Search results fixes, New ads

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:31 pm

Firstly, our search results are currently bugged with missing torrents, due to a software glitch. We are fixing this and should be corrected in no more than 2 hours.

As part of this glitch, we've upgraded our spam detectors against the ever increasing flood of spam torrents.

Secondly, we are testing a new ad format which you probably have noticed. It slides up from the bottom right corner. It doesn't show on every page, and it shows high quality advertising that should interest you. I've been wary of more intrusive ads like popups and interstitials (full page ads that you have to skip through), but advertising is doing badly in the current economy, and the slider I believe is a fair compromise.

I do want your feedback on the new ad format, it's why I'm posting this. Please tell us what you think, and I appreciate your understanding of why we are testing new ad formats. Your experience on search quality of isoHunt comes first as always.

UPDATE: A bug has been found and fixed, that caused some more empty search results pages.

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:59 pm

I did not really notice the new ads Smile

on till you said about them you do need ads if people like it or not mate....... Evey one needs to make a living IH and that how you make yours keep up the good work I hope to be on this site for a long time to come Wink

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:58 pm

Ads are ads, they don't really bother me, and if I had the money i'd buy them and donate too, but right now i can't even afford ramen. So do what you have to do, i love this site.

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:50 am

im just glad that pkr have an ad on here iso and pkr are my most used sites and its so hand when i need 2 get 2 pkr from iso i can click on the ad lol

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:39 am

i am glad they noticed that the RS were not updating.
They have still not updated so I will wait Crying or Very sad

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:48 am

I'm not gunna lie. As soon as I came on the site today and that popup slid up out of my corner, I rechecked to make sure that I typed the address correctly. I'm very displeased with the slider. If I want to look at something on the bottom right part of my screen, I have to scroll the bottom of the page to the top of the screen. I know that might not seem like a big thing but ANY sort of ad/pop up that won't get off my screen/out of my way gets very obnoxious, very fast.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that you have to have advertisements as revenue but please don't make it "IN MY FACE!" advertising. It's a turn off and I honestly have no idea what the ad was even for, just that I wanted it off my screen and out of my way.

My 2 cents,
Kusumuck

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:46 am

I don't mind at all, the new ad format is just fine. I do hate the full page ads you have to skip over, so I appreciate you considering us in this. Smile

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:06 am

On a free torrent search website such as this who can complain about the advertisements? I dont find them intrusive at all and whatever isohunt has to do to keep things going is fine with me.

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:17 am

There is a small bug with the slider ad... when going through ones email to connect to a thread you've been watching... normally you would be taken to the first post made after the last post seen.

Now it seems that from the email link... it takes you to the page, but once the popup hits you are directed back to the top of the page having to scroll to find the new post.

Not a huge deal, but rather annoying to some I would expect.

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:39 am

kusumuck wrote:

I'm not gunna lie. As soon as I came on the site today and that popup slid up out of my corner, I rechecked to make sure that I typed the address correctly. I'm very displeased with the slider. If I want to look at something on the bottom right part of my screen, I have to scroll the bottom of the page to the top of the screen. I know that might not seem like a big thing but ANY sort of ad/pop up that won't get off my screen/out of my way gets very obnoxious, very fast.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that you have to have advertisements as revenue but please don't make it "IN MY FACE!" advertising. It's a turn off and I honestly have no idea what the ad was even for, just that I wanted it off my screen and out of my way.

My 2 cents,
Kusumuck

there is an "x" at the top right of the ad, where you can just close it, if it's really causing a problem with seeing a portion of the page.

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:59 pm

I actually am okay with it. I have to admit that I dont look anywhere in the direction of ads but the slider catches my eye, as I am sure it's intended to do, and I have clicked on it once before. I completely understand the need for the new advertising and I wouldn't dare complain with the service that's given here. Thanks a lot guys.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:02 am

I'd sooner have the slider then a full screen ad anyday. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:02 pm

new features are always welcome

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:53 pm

kusumuck wrote:

I'm not gunna lie. As soon as I came on the site today and that popup slid up out of my corner, I rechecked to make sure that I typed the address correctly. I'm very displeased with the slider.

Agreed. Placing ad's in the website its self is one thing but pop-up ad's (or in this case, slide-up ad's) makes the website look desperate. And I say this because the new ad is covering a tower ad to the right. It reminds me of the days before pop-up blockers where the ad's would open up on top of one another and all you can do is keep clicking the close button to stop it.

But what do I know, I still ignore it.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:38 pm

Yeah, the site's free; the downloads are free; I'm not going to complain about a small inconvenience, which I can just ignore, when I'm getting a service like this.

Feel free to spam the place with whatever adverts you need; just don't do pop-ups: I hate those.