Yep, fully agree Lindsay.....i saw the same thing and thought very tacky for a Fishing Website!

* Oceanside- Advice, Knowledge, Experience....that's our difference *

Owner/Operator "Oceanside Tackle & Marine"
364 South Street, O'Connor, Perth Ph# 9337 5682

You havent seen ausfish have you?

The advertising here is the way it should be, only a single banner with sites that would actually be useful to people here (and ones such as oceanside, compleat or tackleshack I didnt even know about except from here). Oh and the Montebellos charters to the right which you barely notice (and is again completely suited)

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Always interested in someone to go fishing with

I haven't looked at that site

Hang on

Yeah I see what you mean, Pop ups really annoy me but the other ads aren't that in your face and tacky looking.

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Can understand where you're coming from Lindsay, and I'd prefer fishing/boating related content, but I guess I'd rather prefer adds than a payment. Yeah Hlokk, Ausfish is shocking - even floating video adds. But if you want to see something really 'special' have a look at some of the American sights. Yeeks! 

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

Thanks Andy

Thats great to hear

I hope it stays that way.

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Yeah I agree, but no use bagging them out as you won't win especially on their site. First ever time I have ever heard a fishing site use the threat of charging punters as an excuse for the new advertising they have. Not suprised though........

I like most would simply prefer fishing or tackle related ads, accommodation from places with grand fishing etc, charters, tackle shops, boat sites, boat shows.

I suppose it comes down to beggars can't be choosers.... deal with it or stop visiting the site as one of the mods said, simple as that.

cheers

I know enough about Football, Cricket and crap allready so i won't bother with WAngler anymore.

Its a shame as It used to be a great site many moons ago.

Good thing that Fishwrecked is a great site.

ps: Scotty i know you will be reading this, I hope your site does become a great "FISHING"site once again one day.

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agree lindsay very tacky, theres planty of other ways they can raise money, pity they went that path hey.

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Yep, fully agree Lindsay.....i saw the same thing and thought very tacky for a Fishing Website!

care for me to direct you from the ol days ryan where you sold ya soul, please give me a break. we arent all naive, just because you have a problem and i know ya have, dont vent ya spleen on here

For the record yeah advitising sh^ts me, andy mac nailed it, the more traffic this site gets the more it costs, And i reckon wangler needs  to cover costs , hey i would pay to visit a good site.

Richo coming from you, poor form mate, can tell ya how i think how spineless the bream boys are too, but wont dont throw stones mate it isnt a good look.

Wal

Again Wally, "insert foot in mouth"....your so wrong! I haven't sold my soul as i've always done things from my heart including when Steve C offered me plenty of $$$$ to partcipate in guiding/teaching/showing and i said "i'd never go down that ally" so cut the crap

As for the problem, no probplem but you seem to fabricate sh!t by the look and Scotty and i spoke today just a normal catch up phone call and one of the many things we discussed was this. I told him i dont like it (straight shooter) "but" understand that this for some is the way to cover cost!

Next

* Oceanside- Advice, Knowledge, Experience....that's our difference *

Owner/Operator "Oceanside Tackle & Marine"
364 South Street, O'Connor, Perth Ph# 9337 5682

From guess who???

Australia post is less reliable dishing up crap than you. Always at the top of your game or are you just using your sphincter as a head band.

Few men desire real freedom. Most men simply desire a kind master

Not having a go at Ryan in any shape or form. Whats the name of that book?? Ummm " Where's Ummmmm?" W@nker

Few men desire real freedom. Most men simply desire a kind master

To be honest I dont really care what they do. Personally didnt find it that big a deal as its only 1 banner across the top.

Also it does cost money to run these sorts of sites and if thats how they choose to recover some of those costs so be it. Nobodys forced to go on there.

** Rockingham Offshore Fishing Club **

I dont personaly have a problem with it.

Maybe I am just used to seeing banner adds on every other forum type I visit.

What it does say to me is that there is an obvious advertising opportunity to all in the fishing/boating/tourist industry that is not being fully utilised. 

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No Orange Hats Allowed

V8 twin turbo diesel....Ohh what a feeling!

All i can say is cry a river then build a bridge to get over it. You dont get many things for free these days so put up with it and be thankfull.

Cheers

Rob

I think that the whiners need to wash the sand out of their *****'s...it a f'ing forum for christs sake. BFD.

Quitcherbitcheing... I swear Kevin07 has given retards free reign to be whiners07

I wasn't picking on anybody Dennis...I just can't fathom whiners. Especailly whining about free sh!t.

BTW, the editing wasn't done by me so you can shut your #@$#%

edited by me Andy Mac 08/07/08 sorry mate but not called for. If you want to have a barny with someone take it to pm's I don;t like where this is heading.

scaly buy nature ah Mary

cheers dennis

I just can't believe what its done to their page load times. The site is up and down pretty regularly but now you have to wait for the banner to load before half of the page renders.

Till must be your side of things. Its fine for me, page loads before the banner.

You're close but not quite there.

You can see in the links the browser is fetching to render the page, its waiting the longest for that banner. The page loads first, but it has to know whats in the banner before it will bother rendering the page and thats because it has to fetch it from an external source.

till knows his sh!t when it comes to this sorta stuff

* Oceanside- Advice, Knowledge, Experience....that's our difference *

Owner/Operator "Oceanside Tackle & Marine"
364 South Street, O'Connor, Perth Ph# 9337 5682

Certainly know more about it than fishing =)

........and very visa versa

* Oceanside- Advice, Knowledge, Experience....that's our difference *

Owner/Operator "Oceanside Tackle & Marine"
364 South Street, O'Connor, Perth Ph# 9337 5682

I see it as it is. Page loads instantly no different to before.

I'm 7 hops from them,  on an idle computer, my router's downstream rate is 21142Kbps and I've been doing commercial websites on and off since 2001 but I'm sure you know best.

i would love to have adsl1 noha....im stuck with wireless and limited download because those useless good for nothing pieces of doggy doo doo at telstra cant get me onto adsl...... .... would love to get away from wireless and back to adsl

cheers Jes

"I got a new rod and reel for my wife
...best trade I ever made."

Personally I don't like those sort of adverts, but hey, its not my website so I don't give a rats.

I never started this site for money and its never really going to be about the money for me.  Mind you, I'd be silly not to make the most of the opportunity that the success of this site has afforded me.

I can assure you this much though that this site will never resort to that type of advertising, I don't need to sell my soul for a dollar.  I guess thats why I added the donation component so you guys could help me pay for the upgrades, rather than going down that avenue.

Its pretty easy really, if you don't like it, don't visit it.  Sounds like you've added some insightful comments there Marty, appreciate your contributions.  Guess if your over here again your bored of the berley bucket...

Cheers,

Adam