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12-19-2008, 08:22 AM
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Blizzard has added two advertising bars to their official forum pages, one on the top and one banner along the side. And it's got players concerned -- there's a large forum thread growing even bigger (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=13771067090&sid=1) by the minute right now. The main complaints seem to revolve around a few issues: the design breaks the forum layout for some users, the ads are possibly a security risk (they aren't hosted by Blizzard -- more on that in a second), and of course the issue that we're paying every month to be able to look at ads on the forums.Continue reading Blizzard adds advertising to the official forums (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/19/blizzard-adds-advertising-to-the-official-forums/)
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Blizzard has added two advertising bars to their official forum pages, one on the top and one banner along the side. And it's got players concerned -- there's a large forum thread growing even bigger (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=13771067090&sid=1) by the minute right now. The main complaints seem to revolve around a few issues: the design breaks the forum layout for some users, the ads are possibly a security risk (they aren't hosted by Blizzard -- more on that in a second), and of course the issue that we're paying every month to be able to look at ads on the forums.Continue reading Blizzard adds advertising to the official forums (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/19/blizzard-adds-advertising-to-the-official-forums/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Blizzard adds advertising to the official forums (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/19/blizzard-adds-advertising-to-the-official-forums/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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