Smu Banner Ads On Meangreensports.com

[NTEdgex2]

I noticed the Smut ad for Junie last night and tried to copy it to post, but couldn't. I was not amused.

GMG!

Was just over on the athletic site, the Smut ads are still there! 5:53 pm

Edited August 23, 2008 by NTEdgex2

[GreenBat]

Still up 6:15 p.m.

[NTerock]

11 pm and still up!!

[GoMeanGreen1999]

That is totally unacceptable. Would A$M ever allow UT ads on their athletics site?

I don't know why this should shock anyone. This is just typical North Texas athletics. Nope, you will never see a UT ad on A & M athletics site, just as you wouldn't see it the other way around. Just another reason why people laugh at us.

[UNT_92_Fan]

Rudy's was given a North Texas flag by me and MrStrange a few years ago and it hung there for over a year...only to disappear.

My name is also on that flag you sunavabeeeech

[GoMeanGreen1999]

11 pm and still up!!

Yet Flyer got an email at 4pm saying that they would take care of it. 7 hours later......

[UNTflyer]

Yet Flyer got an email at 4pm saying that they would take care of it. 7 hours later......

It's probably something they are going to have to contact the banner ad company to resolve.

[GoMeanGreen1999]

It's probably something they are going to have to contact the banner ad company to resolve.

I know, I know, there is always some reason why we can't do it.

[JesseMartin]

They used to put "Home of the Mean Green" on their girls tank tops, but have pulled those off as well just in spite of UNT giving them the cold shoulder last year.

Why are you mad that they pulled off their tank tops?

I also have no problem with us getting SMU's money, even if it is in a roundabout manner. I doubt anyone would decide not to be a UNT donor just because of a banner contracted by some third party.

[Green P1]

I know, I know, there is always some reason why we can't do it.

What say we round up a posse, get some stencils and spray paint, and go tag the hell out of SMU's main campus?

Ya'know... take things into our own hands.

[JesseMartin]

Take Ryan Gosling with you. Turns out he decided to live in the ghetto for a little while and start tagging, just to see what that kind of life was like. Really weird story.

[NT91]

mybe it is part of the deal to play a home and home with them.

[GreenBat]

8:50 a.m. and its still up. Just take the sight down if you're to stupid to get the Ad removed. I'd rather see nothing than an Ad for SMU football.

[Arkstfan]

It could also be contextual advertising. That's how much of google's adsense works.

We get ads for UCA (Central Arkansas), Razorback merchandise, and MTSU ring tones on my site because people talk about those schools. Not in a positive way of course but the search spider doesn't know that, all it knows is that its a site where MTSU was mentioned frequently along with football so it must be the perfect place to sell MTSU ringtones.

[adman]

8:50 a.m. and its still up. Just take the sight down if you're to stupid to get the Ad removed. I'd rather see nothing than an Ad for SMU football.

I believe you mean "too stupid."

[UNTflyer]

8:50 a.m. and its still up. Just take the sight down if you're to stupid to get the Ad removed. I'd rather see nothing than an Ad for SMU football.

Relax. First, you're drawing ridicule from the Pony Fans site. Second, taking down the site is an extreme act.

Look at it this way... every time you refresh the site and see that banner ad, it's another nickel in our pockets. Keep refreshing and we're one step closer to that stadium.

If it makes you feel any better, SMU's Spirit Shop got hacked this week.

Edited August 24, 2008 by UNTflyer

[UNTFan23]

A great way to never see an ad again is to get FireFox and install the add-on AdBlock Plus. You'll never see a Phony ad (or any other ad for that matter) again.

[gangrene]

It's probably something they are going to have to contact the banner ad company to resolve.

Sorry, I just find the comment very amusing.

[Arkstfan]

A great way to never see an ad again is to get FireFox and install the add-on AdBlock Plus. You'll never see a Phony ad (or any other ad for that matter) again.

The downside being that when enough finally do that, the ad-supported model for the internet no longer works, shifting content to subscription based.

[Quoner]

The company that hosts the site has control over the ads and are supposed to funnel everything through athletics for approval. They didn't and are probably enjoying a nice weekend like everyone else as folks in the AD try to get it resolved.

Luckily, four of you were here to get your panties in a wad and turn it into a Ponyfans/Vito fun story for mockery. The ad is embarrassing, but the whining and inability to understand these crazy internets is much worse.

Yes, the ad wouldn't show up on most sites because most clients are treated like crap by their web hosting company. I guess taking the "sight" down is one way "too" go, but I think that makes us look worse than anything else.

[Bryan316]

A great way to never see an ad again is to get FireFox and install the add-on AdBlock Plus. You'll never see a Phony ad (or any other ad for that matter) again.

That's why I'm wondering what all the fuss is about. Pony ad? All I see is an empty space.

[UNTflyer]

That's why I'm wondering what all the fuss is about. Pony ad? All I see is an empty space.

Really. Maybe with all these web views and the billboards they'll have a chance at beating our average attendance... but I doubt it.

[UNTFan23]

The downside being that when enough finally do that, the ad-supported model for the internet no longer works, shifting content to subscription based.

It's debatable whether internet ads work. Other than the SMU ad, can any recall what other companies have put an ad in that spot (referred to as a skyscraper ad)?

[ADLER]

I just looked on the ponyfans site and this was posted by Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex:

Here's one of the newer ads I saw on there recently...

I saw this one too...

As well as this one...

Now, that's some funny stuff.

[keith]

If you are seeing that ad you probably have a SMU or SMU-related cookie on your computer that you got when you went to one of the SMU athletic sites or message boards. You can clear your cookies and/or stop going to the SMU site(s) and you'll probably stop seeing the ad. It's no big deal. It's how the Internet stays free (mostly). It's not like every person that goes to meangreensports.com is seeing that ad.

Keith