What do you call these ads?

[conkermaniac]

I've seen an increase of "floating" advertisements on webpages, and I must say that they are by far the most annoying yet. On ESPN, for example, I sometimes see this car moving across the screen while I'm trying to read the box scores. They usually come complete with sound effects. I must say that these are the most annoying types of ads -- worse than pop-ups -- and I would like to know what they are called and if there are any methods by which these ads can be removed?

[Demigod]

They are called Overlay Flash Ads.

I just call em flash ads. :biggrin2:
They dont annoy me that much because its not a seperate page, but I close it right away. If I wanted to advertise something on espn I'd do the same thing because banners take up room for the website, and everybody has pop-up blockers already. But, I think they should lay off with the sound effects. Save that for the virtual tour of the car. :rolleyes:

[Canuckkev]

Yes, any website with sound effects...I hate. I think they are effective advertising though...they grab your attention every time.

[Demigod]

Flash website with sound effects
$50/hour

Advertising your contest with flash ads/sound effects on ESPN
Lots o' money :D

Having the pleasure of knowing it'll annoy the heck out of people like conker
....Priceless



Is lookin at an ad too much to ask :classic2:
You can always close the overlay flash ad or disable the play option.
What really would be annoying is if you see a flash advertisement for porno.

[Bruce]

You mean Shoshkeles?

Yes, they can be annoying at times, and even trying to remember how to spell the name is a real pain.

[Demigod]

Shoshkeles isnt the name of the type of ads. More like a company that produces them. Eyeblaster does too.

[byrdgirl13]

I hate those ads, they freak me out when I have the sound on. Then I want to beat in my monitor. :angry2: :p

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Demigod
Shoshkeles isnt the name of the type of ads. Yes it is.

[Demigod]

Originally posted by Bruce
Yes it is.
Yes it isn't.


:confused2

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Demigod
Yes it isn't.


:confused2 More like it is.

Try searching Google and see what everyone else calls them: http://www.google.com/search?q=Shoshkeles&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

[Demigod]

Originally posted by Bruce
More like it is.

Try searching Google and see what everyone else calls them: http://www.google.com/search?q=Shoshkeles&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Oh yea. more like it isnt it, is it?

Try searching Google and see what everyone else else calls them: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=Intrusive+Overlay+Flash+Ads&btnG=Google+Search

[Demigod]

j/k. the name's shoshkeles. :biggrin2:
I just felt like posting stuff. I read about shoshkeles a while ago here (http://slashdot.org/articles/01/12/08/1424223.shtml) but then forgot all about it because of the stupid name.


the marketeer who came up with that name was on crack, no doubt
Shoshkeles was named after the creator's middle daughter.

[conkermaniac]

Originally posted by Demigod
Flash website with sound effects
$50/hour

Advertising your contest with flash ads/sound effects on ESPN
Lots o' money :D

Having the pleasure of knowing it'll annoy the heck out of people like conker
....Priceless There are some things money can't buy -- for everything else, there's PayPal :D



Is lookin at an ad too much to ask :classic2:
You can always close the overlay flash ad or disable the play option. Actually, most "shoshkeles" (as I now know they're called :biggrin2:) are now Flash movies that load automatically, dance around the screen, and don't have a "close" option until it's finished playing. Now, I don't mind having them off to the side, but there seem to be more of these ads that directly block the content of a page, and never provide the option for the user to close the ad. :(

[LeX]

Originally posted by conkermaniac
There are some things money can't buy -- for everything else, there's PayPal :D

Actually, most "shoshkeles" (as I now know they're called :biggrin2:) are now Flash movies that load automatically, dance around the screen, and don't have a "close" option until it's finished playing. Now, I don't mind having them off to the side, but there seem to be more of these ads that directly block the content of a page, and never provide the option for the user to close the ad. :( It's really annoying when you were about to click on something in the content and the freaking ad pops up right before you click on it, and either a new page opens up or you get redirected to some place you weren't originally intent on going. They usually do disappear, but not for another 10 seconds after it's done playing.

Sometimes I have this impulse to disable flash...

[conkermaniac]

Originally posted by LeX

Sometimes I have this impulse to disable flash... How do you do it? I'll do it if it doesn't mean uninstalling my Flash player. I despise the intros, I rarely see Flash-based websites (and I find them annoying), and worst of all, it is responsible for "shoshkeles". Any ideas?

[notnamed]

Mozilla/Firebird extension http://extensionroom.mozdev.org
Click to play flash. You have to click in the flash area for it to play (and download?)
Very very helpful, didn't notice how many flash ads there were until I installed this...

[Demigod]

Yea. I wasnt annoyed with flash ads until I saw the jurassic park demo ad. Those kinds of ads annoy the hell out of me.