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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 24, 2017 21:18:26 GMT
Np, saltin . I just wanted to let you know that it's a problem more serious than it had sounded at first. And yes, my sample size is certainly small as I said, so it's not reliable to extrapolate to the rest of the internet, lol.  I'm just stating that in my small sample of using various websites within the last 12 months, I have only experienced that ad in here (but I did had bumped into a similar ad a couple of years ago, don't ask me where because I don't remember! Lol). I hardly have time to cruise the sites out there since I'm busy in RL. I am with you on this and the pb admins and tech support folks have gotten plenty of negative feedback from me and other admins on this issue. It is not just that it is a frustrating experience it's actually costing us membership and affecting growth.While most members that may experience the redirect just shrug it off and find ways around it some never bother to come back after a browser hijack despite the fact that they otherwise liked the site, the members and the content. You will be pleased to know that when I typed "European War 5" as the most current Easytech game, this forum is the 2nd on Google's results.  Yahoo gives me this site as the 8th results though, but it's good to know that this forum is on solid ground. |
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Post by Quintus Fabius on Mar 24, 2017 21:40:56 GMT
I am with you on this and the pb admins and tech support folks have gotten plenty of negative feedback from me and other admins on this issue. It is not just that it is a frustrating experience it's actually costing us membership and affecting growth.While most members that may experience the redirect just shrug it off and find ways around it some never bother to come back after a browser hijack despite the fact that they otherwise liked the site, the members and the content. You will be pleased to know that when I typed "European War 5" as the most current Easytech game, this forum is the 2nd on Google's results. Yahoo gives me this site as the 8th results though, but it's good to know that this forum is on solid ground. I'm pretty sure Google's search algorithms consider more factors (I believe backlinks feature in it prominently) than Yahoo. It also seems that Yahoo focuses on the literal search words more than Google. |
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Post by The Battener on Mar 25, 2017 6:21:31 GMT
Hello!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 6:22:25 GMT
For a second I thought batten spam was back again....
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Post by The Battener on Mar 25, 2017 6:23:54 GMT
@khurramzafar, nope, I was never the Mountbatten spammer... My old username was Maxime Weygand, the one who posted tips to get medals in GoG section...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 6:26:06 GMT
@khurramzafar, nope, I was never the Mountbatten spammer... My old username was Maxime Weygand, the one who posted tips to get medals in GoG section... now I remember! |
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Post by The Battener on Mar 25, 2017 6:29:54 GMT
For a second I thought batten spam was back again.... The Mountbatten spammer was an id**t. He/she clearly didn't appreciate Lord Mountbatten. Besides, why choose "mountbatten's thighs" as a name? Afaik, Mountbatten's legs had been blow off or obliterated by the bomb on the Shadow V... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 6:45:17 GMT
For a second I thought batten spam was back again.... The Mountbatten spammer was an id**t. He/she clearly didn't appreciate Lord Mountbatten. Besides, why choose "mountbatten's thighs" as a name? Afaik, Mountbatten's legs had been blow off or obliterated by the bomb on the Shadow V... he was later destroyed by the modarmy. Modarmy is basically the moderators. We purged him, and then he eventually submitted to us. All be aware, you spam. You (insert word that rhymes with spam here) -modarmy 2017. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 6:45:56 GMT
No
About the latest poll.
JUST NO!
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Post by Frederick the Great on Mar 25, 2017 7:45:05 GMT
For a second I thought batten spam was back again.... So did I. As for the Poll, the answer is definetly Q |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 11:01:03 GMT
So.... Apple launched a red colored iPhone...
What's special you ask? It's red. That. Is. It.
Edit;
Just remembered it costs $900. Keep milking money Apple
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 16:08:31 GMT
Just saw ByzantineBall has tears in his eyes.
Don't cry byz, Ottoman is here for you.
*Pats on the back*
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 17:22:28 GMT
Just got to know that the German General Fedor von Bock was the nephew of another famous General, Erich von Falkenhayn
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Post by Imperial RomeBall on Mar 25, 2017 17:51:29 GMT
Just saw ByzantineBall has tears in his eyes. Don't cry byz, Ottoman is here for you. *Pats on the back* Changed |
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Post by Bismarck Jr on Mar 25, 2017 18:05:26 GMT
Quarter of the way done with latin class, third of the way done with Chinese
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I'm just stating that in my small sample of using various websites within the last 12 months, I have only experienced that ad in here (but I did had bumped into a similar ad a couple of years ago, don't ask me where because I don't remember! Lol).
