marta (who I am ever grateful for) has confirmed that the Best Buy ad is an approved LiveJournal ad; however, there has been a change in the ad's presentation, in that it no longer automatically plays audio.

Additionally, Frequently Asked Question #265: What are LiveJournal's guidelines on acceptable ads? has been modified, as the Best Buy ad trips ( Read more... )

This isn't directly related to LJ, but I thought people here would find it interesting anyway.

You may remember that some time ago LiveJournal had problems with ads that installed ErrorSafe/Winfixer. The problem was that due to some sneaky coding in one particular banner ad, it managed to sneak past LJ's ad guidelines and make it live to the site ( Read more... )

Someone reports that the ads are incompatible with their work's firewall filters and are being recorded as "pornography".

In other ad news, Amp'd Mobile ads sure are classy!

( Come see what your ad blockers are making you miss! )

Is LiveJournal still using flash ads? Did anyone see a conversation since the last pop-up incident about changing their ad policies?

I just realized I hadn't seen anything new on ads since that last incident as I read this blog today ( Read more... )

adserver.livejournal.com sets a cookie that looks like this:

Name: flashInstalled
Content: 8.0 r27

A cookie I had set today has the expiration date of: Sun, Jul 9, 2006 11:57:30 AM

I'm wondering if it might be possible to avoid being served Flash ads if this cookie was blocked from being set, but I'm not quite sure yet.

This guide tells you how to block Flash from automatically loading.

This guide has been moved to No LJ Ads Wiki. See the Blocking Flash from automatically loading guide to see an up-to-date guide.

If you need any help, please let us know either in a comment here or on the Discussion page of the Wiki guide.

( For everyone who hates flash ads )