Don't know when VDr started doing this but I just notice that advertisement links are added to key words in posts.
I understand that this the site needsto make money and I absolutely have no problem with this. But I don't agree/like how it is implemented. The little bubble that says "Link added by VigLink" only show up when you hoover the mouse point on the link long enough, so it's easy to miss it and a user will think that it's a link the poster puts in referring to the hardware/software being discussed. I was confused by this a few times not knowing why the poster links to a eBay item that is not directly related to the discussion on hand! Then I see links added to my own posts which leads to the realization of this VgiLink thingy.
I am babbling here but do you know what I mean? It's not clear to the readers that the links are just ad. On most other sites that I know of, they do the job differently - the links show uo as small pop-ups and they are very obvious to the readers that they are ad. Is it something you guys can reconfigure VgiLink to do?
Sometimes, the links take a while to show up (turning blue and underlined) - maybe that's why pages here are slower to load. Here is the screenshot (the link takes me to an eBay sales) - it is in this thread http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...SPONDING/page2
Last edited by falcon2000; April 14th, 2013 at 02:46 PM.
VigLinks is something new we are trying. We have another intellitext system we use on our other sites that is set up differently. I agree with some of the comments -- these links need to be a bit more obvious, plus the eBay links are.... odd.
I'll discuss this with the appropriate people internally.
I am seeing more and more of the eBay links, as well as some Amazon and some other links. Also, at least twice, I have had the browser switch to one of these links even though I did not click on it.
I've noticed nothing mentioned above. Went to the Example link and it was completely normal. Wonder if it could have anything to do with a Browser setting or Add On.
Biostar TA790GX A2+ 6.0
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4 Gig DDR2 Memory.
ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
500 Watt P.S.
LG W2241T Widescreen 22" LCD
ViewSonic VA721 17" LCD
Envision 17" LCD
2 LG DVD Drives
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I just re-checked Post #8---no links. I'm using Firefox 20.0, checked my Add On's and there are no Ad Blockers listed. I think there was at one time but it disappeared with a Firefox update (can't remember which one).
Biostar TA790GX A2+ 6.0
AMD Phenom X4 9750 CPU.
4 Gig DDR2 Memory.
ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
500 Watt P.S.
LG W2241T Widescreen 22" LCD
ViewSonic VA721 17" LCD
Envision 17" LCD
2 LG DVD Drives
Floppy Disk Drive
Maxtor 120 Gig Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
Gateway NV5378-U Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Acer Aspire V3-731 Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
On Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (with all updates) I only see VigLinks in IE, not in Firefox or Chrome. (May be because of the Adblock Plus add-on in those two).
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On Windows XP Pro 32-bit (with all updates) I don't see anything in Firefox, IE or Chrome. (And there is no Adblock Plus add-on for IE):