Here I go, blissfully opening my journal to find advertising above the blog. AOL, when are we going to be allowed to put our own advertising on our blogs?
The formatting has been changed, and do we get fair warning? Nope.
Our American friends get a chatroom, do we in the UK? Nope.
It's an AOHell day!
yep sometimes aolhell is here. I didn't notice the journal changes yet because I haven't posted an entry. I will be doing that this weekend.
ReplyDeleteGuido, I noticed when I did my today's entry. Personally I am disgusted. When they put ads on American journals many people left AOL completely. Protests fell on deaf ears. If this was a free service we could not gripe but we pay a subscription and I think it is disgusting that ads have been foisted onto us without any warning as you say or giving us the chance to say yes or not. But AOL is no longer an ISP provider, it is an ad carrier so it is here to stay I am afraid. When I turned on my PC the other day I kept getting a jingle for Dell computers playing over and over. If they start that as well then I shall be leaving and going elsewhere, journal or no journal. Money money money that is all it is about.
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I got the Dell jingle same as Jeannette did, I managed to work out how to get it silenced though! I never even noticed the adverts above my blog today, I'm sure we all just ignore them. It's a shame AOL don't have more respect for it's customers and let us know in advance what they're up to. Jeannette xx
ReplyDeleteFrom when I first started journaling ,I have lost count of the changes that have been foisted on us ...love Jan xx
ReplyDeleteI swiped one of your graphics! Don't you see they are trying to be fair to all......welcome to American service from AOL. :oP - Barbara
ReplyDeleteI am seriously considering going elsewhere but unfortunately as aol has unlimited downloads it makes it easy for my husband......but I feel time is upon me to look elsewhere like our friend John from Rockets Launch Pad......we'll see. ttfn, Joan
ReplyDeleteLOL, I like your graphics.
ReplyDeleteLisa
We hate the advertising here in the US...seems they love making the awful changes everywhere now.
ReplyDeleteTake care...
Joyce
To say that I am *bleeped* by AOL at the moment is putting it mildly!
ReplyDeleteI never put my sound on when I am surfing. It gives me a fright when I roll over these jingle sites or there is one where a fly buzzes. I have nearly jumped out of my skin when that one sounds off.
I have to agree that if not for the odd sounds I would not notice the advertising banners. I concentrate on reading the journal I have opened. These web links don't interest me.
Jeanie
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do, the Dell jingle thingy was just so annoying.
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Jingle sounds, fly buzzes? LOL. I think I'm glad I don't get them, being without speakers:) I haven't noticed formatting changes........ but, you have? Guess I should do a test entry and see. Oh, but who here is going to USE the chatroom? Shrug. Anyway, sorry for the abrupt change bit. I, too, would like a way to backup my journal, and nah, I don't see any advertising:)
ReplyDeletemaybe you'll get it free now too........... one can hope eh?
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I get AOL for free, so I tend to keep my quips and complaints short. But lately it's just a blimey pain in the ass. If I want changes on my blog, I want to be the one making the changes. (Hugs) Indigo
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