’m a single parent nowadays, but let’s not go into that now), and frankly it’d be nice to not worry about money all the time. So please accept my apologies and thanks.
Thank you for everything that you do on the Beatles Bible.
I normally use adblocker software, but I always have it specifically turned off (i.e. all adverts shown) for this website.
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9.14am
9 October 2021
Offline For some reason I’m getting ads asking whether “illegal immigrants” should get stimulus checks from a conservative site called United Voice. For the record, yes, they should.
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12.34am
14 June 2016
Offline I’ve got several ad blocker ads. I have an ad blocker and this is like the only site I don’t use ad-block on. The ads are begging me to block them, but I’m not gonna do it. I can’t do that to Joe.
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20 August 2013
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Me being 5″1′, I think they missed their mark. But, they did the Beatles love part right. 
I’ll give ’em 50/50 on this one.
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