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Someone had made this an issue recently but it has disappeared.
I think it warrants being republished because of what a mess the troy record website has become.
I tried counting how many advertisements are jammed on the main page but there are so many that I gave up! They have every kind of ad imaginable... pop ups, pop unders, pop over, animations, clickables, and more!
After I leave the troy record website I have to close the pop up ads that have opened themselves in a new browser behind the main page. Today it is a netflix and a life insurance. It's enough to make me want to scream.
It is obvious that the troy records NEWS website isn't about NEWS... it is about making money on advertising. They should really rethink what the website should be about. Is it about making a few bucks off the annoying advertisements or is it about being a useful place for local people to get their news?
Look at the TU's website. They know their role.
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John Q Citizen (Invité)
Troy Guy (Invité)
Joe (Invité)
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Cazzie (Invité)
Jim Brand (Invité)
Edward (Invité)
There are certainly a lot of pop-ups, etc., but the Troy Record is a corporation seeking to make enough profit to survive another year.
Get realistic... this website is NOT free. YOU just aren't being asked to pay for it by subscription. Advertisements pay the bills. Yes they are annoying, but the alternative in the long run is no paper.
Does anyone actually think anymore?
Cazzie (Invité)
Tina Urzan (Invité)
I have to agree that it is annoying but they do have to make money to produce the paper. With more and more people reading their news online instead of buying the paper, it is a necessary annoyance. BUT I would like to be able to finish an article without the other box of news popping up blocking you from doing so, until it slowly fully loads and then you can dispense with it. But PLEASE without sometype of ads, the paper would go under, online too..
Tina Urzan
wizchuck (Invité)
Edward (Invité)
So, I guess it isn't all that useless after all.
wizchuck (Invité)
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Get with the program "RECORD"... Every other online edition of news papers have figured out how to advertise without being obnoxious. I’m all Troy through and through. I even buy the print edition at least 3 times per week. But if I’m at work or out of town I rely on timesunion.com for my Troy news because of these archaic advertising tactics.
Kasey Parsons (Utilisateur inscrit)
Kevin (Invité)
Yeah, I highly doubt that this is a source of enough revenue to (literally) CHASE your readers away from your web site.
I always feel like I've made a mistake when all those popups start appearing.
mookie (Invité)
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